Planned Activities
SIP Annual Meeting 2010
Fungus Division Symposium
Impact of Environmental Change on Entomopathogens
Organizers and Moderators: Helen Hesketh and Helen Roy
Speakers and Presentation Titles:
Matt Thomas, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, Penn State University, USA. Influence of environmental temperature on insect-pathogen and insect-parasite interactions
Steven White, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. Modelling environmental gradients in host-pathogen systems
Helen Roy, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. Entomopathogenic fungi and invasional meltdown
Jorgen Eilenberg, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Life cycles of specialist insect pathogenic fungi: can we expect any effects from environmental changes?
Cross Divisional Symposium
Formulation of Entomopathogenic Fungi and Nematodes to Overcome Environmental Limitations
Organizers and Moderators: Lawrence Lacey
Speakers and Presentation Titles:
Roy Bateman, IPARC, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berks, United Kingdom. Formulation and Application of Metarhizium acridum for Control of Locusts: Overcoming the Limitations of Dry Environments
Stefan Jaronski, USDA-ARS, Sidny, MT, USA, and Mark Jackson,USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL, USA. Novel Approaches in Formulation of Entomopathogenic Fungi for Control of Insects in Soil, Foliar and Structural Habitats
Arne Peters. E-nema GmbH, Research and Development, Schwentinental, Germany. Formulation and Application: Key Technologies to Expand the Use of Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Lawrence Lacey, USDA-ARS, Wapato, WA, USA, and David Shapiro-Ilan, USDA-ARS, Byron, GA, USA. Formulation and Environmental Manipulation to Enhance the Larvicidal Activity of Entomopathogenic Nematodes for Control of Insect Pests of Orchards
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