PDF's of Conferences Talks

Barton, Jane. 

• Predictability of pathogen host range in biological control of weeds.

Bean, Dan 

•  Genetic characterization of Diorhabda ecotypes released for biological control of saltcedars.
•  Tamarix biocontrol and an endangered bird: can ecosystem restoration provide a path through regulatory dysfunction?

Berner, Dana.

• Integrating quantitative and molecular genetics in host-range determination.

Bruckart, William. 

• Classical biological control of U.S. weeds by foreign plant pathogens. USDA-ARS, Ft. Detrick, MD

Casagrande, Dick. 

• Pierids, Hosts and Parasitoids

Causton, Charlotte

• One pest's loss can be many species’ gains: overview of the indirect (or flow on) benefits of biological control to the conservation of protected areas.
•   Protecting threatened island flora from invasive scale insects: the biological control of Icerya species using Rodolia beetles.

Center, Ted. 

• Biological control of Melaleuca quinquenervia: rags to species richness.

Coetzee, Julie. 

• The role of eutrophication in the biological control of water hyacinth in South Africa - evidence from the laboratory and the field.

Cuda, James

• Role of Molecular Genetics in Identifying 'Fined Tuned' Natural Enemies of Invasive Weeds

Ding, Jianqing. 

• Novel biotic interactions may impede success of biological weed control: a case study of the invasive tallow tree, Triadica sebifera.

Doyle, Robert. 

• Nutrients in the aquatic environment: Impact to aquatic plants Department of Biology.

Duan, Jian. 

• Potential and challenges for biological control of invasive wood borers: a case study involving the emerald ash borer.

Dudley, Tom. 

• Tamarix biocontrol and an endangered bird: can ecosystem restoration provide a path through regulatory dysfunction?

Elkinton, Joe. 

• Establishment of the hemlock woolly adelgid predator, Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), in the Eastern United States

Fowler, Simon

• Methods to assess environmental benefits of weed biocontrol in New Zealand: can we make silk purses from sows ears?
• Sustained recovery of native vegetation following successful biological control of mist flower in New Zealand.

Goolsby, John

•  Identification and selection of genotypes of an eriophyid mite, Floracarus perrepae, for biological control of lygodium.
•  Potential for biological control of African Guineagrass.

Hoddle, Mark. 

• Protecting threatened island flora from invasive scale insects: the biological control of Icerya species using Rodolia beetles.

Hough-Goldstein, Judy. 

• Successful biological control of mile-a-minute weed (Persicaria perfoliata) in Eastern North America: establishment and impact of the Asian weevil, Rhinoncomimus latipes.

Johnson, Tracy.

• Biocontrol in support of island ecosystems: an overview.

Kaufman, Leyla. 

• Rapid global invasion by Quadrastichus erythrinae (Eulophidae), the Erythrina gall wasp and the Hawaii biological control success.

Mausel, Dave. 

• Establishment of the hemlock woolly adelgid predator, Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), in the Eastern United States

Mayfield, Albert. 

• The redbay ambrosia beetle and laurel wilt: Biology, impact, and thoughts on biological control.

McEvoy, Peter. 

• The role of biological weed control in ecological restoration.

Meyer, Jean. 

• Biological control as a habitat restoration tool? The recovery of native and endemic flora following the introduction of a fungal pathogen to control the invasive tree Miconia calvescens in Tahiti (Pacific Islands).

Morin, Louise. 

• Effectiveness of pathogens in reducing populations of invasive plants: The Australian bridal creeper case study.

Muniappan, Rangaswamy. 

• Biological programs in the Pacific Islands.

Paterson, Iain. 

• A novel method of determining the impact and control threshold values of environmental weeds using native plant biodiversity: An example using Pereskia aculeata (Cactaceae) in South Africa.

Paynter, Quentin. 

• Integrating herbicide and mechanical control treatments with fire and biological control to manage an invasive wetland shrub, Mimosa pigra.

Plowes, Rob. 

• Potential for the biological control of the tropical fire ant Solenopsis geminata and lessons from fire ant biocontol in Texas.

Porter, Sanford.

• Release and establishment of phorid decapitating flies for fire ant biocontrol.

Pratt, Paul

• Biological control of Melaleuca quinquenervia: rags to species richness.
•  Unintended movement of biological control agents.

Pemberton, Robert.  

• Predictability of non-target usage in biological control of weeds. Invasive Plant Research Lab, USDA/ARS, Fort Lauderdale FL

Racelis, Alex. 

• Restoration of riparian ecosystems in the Southwestern U.S., through biological control of the pyrogenic invader Arundo donax.

Sands, Don

•  The case for biological control of the exotic African grasses in the Australia and the USA using introduced detritivores.
• Flow-on benefits of biological control of scale insects invading natural ecosystems in Australia. 
• Measuring interactions of introduced parasitoids and scale insects in a natural ecosystem. 

Schooler, Shon. 

• Can we develop a general measure of environmental impact?

Seier, Marion. 

• Challenges to collect and use pathogens for biocontrol in developing countries.

Shaw, Dick. 

• The Plant That Ate the Shopping Mall - Japanese Knotweed Tests Attitudes to Invasives and Biocontrol in Europe.

Shearer, Judy. 

• Nutritional characteristics of Hydrilla verticillata and its affect on two biological control agents. 

Simberloff, Dan. 

• Risk assessment of biological control introductions: will the ecologists ever be satisfied? 

Sing, Sharlene. 

• Approaches for assessing the impact of the stem mining weevilMecinus janthinus on exotic toadflax and the wider vegetation community in western N.A. rangeland and forests.

Smart, Michael.  

• An ecological approach to aquatic plant management.

Smith, Lincoln

• Genetic and behavioral discrimination of host plant populations of the leaf beetle, Psylliodes chalcomera, for biological control of three thistles (Cardueae).
• Utility of field experiments in land of origin to measure host plant specificity and potential efficacy of prospective arthropod biological control agents of weeds.

Soper, Anna. 

• Biological control of the ambermarked birch leafminer (Profenusa thomsoni), an invasive species in Alaska.

Van Driesche, Roy

• Establishment of the hemlock woolly adelgid predator, Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), in the Eastern United States
• Potential and challenges for biological control of invasive wood borers: a case study involving the emerald ash borer.
• Predictability of host ranges of predators and parasitoids used in biological control of arthropods.

van Klinken, Rieks. 

• Picking the right fight: how target selection can determine success and failure of biocontrol

Warner, Keith. 

• Fighting phytopathophobia: how to communicate the science of classical biological control using pathogens without augmenting public fears.

Yang, Zhong. 

• Biological control of the pine wood nematode vector, Monochamus alternates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), in China.