A Balancing Act: Calibrating Basic Research Questions to Meet Grower Needs

Organizer(s)

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  Kelly McIntyre (she/her/hers)

  Lab and Research Specialist
  Department of Entomology
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, Virginia
• JC

  John Cullum

  USDA
  Kearneysville, West Virginia
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  Kyle Bekelja

  Postdoctoral Associate
  Department of Entomology
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, Virginia

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM ET

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Kyle Matthew Bekelja – Virginia Tech
• 9:05 AM – 9:25 AM ET

  Calibrating two-way engagement for research and extension
  

  Presenting Author: Erin W. Hodgson – Iowa State University
• 9:25 AM – 9:45 AM ET

  Tailoring research questions to meet Maryland needs
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly A. Hamby – University of Maryland
• 9:45 AM – 10:05 AM ET

  Helping growers reduce synthetic chemical use to optimize onion pest management and production
  

  Presenting Author: Brian Nault – Cornell University
• 10:05 AM – 10:10 AM ET

  Break
• 10:10 AM – 10:25 AM ET

  Discussion
• 10:25 AM – 10:45 AM ET

  Searching for management options for Dectes stem borer in soybeans
  

  Presenting Author: Alan Leslie – University of Maryland
• 10:45 AM – 11:05 AM ET

  Implementing new techniques in management of vine mealybug: 25 years of discovery and progress
  

  Presenting Author: Vaughn Walton – Oregon State University
• 11:05 AM – 11:25 AM ET

  A people- and ecosystems-focused approach to tackling western bean cutworm IPM in Nebraska
  

  Presenting Author: Julie Ann Peterson – University of Nebraska
• 11:25 AM – 11:35 AM ET

  Focus group interviews with north central soybean growers & crop consultants
  

  Presenting Author: Kyle Matthew Bekelja – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Thomas E. Hunt – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Kelley Tilmon – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Kevin B. Rice – Virginia Tech
• 11:35 AM – 11:40 AM ET

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Kyle Matthew Bekelja – Virginia Tech