The Impacts of Policy on Biocontrol: Perspectives from Academia, Government and Industry

Organizer(s)

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  Brianna Foster (she/her/hers)

  PhD Candidate
  Entomology
  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, Michigan
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  DeShae Dillard

  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, Michigan

Presentations:

• 3:00 PM – 3:05 PM ET

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Brianna Foster (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
• 3:05 PM – 3:20 PM ET

  Regulatory policies for movement of commercial biocontrol agents in North America
  

  Presenting Author: Ben Slager – USDA
• 3:20 PM – 3:35 PM ET

  Regulation of commercial and classical biological control in the U.S. by USDA-APHIS: Policy and process
  

  Presenting Author: Robert Pfannenstiel – USDA
• 3:35 PM – 3:50 PM ET

  Classical approach to a novel invasion: Lessons and progress in the biological control of emerald ash borer
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph Taylor – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Toby R. Petrice – USDA

  Co-Author: Marianna Szucs – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Therese M. Poland (she/her/hers) – USDA

  Co-Author: Kathleen Knight – USDA-Forest Service
• 3:50 PM – 4:05 PM ET

  Weed biological control policy and best practices: The example of puncturevine, Tribulus terrestrisL.
  

  Presenting Author: Kristen Bowers – New Mexico State University

  Co-author: Puck Draney – New Mexico State University

  Co-author: Dave Thompson – New Mexico State University

  Co-author: Francisco Montaño – New Mexico State University

  Co-author: Raul Gonzalez – New Mexico State University
• 4:05 PM – 4:20 PM ET

  Evolutionary applications in biological control: The effects of policy on population performance
  

  Presenting Author: Brianna Foster (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University

  Co-author: Marianna Szucs – Michigan State University
• 4:20 PM – 4:25 PM ET

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Brianna Foster (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
• 4:25 PM – 5:00 PM ET

  Discussion