33rd UCR UPMC 2024
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Plenary Session
The importance of temperature to pest biology by Arthur Appel, Auburn University
Pesticide laws and regulations by Daniel Delgado, Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office
- Regulatory update by Kathy Boyle
General Pest Session
The potential of the oothecal parasitoid Aprostocetus hagenowii as a biological control agent for the Turkestan cockroach, Blatta lateralis: can parasitoids and cockroach gel baits work together? by Arthur Appel, Auburn University
Rodenticide Research by Niamh Quinn, Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor, UCCE Orange County
What is a Vector Control District? Who we are and what we do by Adena Why, Acting Chief, Alameda County Vector Control Services District
Bed bug entrapment surface - initial findings from the field, and its potential use for bed bug IPM by Catherine Loudon, UC Irvine
Insecticide resistance: overview, mechanisms, and perspectives on management by Shao-Hung (Dennis) Lee, UC Riverside
- Low-impact management for urban pest ants: two biorational approaches by Dong-Hwan Choe, UC Riverside
Wood-Destroying Organism (WDO) Session
Using bait systems for subterranean termite control in CA by Andrew Sutherland, Integrated Pest Management Advisor, UCCE Alameda County
Chitin Synthesis Inhibitors for Drywood Termite Control by Nicholas Poulos, UC Riverside
Termite Inspection Protocols by Terry Singleton, Termite Terry Pest Control, Inc
WDO Update by Kathy Boyle
Identification and biology of non-termite WDOs by Dong-Hwan Choe, UC Riverside
- Management of subterranean termites using liquid termiticides by Chow-Yang Lee, UC Riverside