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Video Livestream ViewAttendees 155

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Section Symposium

Entomology of Cannabis sativa: Insect Science and Pest Management in a Burgeoning Industry

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
9:30 AM - 12:20 PM EST

Livestream

    Organizer(s)

  • Jonathan Cale

    Research and Development
    London, ON, CAN

  • Katelyn Kesheimer

    Entomology and Plant Pathology
    Auburn University
    Auburn, Alabama

  • Kadie Britt

    Department of Agricultural Biology
    Colorado State University
    Denver, Colorado

  • Amanda Skidmore

    Extension Plant Sciences, Dept of Entomology, Plant Pathology & Weed Sciences Department
    New Mexico State University
    Las Cruces, New Mexico

  • MB

    Marguerite Bolt

    Purdue University
    West Lafayette, Indiana

Rapidly expanding Cannabis sativa production operations to supply diverse markets in the United States and Canada have created an urgent need for supportive entomological and pest management research. This international symposium discusses new research, knowledge gaps, and emerging challenges pertaining to phytophagous insects in the expanding hemp and cannabis industries.

Presentations:

  • 9:30 AM - 9:35 AM EST
    Introductory remarks
  • 9:35 AM - 9:50 AM EST
    Insect pest management challenges in the regulatory environment of Canadian Cannabis

    Presenting Author: Jonathan A. Cale

  • 9:50 AM - 10:05 AM EST
    Managing insect pests of hemp in Virginia

    Presenting Author: Kadie Elizabeth Britt

    Co-Author: Thomas P. Kuhar – Entomology, Virginia Tech

    Co-Author: Susan Whitehead – Virginia Tech

  • 10:05 AM - 10:20 AM EST
    Insects, Cannabis, and pest management in Tennessee: Is our industry burgeoning, bludgeoning, or burdening?

    Presenting Author: Jerome F. Grant

    Co-Author: Julian Cosner

  • 10:20 AM - 10:25 AM EST
    Break
  • 10:25 AM - 10:40 AM EST
    Fire ants in southern hemp: Potential control options for a major pest

    Presenting Author: Katelyn Ann Kesheimer – Auburn University

    Co-Author: Jessica Kelton – Alabama Cooperative Extension System

  • 10:40 AM - 10:55 AM EST
    Hemp russet mite: What we know and what we need to know

    Presenting Author: Whitney S. Cranshaw, PhD – Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University

  • 10:55 AM - 11:10 AM EST
    New Mexico hemp pests

    Presenting Author: Amanda Skidmore – New Mexico State University

    Co-Author: Kevin Lombard – New Mexico State University

    Co-Author: Rebecca Creamer – New Mexico State University

  • 11:10 AM - 11:25 AM EST
    Examining potential Cannabis extract toxicity in insects

    Presenting Author: Sean Michael Prager

    Co-Author: Jacqueline Verhallen – University of Saskatchewan

  • 11:25 AM - 11:30 AM EST
    Break
  • 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    Using UAV technology to detect hemp pests in eastern Oregon

    Presenting Author: Silvia I. Rondon – Oregon State University

  • 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    A survey of aphid species in British Columbia hop fields and an exploration of potential alternative summer hosts of the damson-hop aphid, Phorodon humuli (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

    Presenting Author: Emily Jayne Carmichael – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  • 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM EST
    Survey of California Cannabis production – Key arthropod pests

    Presenting Author: Houston Wilson – University of California, Riverside

    Co-Author: Kent Daane – University of California, Berkeley

  • 12:15 PM - 12:20 PM EST
    Closing remarks