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Midwest Institute for Biological Control
"Applied Aspects of Biological Control"
August 8-11, 1994
Kellogg Biological Station
Michigan State University
Schedule
Monday, August 8
- Selection of Natural Enemies (Landis, Wiedenmann)
- Quarantine, Permitting, Rearing & Releasing of Natural Enemies (Prokrym,
Ryan, Flanders)
- Evaluation of Natural Enemy Impact (O'Neil, Wiedenmann)
- Evaluation Non-Target Impacts (Landis, Orr, Scriber)
- Computer Simulation of Natural Enemy Impact (Laboratory) (O'Neil, Wiedenmann)
Tuesday, August 9
- Semiochemicals, Tritrophic-Level Interactions (Lewis)
- Conservation of Natural Enemies (Landis)
- Implications of Tritrophic-Interactions for Agriculture (Lewis)
- Laboratory: Commercially Available Natural Enemies (Ryan)
- Working with Producers to Implement Biological Control (Mutch)
Wednesday, August 10
- Travel and Site visits
- Group reports and discussion
Site for Group Visits
1. Trichogramma vs ECB and CRW in sweet corn (Paul Wylie)
Praxis garden
Gun marsh potato production, biological and conventional (Ed Grafius,
4L. Farms)
KBS gypsy moth innoculative release site
2. Biocontrol in greenhouse bedding plant production (Mark Crossley,
Dale Mutch)
Biocontrol in community supported organic garden (Bruce Schultz,
Dale Mutch)
Filth fly control in dairy calf production (Maury Kearcher)
3. Perennial plant nursery natural control (Dave Smitley)
Pheromone disruption and natural control in apples (Bob Kriegel,
Jim Johnson)
4. Trichogramma vs ECB in seedcorn (Dick Johnson, David Orr)
Habitat modification for enhanced Trichogramma control (Sally Stuby)
USDA APHIS Niles Biological Control Lab (Dave Prokym)
Thursday, August 11
- Implementing Biological Control, example from :
- Nursery and Landscape Plants (Sadof)
- Field crops (Orr)
- Turf / Ornamentals -- Gypsi Moth (Smitley)
- Vegetable Crops (Grafius)
- International (O'Neil)
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