International Wheat Stem Sawfly Conference

The International Wheat Stem Sawfly Conference will take place March 19-20, 2019 in the Lory Student Center Theatre at Colorado State University. Attendees can register at the door the day of the event. 

Tuesday, March 19, 2019
 

8:00-9:00 Check in & Late Registration  
9:00-9:10 Welcome to CSU Amy Charkowski
9:10-9:20 Welcome from Colorado Wheat Brad Erker
9:20-9:40 Current status of wheat stem sawfly in Montana David Weaver
9:40-10:00 Sawfly in Southeastern Wyoming Carrie Eberle
10:00-10:20 Current status of wheat stem sawfly in Colorado Frank Peairs
10:20-10:30 BREAK  
10:30-10:50 Current Sawfly Research in Nebraska Cody Creech
10:50-11:10 Impact of systemic and contact insecticides on wheat stem sawfly and off-target insect populations  

Uta Stuhr

 11:10-11:30 Field assessment of tritrophic responses to plant signalingspray formulations in wheat stem sawfly infested plots Christopher Caron
11:30-1:00 LUNCH  
1:00-1:20 Where are the parasitoids of wheat stem sawfly in Colorado?  

Erika Peirce

 1:20-1:40 Comparative assessment of wheat stem sawfly host preference and host selection behaviors using wheat and smooth brome.  

 

Rekha Bhandari

1:40-2:00 From microbes to sawflies: multitrophic interactions in Montana wheat fields  

Shealyn Malone

2:00-2:20 Does intercropping affect wheat stem sawfly infestation? Haley Catton
2:20-2:40 Effects of varying rainfall levels on wheat stem sawfly performance and biological control  Tatyana A. Rand
 2:40-3:00 Modeling the combined impacts of host plant resistance and parasitism on wheat stem sawfly population dynamics Courtney E. Richmond
3:00-3:10 BREAK  
 

3:10-3:40

Impact of non-host crop diversification on wheat stem sawfly populations  David Weaver
 

 

3:40-4:00

Role of potential extrafloral nectaries, plus sugar and amino acid nutrients, in the biology of wheat stem sawfly parasitoids  

Laissa Cavallini dos Santos

 

4:00-4:20

Elucidation of the mechanisms of plant resistance to wheat stem sawfly using metabolomics  

Megan Hager

 

4:20-4:40

Does wheat stem sawfly larval performance in barley follow maternal varietal choices? Buddhi B. Achhami
4:40-5:00 END OF DAY 1  
5:30-7:30 Social Event at The Mayor of Old Town, 632 S Mason St.  

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

8:30-9:00 Check in & Late Registration  
 9:00-9:35 New insights into stem-solidness in wheat: An integrated genomics approach  

Kirby T. Nilsen

 9:35-10:10 Sawfly Resistance Breeding at CSU – Three More Years Down the Road  

Scott Haley

 10:10-10:20 North Dakota Search for New Sources of Resistance in Thinopyrum  

Marion Harris

10:20-10:30 BREAK  
 10:30-10:50 An artificial neural network model to predict wheat stem sawfly cutting in solid-stemmed wheat cultivars  

Brian Beres

 10:50-11:10 Comparison of Three Alleles at a Major Solid Stem QTL for Wheat Stem Sawfly Resistance and Agronomic Performance in Hexaploid Wheat  

 

Jason Cook

11:10-11:30 A Novel QTL in Durum Wheat for Resistance to the Wheat Stem Sawfly  

Hongtao Zhang

 11:30-11:50 Analysis of Recombinant Inbred Line Populations Derived from Wheat Landraces to Identify New Genes for Wheat Stem Sawfly Resistance Andrea Varella
11:50-12:00 END OF CONFERENCE  

 

 

 

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