Christopher M. Ranger (he/him/his)

Research Entomologist
USDA
Wooster, Ohio

Presentation(s):

• Fungal foes or friends? Understanding the relationship between apple trees, ambrosia beetles, and associated fungi

  Sunday, November 5, 2023
  11:40 AM – 11:55 AM ET

• Finding the invisible: Detecting arthropod pests in greenhouse grown tomato plants using environmental DNA

  Monday, November 6, 2023
  9:00 AM – 9:12 AM ET

• Comparing different trapping tools to improve the monitoring of ambrosia beetle

  Monday, November 6, 2023
  8:48 AM – 9:00 AM ET

• Evaluating fungus gnat (Lycoriella spp.) repellency to insecticides utilized in oyster mushroom (Pleurotus spp.) production

  Monday, November 6, 2023
  10:42 AM – 10:54 AM ET

• Holistic Synthesis of Ambrosia Beetle Interactions Affecting Horticultural Tree Crops

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  1:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET

• Evaluating repellent technologies for ambrosia beetle management in nursery production

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  2:20 PM – 2:35 PM ET

• Evaluation of plant defense elicitor (acibenzolar-S-methyl) to control ambrosia beetles on flowering dogwoods exposed to simulated flood stress

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  3:10 PM – 3:25 PM ET

• Understanding the adult dispersal capacity of ambrosia beetles in ornamental crops

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  4:00 PM – 4:15 PM ET

• Type and severity of water stress influence host selection by ambrosia beetles

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  4:15 PM – 4:30 PM ET

• Optimizing repellents and attractants as a "push-pull" strategy for ambrosia beetles in horticultural tree crops

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  4:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET

• Poster: Ambrosia beetle trap seasonality, plant phenological observations, and weather data over a 12-year period: What does it reveal?

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  4:45 PM – 5:05 PM ET

• Poster: Effects of trapping tactics and lure doses on ambrosia beetle captures and attacks

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  4:45 PM – 5:05 PM ET

• Poster: Impacts of ambrosia beetles on field nursery tree species with different tolerance levels to flood and drought stress

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  4:45 PM – 5:05 PM ET

• Poster: Influence of acetic acid and ethanol on tunneling and colonization success of the ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus germanus

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  4:45 PM – 5:05 PM ET

• Poster: Influence of pH and ethanol on colonization of wood bolts by ambrosia beetles

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  4:45 PM – 5:05 PM ET

• Poster: Physiological responses of three apple rootstocks to water stress and their influence in ambrosia beetle attack

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  4:45 PM – 5:05 PM ET

• Poster: Spatial patterns of ambrosia beetle flight into nurseries from adjacent woodlots in Ohio

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  4:45 PM – 5:05 PM ET

• Ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) seasonal flight patterns in coniferous and deciduous woodlots

  Wednesday, November 8, 2023
  8:00 AM – 8:12 AM ET

• An overview of management tactics for fungus gnat (Lycoriella spp.) control on oyster mushroom (Pleurotus spp.) farms

  Wednesday, November 8, 2023
  2:50 PM – 3:05 PM ET