Fall 2024 Colloquium
Coordinators: Professors Betsy Beers and Allan Felsot
Aug 19: Dr. Mark Hoddle (UC Riverside): Mark is an extension biocontrol specialist who worked on the Asian Citrus Psyllid and Citrus Greening – and can tell us why California fared differently than Florida. Zoom Recording with Dr. Mark Hoddle.
Sep 9: Dr. Kim Hoelmer (USDA-BIIR): Kim is a veteran of the USDA Beneficial Insects Introduction Lab – importing biocontrol agents is what he did for a living. Learn what it’s like. Via Zoom Zoom Recording with Dr. Kim Hoelmer.
Sep 16: Dr. Paul Abram (AgCanada, Agassiz, BC): Paul is one of the rising stars in the development of ecological theory of invasive pests and their natural enemies…with street creds in discovery of adventive populations. Zoom Recording with Dr. Paul Abram.
Sep 30: Kent Daane (UC Riverside): Kent has run the marathon from foreign exploration to APHIS permit to a nationwide release program of an exotic parasitoid of an invasive pest. Whew! Zoom Recording with Kent Daane.
Oct 7: Dr. Tara Gariepy (AgCanada Ontario): Tara developed the field of molecular forensics for exotic and native parasitoids – they leave their DNA fingerprints behind! Zoom Recording with Dr. Tara Gariepy.
Oct 21: Dr. Matt Buffington (USMN): Want to know why having a current species definition is so important to importation? Turns out, its really important. Zoom Recording with Dr. Matt Buffington.
Oct 28: Dr. Marco Valerio Rossi-Stacconi (Italy): Marco Valerio did some of the first biocontrol surveys for SWD in the PNW – and now heads the release program for G. kimorum in Italy. Zoom Recording with Dr. Marco Valerio.
Nov 4: Dr. Mark Schwarzläender (U Idaho): Classical BC isn’t just for arthropods…it’s also for invasive weeds. We have an incredible regional expert in this area just 8 miles away! Zoom Recording with Dr. Mark Schwarzläender.
Nov 18: Dr. Bob Pfannenstiel (USDA APHIS): Want a permit to release an exotic natural enemy? Bob’s the guy you need to get it past. Zoom Recording with Dr. Bob Pfannenstiel.