Australia and New Zealand Biocontrol Conference 2008
10 - 14 February, Sydney, Australia
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Monday 11 February Day 1 of Conference
Keynote address - Prof. Mark Hoddle - Looking Towards the Horizon: Dynamic Challenges Ahead for Biological Control
Session 1 - Prof. Steve Wratten - Biocontrol Success Stories
Session 2 - Prof. Geoff Gurr - Looking Ahead at Biocontrol
Session 3 - Mr John Charles - Biocontrol in Fruit Crops
Tuesday 12 February Day 2 of Conference
Keynote address - Dr Andy Sheppard - Benefits and Costs of Native Range Research: What Have We Achieved from 40
years of Selecting Effective Agents
Session 4 - Dr Bill Palmer - Biocontrol Agents in Weeds
Session 5 - Mr Len Tesoriero - Biocontrol of Diseases
Session 6 - Dr Stephen Goodwin - Biocontrol in Greenhouse Crops
Session 7 - Dr Phillipa Gerard - Ecosystem Perspectives of Insect Biocontrol
Wednesday 13 February Day 3 of Conference
Session 8 - Dr Glen Saunders - Vertebrate Biocontrol
Session 9 - Dr Gavin Ash - Weed Biocontrol
Session 10 - Dr Barbara Barratt - Biosafety for Biological Control: What Have We Achieved in the Last 20 years?
Session 11 - Ms Margaret Gentz - Biocontrol and its Compatible Pesticides
Monday 11 February Day 1 of Conference
Conference Welcome - Dr Leigh Pilkington
Opening of Conference by IOBC Global Representative - Ms Marilyn Steiner
Keynote address - Prof. Mark Hoddle, University of California - Looking Towards the Horizon: Dynamic Challenges Ahead for Biological Control
Session 1 - Prof. Steve Wratten - Biocontrol Success Stories
* Steve Wratten [Lincoln University] Success in Biological Control
* Marco Jacometti [Lincoln University] Enhanced Soil Biodiversity Increases Biological Control of Botrytis cinerea
* Greg Baker [SARDI] Neoseiulus cucumeris Control of Onion Thrips in Storage Onions: New Trick for an Old Dog
* Mattias Jonsson [Lincoln University] The Impact of Flowers and Invertebrate Omnivory on a Four Trophic Level Food Web - Implications for Biological Control
* Eder Giglioti [Bioenergia do Brasil S.A] Biological Control of Diatraea saccharalis in Brazil: A History of Success, Negligence and
Challenges
* Sofia Orre [Lincoln University] Prospects for Success in 'Attract and Reward ' to Enhance Biocontrol
Panel Discussion: Listen to Question and Answers
Session 1 Posters
Fisher, H. [Becker Underwood] Green Guard® Biological Insecticide for the Control of Locusts and Grasshoppers
Giglioti, E.A. [Bioenergia do Brasil S.A] Efficiency of Beauveria bassiana for the Biological Control of Diatraea saccharalis in Sugarcane Fields
Micic, S. [Department of Agriculture and Food, WA] IPM Management of Helicoverpa armigera using Helicoverpa Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
Nash, M.A. [University of Melbourne] Notonomus gravis (Chaudoir) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Lying in Wait for Deroceras reticulatum Müller (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)
Spurgin, P.A. [Australian Plague Locust Commission] Operational Use of the Biopesticide Green Guard® Containing the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum, to Control an Outbreak of Tropical Migratory Locust, Locusta migratoria migratorioides, in Timor Leste
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Session 2 - Professor Geoff Gurr - Looking Ahead at Biocontrol
* Geoff Gurr [Charles Sturt University] Prospects for Success via 'Cross Disciplinary' Biological Control
* Ary Hoffmann [University of Melbourne] Towards Metrics for Season-long Assessments of Chemical Impact on Beneficials
* Mike Keller [University of Adelaide] Conserving Natural Enemies: Case Studies in Horticultural Cropping Systems
* Paul DeBarro [CSIRO Entomology] How to Choose a Parasitoid; Biocontrol of the Silverleaf Whitefly in Australia
* David Perovic [Charles Sturt University] The Importance of Landscape Complexity for Natural Enemy Activity in Australian Cotton Crops
Panel Discussion: Listen to Question and Answers
Session 2 Posters
Hunter, D.M. The Use of the Fungus Metarhizium anisoplae var. acridum to Control Locusts and Grasshoppers in Australasia
Kent, D.S. [NSW DPI] Orius gracilis (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), a Potential Biocontrol Agent for Greenhouses in Australia
Symons, I. [University of Sydney] Field Survey to Detect Parasitoids of Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) within the Sydney Basin
Simpson, M. [Charles Sturt University] Field Testing of Synthetic Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles Mixed with Synertrol® in Wine Grapes
1530 Afternoon Tea proudly sponsored by Becker Underwood
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Session 3 - Mr John Charles - Biocontrol in Fruit Crops
* John Charles [HortResearch] Overview of Biocontrol in Fruit Crops Session IOBC Sydney Feb 2008
* Nick Mills [UCA, Berkley] Classical Biological Control of Insect Pests in Tree Fruit
* Dan Papacek [Bugs for Bugs, QLD] Enhancing Biological Control in Field Grown Fruit Crops
* Garry Hill [HortResearch, NZ] Integrating Biological Control and Host Plant Resistance in the Control of Armoured Scale Insects with Reference to New Zealand Kiwifruit
* Jim Walker [HortResearch, NZ] Biological Control of Woolly Apple Aphid: A Resurgent Pest in Apple Pest Management Programmes
Panel Discussion: Listen to Question and Answers
Session 3 Posters
Baker, G.J. [SARDI] Manipulation of Soil-dwelling Predatory Mite Populations for Citrus thrips IPM
Broughton, S. [Department of Agriculture & Food WA] Naturally Occurring Beneficials Attacking Black Scale Saissetia oleae (Olivier) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Olive Groves in Western Australia
Murdoch. G. [University of Sydney] Development of Biopesticides for an Emerging Pest of Blueberries and Grapes, the Elephant Weevil Borer Orthorhinus cylindrirostris
Neale, C. [QDPI] Effects of Fruit Fly Baits on Biocontrol Agents in Fruit Crops
Newton, I.R. [Stahmann Farms Inc.] Biological Control in Australian Pecans: Past, Present and Future
Thomson, L.J. [University of Melbourne] The Influence of Vegetation Adjacent to Vineyards on Natural Enemies
Tuesday 12 February Day 2 of Conference
Keynote address - Dr Andy Sheppard, CSIRO Entomology - Benefits and Costs of Native Range Research: What Have We Achieved from 40 years of Selecting Effective Agents
Session 4 - Dr Bill Palmer - Biocontrol Agents in Weeds
* Bill Palmer [QDPI] Weed Biocontrol in 2008 - Where Are We?
* Rachel McFadyen [CRC Australian Weed Management] Classical Biocontrol: Possible Even for Weeds with Congeneric Native Species?
* Raghu Sathyamurthy [QUT] Predicting Risk and Benefit a Priority in Weed Biological Control: a Systems Modelling Approach
* Andrew Manners [UQ] The Ecological Principles that Underpin Host Testing for Weed Biocontrol - Lessons from the Release of Aconophora compressa against Lantana
* Tom Morley [DPI VIC] Ragwort Plume Moth (Platyptilia isodactyla) Reduces Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) Plant Vigour and Makes a New and Useful Contribution to Biological Control of Ragwort in Australia
* Michael Day [Alan Fletcher Research Station] Biological Control of Chromolaena odorata in Papua New Guinea
* Jamie Davies [DPI VIC] The Efficacy of Biological Control Agents of Gorse, Ulex europaeus L. (Fabaceae)
* Nikki Sims [University of Queensland] Evaluation of the Biological Control Program against Groundsel Bush (Baccharis halimifolia)
Panel Discussion: Listen to Question and Answers
Session 4 Posters
Holtkamp, R.H. [NSW DPI] Community Biological Control and Weed Education Initiatives in NSW: Weed Warriors and Educate to Eradicate
Lawson, B.E. [UQ] Judging the Predictability of CLIMEX Models: An Assessment of Biological Control Agents for Lantana camara
Lockett, C. [QDPI] Impact of the Biological Control Agent, Chiasmia assimilis, on Prickly Acacia (Acacia nilotica ssp. indica) Seedlings
Orapa, W. [Secretariat of the Pacific Community] New Efforts at Biological Control of Mikania micrantha H.B.K. (Asteraceae) in Papua New Guinea and Fiji
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Session 5 - Mr Len Tesoriero - Biocontrol of Diseases
* Leanne Forsyth [NSW DPI] Biocontrol of Phytophthora Root Rot of Lettuce Growing in Hydroponic Systems
* Chris Hayward [University of Queensland] Lysobacter and Stenotrophomonas: Properties and Identification of Bacteria and Activity of New
Biological Control Agents
* Murali Nayudu [ANU] Biological Control by Australian Pseudomonas Bacteria against Fungi. Field Application, Mechanisms, and
Commercialization
* Linda Smith [QDPI] Developing Healthier Banana Roots with Mycorrhizae and Rhizobacteria
Panel Discussion: Listen to Question and Answers
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Session 6 - Dr Stephen Goodwin - Biocontrol in Greenhouse Crops
* Stephen Goodwin [Biocontrol Solutions] Biologically-Based IPM in the Protected Cropping Industry
* Nick Martin [Crop & Food, NZ] History of Biocontrol in the Protected Cropping Industry in Australia and New Zealand
* James Altmann [Biological Services] Challenges for Biocontrol Producers in Australia and New Zealand
* Leigh Pilkington [NSW DPI] Current Research in Protected Cropping Biocontrol in Australia
* Peter Workman [Crop & Food, NZ] Current Research in Protected Cropping Biocontrol in New Zealand
* Paul Horne [IPM Technologies] Biocontrol Applications in Protected Cropping in Australia
Panel Discussion: Listen to Question and Answers
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Session 7 - Dr Phillipa Gerard - Ecosystem Perspectives of Insect Biocontrol
* Phillipa Gerard [AgResearch NZ] Ecosystem Perspectives of Insect Biocontrol
* Stephen Goldson [AgResearch NZ] Biological Control Research into Broadacre Pests in New Zealand's Species-sparse Productive
Grassland Ecosystems
* Nancy Schellhorn [CSIRO QLD] Rate of Colonisation of Bemisia tabaci and its parasitoid Eretmocerus hayati : the Role of Landscape Composition
* Felix Bianchi [CSIRO QLD] Landscapes, Spatial Processes and the Ecosystem Service of Pest Control
* Catherine Gitau [Charles Sturt University] Potential for Biological Control of the Planthopper Zophiuma lobulata Ghauri (Homoptera: Lophopidae): the Suspected Causal agent of Finschhafen Disorder in Coconut and Oil Palm in Papua New Guinea
* Michael Furlong [UQ] Natural Mortality of Crocidolomia pavonana F. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Australia and the Pacific
Panel Discussion: Listen to Question and Answers
Session 7 Posters
Carr, C. [UNE] Optimising the Establishment and Persistence of the Egg Parasitoid, Trichogramma, on the Liverpool Plains in Northern NSW
Heimoana, V. [Charles Sturt University] Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Predators of Brassica Pests
Le Mottee, K. [NSW DPI] The Effect of Prey Species on the Two Generalist Predators, Micromus tasmaniae (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) and Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Wang, Q. [Massey University] Operational Sex Ratio and Population Density Influence Partial Local Mating Behaviour in Aphidius ervi (Hemenoptera: Aphidiidae)
Wednesday 13 February Day 3 of Conference
Session 8 - Dr Glen Saunders - Vertebrate Biocontrol
* Glen Saunders [NSW DPI] Biological Control and Vertebrate Pest Management: A Review
* Brian Cooke [University of Canberra] The Next Phase in Biological Control for Rabbits
* Ken McColl [CSIRO AAHL] Koi herpesvirus: A Potential Biological Control for the Common Carp
* Rick Shine [University of Sydney] Rhabdias spp: Could a Nematode Slow the March of Cane Toads?
* Tony Peacock [Invasive Animals CRC] Genetic Manipulation and Biological Control: Pipe Dream or Saviour
Panel Discussion: Listen to Question and Answers
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Session 9 - Dr Gavin Ash - Weed biocontrol
* Gavin Ash [Charles Sturt University] Progress and Prospects for a Bioherbicide with a Wide Host Range
* Ross Gilbert [DPI NSW] A Bioherbicide for Alligator Weed - the Pathogen Selection Process
* Rosalind Deaker [University of Sydney] Delivery of Microbial Products - the Rhizobium Experience
* Karen Bailey [Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada] Canadian Initiatives in Biopesticides
Panel Discussion: Listen to Question and Answers
Session 9 Posters
Alloub, H.E. [University of Gezira] Effect of Inoculum Concentration, Wetness Duration and Plant Age on Disease Development by Exserohilum prolatum in Itchgrass (Rottboellia cochinchinensis)
Gioeli, K. [University of Florida] TAME Invasives Portal: A Solution for Your Life
Lefoe, G. [Vic DPI] Improving the Success of Spore-water Applications for the Biological Control of Bridal Creeper
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Session 10 - Dr Barbara Barratt - Biosafety for Biological Control: What Have We Achieved in the Last 20 years?
* Barbara Barratt [AgResearch] Biosafety for Biological Control: What Have We Achieved in the Last 20 years?
* Frank Howarth [Bishop Museum, Hawaii] Biological Control Safety Data Are In, But Can We Close Pandora's Box?
* Toni Withers [SCION NZ] Are We Getting Better at Predicting Non-target Impacts?
* John Kean [AgResearch, NZ] Attack Versus Impact: Modelling Non-target Impacts Post-release
* Geoff Ridley [ERMA New Zealand] Which Bridge to Cross and Which to Burn: 10 Years of Regulating Biological Control Agents Under the HSNO Act in New Zealand
Panel Discussion: Listen to Question and Answers
Session 10 Posters
Barratt, B.I.P. [AgResearch] BIREA: A Web-based Biological Control Information Resource
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Session 11 - Ms Margaret Gentz - Biocontrol and its Compatible Pesticides
* Margaret Gentz [University of Queensland] - Biocontrol and its Compatible Pesticides: Past Successes, Current Challenges, and Novel Ideas for the Future
* Helen Percy [NZ Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry] IPM, IFP and Beyond... Approaches Taken by the New Zealand Horticultural Industries
* Graham Walker [Crop & Food Research] Integration of Insecticides and Natural Enemies in Selected Outdoor Vegetable Crops in New
Zealand
* Grant Herron [NSW DPI] Spinosad Resistance in Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Western Flower
Thrips) is a Serious Threat to Biocontrol
* Sassan Asgari [University of Queensland] Potential Applications of Maternal Components from Parasitic Wasps for Pest Control
Panel Discussion: Listen to Question and Answers
Session 11 Posters
Le Mottee, K. [NSW DPI] Effects of Pesticide Exposure on the Generalist Predator Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Utomo, C. [Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute] Control of Rhinoceros Beetle Oryctes rhinoceros in Oil Palm Plantation Using Synthetic Aggregation Pheromone
Thursday 14 February Day 4 of Conference - Biological Control Workshop: Current State, Future Prospects
Ash, G.J. [Charles Sturt University] Modern Approaches to Biological Control of Weeds
Bailey, K.L. [Saskatoon Research Centre] Social and Economic Drivers Shaping Biocontrol: A Canadian Perspective
Goldson,S.L. [AgResearch] The Role of Policy and Strategy in Biological Control and Biosecurity
Gurr, G.M. [Charles Sturt University] Integrating Biological Control with Other Pest Management Strategies: Synergies or Headaches?
Horne, P.A. [IPM Technologies] The Biological Control Component of IPM: Will It Work in Commercial Situations?
Howarth, F.G. [Bishop Museum, Hawaii] A Fresh Look at Biological Control
Mills, N.J. [University of California] Modelling, Behavioural Studies, and Molecular Approaches: Methodological Contributions to Better Biological Control
Saunders, G. [NSW DPI] Modern Approaches (and Issues) for Biological Control of Vertebrate Pests
Wratten, S.D. [Lincoln University] A Farmland and Biodiversity Ecosystem Services Context for Biocontrol