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Member Symposium

Advances in Slug Biology, Ecology, and Management

Wednesday, November 8, 2023
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Azalea 1

In-Person

    Organizer(s)

  • Michael Crossley (he/him/his)

    Assistant Professor / Agricultural Entomologist
    Department of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology
    University of Delaware
    Newark, Delaware

  • TM

    Thabu Mugala

    University of Delaware
    Newark, Delaware

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM ET
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Michael S. Crossley (he/him/his) – University of Delaware

  • 1:35 PM – 1:55 PM ET
    Combining planting green and IPM to manage slug populations in field crops

    Presenting Author: John F. Tooker – Pennsylvania State University

  • 1:55 PM – 2:15 PM ET
    Slugs: How to trap in slow motion

    Presenting Author: Kelley Tilmon – The Ohio State University

    Co-author: Amy Raudenbush – The Ohio State University

  • 2:15 PM – 2:35 PM ET
    Discovery of Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae) in the United States and its potential as a biological control agent of pest gastropods

    Presenting Author: Rory McDonnell – Oregon State University

    Co-Author: Andrew Colton – Oregon State University

    Co-author: Dana Howe – Oregon State University

    Co-author: Casey Richart – Oregon State University

    Co-author: Dee Denver – Oregon State University

  • 2:35 PM – 2:55 PM ET
    Prophylactic insecticides and slug biocontrol: What can we learn from examining carabid communities at the species level?

    Presenting Author: Maria E. Cramer – University of Maryland

    Co-author: Kelly A. Hamby – University of Maryland

  • 2:55 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Break
  • 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM ET
    First report of damages caused by the native snail Mesodon clausus in soybeans and its management

    Presenting Author: Raul T. Villanueva – University of Kentucky

  • 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM ET
    No-till and cover crop implications for slug populations in Tennessee field crops

    Presenting Author: Sebe Brown – University of Tennessee

  • 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Potential influences of cover crop species on slug populations

    Presenting Author: Morgan Malone – University of Delaware

    Co-author: David Owens – University of Delaware

  • 4:00 PM – 4:05 PM ET
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Michael S. Crossley (he/him/his) – University of Delaware