Biological Control Introductions Against Invasive Pests: Celebrating the Career of Kim Hoelmer

Organizer(s)

• JD

  Jian Duan

  Research Entomologist
  Wildlife Ecology and Entomology
  USDA
  Newark, Delaware
• XW

  Xingeng Wang

  Research Entomologist
  Agriculture Research Service- Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit
  USDA
  Bear, Delaware

This symposium will be dedicated to the great achievement of Dr. Kim Hoelmer's career. Dr. Hoelmer has contributed significantly to biological control of many important invasive insect pests. The symposium will cover a wide range of currently important invasive insect pests by invited Dr. Hoelmer's collaborators. 

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM ET

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Jian Duan – USDA
• 1:35 PM – 1:50 PM ET

  Classical biological control of silverleaf whitefly
  

  Presenting Author: John A. Goolsby (he/him/his) – Agricultural Research Service
• 1:50 PM – 2:05 PM ET

  Biological control of spotted-wing drosophila
  

  Presenting Author: Kent Daane – University of California

  Co-Author: Xingeng Wang – USDA

  Co-Author: Antonio Biondi – University of Catania

  Co-Author: Matthew Buffington – USDA

  Co-author: Kim Alan Hoelmer – USDA
• 2:05 PM – 2:20 PM ET

  An insect pest, a parasitoid and Kim Hoelmer: The magical trio during his years at USDA-ARS-EBCL
  

  Presenting Author: Marie-Claude Bon (she/her/hers) – USDA

  Co-author: René Sforza – USDA
• 2:20 PM – 2:35 PM ET

  Biological control of spotted lanternfly
  

  Presenting Author: Juli R. Gould – USDA

  Co-author: Hannah J. Broadley – USDA

  Co-author: Kim Alan Hoelmer – USDA
• 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM ET

  Modeling the effects of plant resistance, herbivore virulence, and parasitism, on the population dynamics of aphids and parasitoids in wheat and soybean in different climates
  

  Presenting Author: Keith Hopper – USDA
• 2:50 PM – 3:05 PM ET

  Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of biological control of Roseau cane scale
  

  Presenting Author: Hannah J. Broadley – USDA

  Co-author: Mike Martinson – USDA

  Co-author: Rodrigo Diaz – Louisiana State University

  Co-author: Tanner C. Sparks – Louisiana State University

  Co-author: Jeremy Andersen – University of Massachusetts

  Co-author: Juli R. Gould – USDA

  Co-author: Kim Alan Hoelmer – USDA
• 3:05 PM – 3:20 PM ET

  Classical biocontrol of emerald ash borer: Critical factors affecting its success
  

  Presenting Author: Jian Duan – USDA

  Co-author: Juli R. Gould – USDA
• 3:20 PM – 3:25 PM ET

  Break
• 3:25 PM – 3:40 PM ET

  Bringing chemical ecology into biological control: How do parasitoids find their hosts?
  

  Presenting Author: Sean M. Boyle – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Robert Malek – CABI

  Co-Author: Megan Herlihy – USDA

  Co-Author: Ashot Khrimian – USDA

  Co-Author: Joseph Kaser – USDA

  Co-Author: Donald C. Weber – USDA
• 3:40 PM – 3:55 PM ET

  The impact of systematics on effective biological control
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew Buffington – USDA

  Co-author: Elijah Talamas – Florida State Collection of Arthropods
• 3:55 PM – 4:10 PM ET

  Trissolcus and beyond: Invasive stink bugs drive rapid advancement in the taxonomy and systematics of scelionid wasps
  

  Presenting Author: Elijah Talamas – Florida State Collection of Arthropods
• 4:25 PM – 4:40 PM ET

  Exploration for native parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii reveals hidden biodiversity of parasitic wasp of drosophilids
  

  Presenting Author: Emilio Guerrieri – National Research Council of Italy

  Co-author: Massimo Giorgini – National Research Council of Italy
• 4:55 PM – 5:10 PM ET

  Biological control of olive fruit fly in California
  

  Presenting Author: Xingeng Wang – USDA

  Co-author: Kent Daane – University of California

  Co-author: Charlie Pickett – California Department of Food and Agriculture

  Co-author: Kim Alan Hoelmer – USDA
• 5:10 PM – 5:15 PM ET

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Kim Alan Hoelmer – USDA