Proceedings. 20th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2009
Authors: | Katherine A McManus, Kurt W. eds..Gottschalk |
Year: | 2009 |
Type: | General Technical Report - Proceedings |
Station: | Northern Research Station |
Source: | Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-51. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 114 p. |
Abstract
Contains abstracts and papers of 73 oral and poster presentations on invasive species biology, molecular biology, ecology, impacts, and management presented at the annual U.S. Department of Agriculture Interagency Research Forum on Invasive Species.
Titles contained within Proceedings. 20th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2009
- Evolution of a meeting: 20+ years of research communication and coordination
- Asian longhorned beetle successes and challenges in 2008
- Emerald ash borer biological control: rearing, releasing, establishment, and efficacy of parasitoids
- Chemical and proteomic approaches to dissecting ash resistance to the emerald ash borer
- Volatile profiles and trap catches of two pine-host species of Sirex noctilio
- Biosurveillance: using native wasps to find emerald ash borers
- Striking gold in southern California: discovery of the goldspotted oak borer and its central role in oak mortality
- Activity and persistence of systemic insecticides for managing hemlock woolly adelgids
- Update on winter moth in New England
- Green armor and cul de sac corridors
- Observer bias and the detection of low-density infestations: a case study with the hemlock woolly adelgid
- Creating trap trees for detection and control of Sirex noctilio
- Birch leafminer: a success
- Update on EAB biocontrol: release and recovery of Spathius agrili and discovery of new potential biocontrol agents in Asia
- Biological control for knotweeds in North America
- An economic impact assessment for oak wilt in Anoka County, Minnesota
- Economic assessment of potential emerald ash borer damage in urban areas in the United States
- A space-time odyssey: movement of gypsy moth and its pathogens
- Current status of Anoplophora Spp. in Europe and an update on suppression efforts
- Ecological impacts of emerald ash borer in forests of southeast Michigan
- Status report: mile-a-minute weed
- Genetics and conservation of hemlock species threatened by the hemlock woolly adelgid
- The SOD facts of life: property value losses from sudden oak death in Marin County
- Japanese Laricobius sp n, a promising biological control candidate for hemlock woolly adelgid
- Cold tolerance and host range comparisons between coastal and inland western United States populations of Laricobius nigrinus
- Slowing ash mortality: a potential strategy to slam emerald ash borer in outlier sites
- Comparison of emerald ash borer preference for ash of different species, sun exposure, age, and stress treatments in relation to foliar volatiles and nutrition
- A proactive approach to prevent invasive plant pathogens
- Development of a web-based tool for projecting costs of managing emerald ash borer in municipal forests
- Ailanthus, tree-of-heaven update, a northeast regional biological control project
- Manipulating spread and predicting dispersal of isolated emerald ash borer populations
- Research update on the brown spruce longhorn beetle, Tetropium fuscum (Fabr.)
- Implication of global climate change on the distribution and activity of Phytophthora ramorum
- Status report: biological control of swallow-worts
- Biological control of Sirex noctilio in North America by Beddingia siricidicola: 2008 update
- Climate constraints for siberian moth distribution in Europe
- Field persistence and efficacy of the fungus Beauveria bassiana against the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis
- Natural infections of Beauveria bassiana in Agrilus planipennis populations in Michigan
- Fine structure of antennal sensilla in emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
- Multigenerational dispersal of an introduced and native Laricobius species within eight hemlock woolly adelgid infested hemlock stands
- Parasitoids attacking emerald ash borers in western Pennsylvania and their potential use in biological control
- Can the exotic brown spruce longhorn beetle, Tetropium fuscum, successfully colonize healthy trees in Canada?
- Optimization of visual trapping methodology for the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis
- Population dynamics of the felted beech scale and associated Neonectria species, causal agents of beech bark disease
- Why cage a tree? Use of whole-tree enclosures to assess introduced predators of hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae
- Building the database for introduced plants in the United States
- Impact of Chinese privet and its removal on pollinator diversity and abundance
- Hemlock woolly adelgid population genetics
- Characterization of microsatellite loci for Laricobius nigrinus and L rubidus, predators of adelgids in North America
- Foliage feeding tests of Eucryptorrhynchus brandti (Harold) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a potential biological control agent of the tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus altissima
- Building DNA barcode reference libraries for bark and woodborers
- Additions and corrections to barcode libraries for Lymantria spp
- Intraspecific variation in Tsuga canadensis foliar chemistry
- Factors that influence emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) adult longevity and oviposition under laboratory conditions
- Effects of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) on forest ecosystems
- Microimaging of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin-binding proteins in gypsy moth larval gut using confocal fluorescence microscopy
- Control activities and long-term monitoring for the West Virginia EAB infestation
- A survey of pestiferous ants in suburban landscapes of Maine and New York.
- A model for the spread of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, in recently colonized sites.
- The foliar chemistry dynamic in eastern hemlock and how it relates to the competitive mechanism between two invasive herbivores: Adelges tsugae and Fiorinia externa.
- Scymnus (Pullus) coniferarum (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): an adelgid predator native to the western United States
- Using Asian longhorned beetle male-produced pheromone and host volatiles for monitoring
- Growth and survival of the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae)
- Spatial population dynamics and heterogeneity of an insect/pathogen interaction
- Emerald ash borer dispersal in Maryland: go forth young pest
- Restoration of the American elm on the Chippewa National Forest through generation of Dutch elm disease tolerant, cold-hardy, and site-adapted trees.
- Emerald ash borer infestation rates in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.
- Microsporidian pathogens of the gypsy moth: research update.
- Role of feces and effects of simulated rain on horizontal transmission of the microsporidium, Nosema lymantriae.
- Effects of lure composition and release rate on catch of EDRR target species and other forest coleoptera.
- Can alien plants support generalist insect herbivores?
- Hemlock canopy arthropods: biodiversity on a threatened host.
- Field trapping the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) in Ningxia, China, using host volatiles and compounds isolated from virgin female beetles.
- Simulating the impacts of altered fire regimes and landscape structure on the invasion of Paulownia tomentosa in the Southern Appalachians