AREAWIDE MANAGEMENT OF CORN ROOTWORMS:
LESSONS LEARNED AND CHALLENGES AHEAD

1999 NCB-ESA Annual Meeting, Des Moines, IA

Co-Organizers

Laurence D. Chandler, USDA-ARS, Brookings, SD
Kevin L. Steffey, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Introduction: Why Are We Attempting This?

Kevin L. Steffey, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL (10 minutes)

Application of the Areawide Concept for Managing Western Corn Rootworm in the Eastern Midwest Corn/Soybean Cropping System.

Corey Gerber, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN; C. Richard Edwards, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN; Larry W. Bledsoe, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN; Michael E. Gray, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and Kevin L. Steffey, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL. (15 minutes)

Iowa Areawide Management Project: Off to a Good Start?

Jon J. Tollefson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Edward C. Berry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Tim Nowatzki, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Harold J. Stockdale, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and Leslie C. Lewis, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA. (15 minutes)

Challenges of Northern and Western Corn Rootworm Areawide Management in South Dakota.

Laurence D. Chandler, USDA-ARS, Brookings, SD; Debra Hartman, USDA-ARS, Brookings, SD; and Walter E. Riedell, USDA-ARS, Brookings, SD. (15 minutes)

Influence of Semiochemical-based Baits on the Non-target Predatory Arthropod Fauna in Iowa and South Dakota During 1997.

Billy W. Fuller, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD; Mark A. Boetel, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD; Laurence D. Chandler, USDA-ARS, Brookings, SD, and Jon J. Tollefson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. (15 minutes)

Adjuvants for Enhancing Residual Activity of SLAM

Michael R. McGuire, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL; Robert Behle, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL; and Scott Johns, MicroFlo Corp., Sparks, GA. (15 minutes)

Break (15 minutes)

Corn Rootworm Areawide Management Program in Kansas.

Gerald E. Wilde, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Jeff Whitworth, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Roxanne A. Shufran, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Kun Yan Zhu, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Phillip E. Sloderbeck, Kansas State University, Garden City, KS; Randall A. Higgins, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; and Lawrent L. Buschman, Kansas State University, Garden City, KS. (15 minutes)

Current Status and Future of Mexican Corn Rootworm Areawide Management in Texas

R. Coppedge , USDA-ARS, College Station, TX; Clint Hoffman, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX; and Ivan W. Kirk, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX. (15 minutes)

Monitoring Western Corn Rootworm Susceptibility to Carbaryl in Areawide Management Programs.

Michael E. Scharf, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; Lance J. Meinke, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; Blair D. Siegfried, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; Robert J. Wright, University of Nebraska, Clay Center, NE; and Laurence D. Chandler, USDA-ARS, Brookings, SD. (15 minutes)

The Economics of Areawide Management of Corn Rootworm: A Status Report

Peter Quan, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN; and Marshall A. Martin, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN. (20 minutes)\

Opportunities and Challenges in Transferring Corn Rootworm Areawide Management from Research to Producers.

Steven C. Padgitt, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. (20 minutes)

Closing Comments and Question/Answer Period.

Kevin L. Steffey, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.