Managing Soybean Aphids in 2007:
How Will Biological Control Contribute?


A short course delivered via distance education technology
Sponsored by the North Central Soybean Research Program

March 6, 2007
8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central Time
Contact your local extension office for the distance education site nearest you


PROGRAM

8:00–8:30 a.m. Check in

8:30 a.m. Welcome, logistics, overview—Kevin Steffey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

8:40 a.m. History and biology of the soybean aphid—David Voegtlin, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois

8:55 a.m. Review of the situation with soybean aphids in the Midwest—David Ragsdale, University of Minnesota, St. Paul

9:10 a.m. Biological control of soybean aphids: What is it, and what do we have to work with in the Midwest—Bob O’Neil, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

9:30 a.m. The players: Predators, parasitoids, and pathogens—Dan Mahr, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kelley Tilmon, South Dakota State University, Brookings
9:50 a.m. Practices to conserve and use natural enemies in soybean aphid IPM—Matt O’Neal, Iowa State University, Ames
10:10 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Introducing new natural enemies into the U.S.—Bob O’Neil
10:35 a.m. Foreign exploration—Kim Hoelmer, USDA-ARS, Delaware
10:55 a.m. Host specificity testing—George Heimpel, USDA-ARS, Minnesota
11:15 a.m. Studies with non-target aphids—Cory Straub, University of Wisconsin, Madison
11:35 a.m. Preparing for soybean aphids in 2007: Management guidelines, and the potential for biological control—Chris DiFonzo, Michigan State University, East Lansing; Marlin Rice, Iowa State University, Ames
12:00 noon Questions and answers
12:30 p.m. Adjourn

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