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Video Livestream ViewAttendees 141

PBT

Section Symposium

The Art, Science, and Industry of Insect Rearing

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
9:30 AM - 1:05 PM EST

Livestream

This symposium will discuss advances in insect rearing science and best practices across a range of insect species as well as new technologies, methods, and automation for performing insect bioassays.

Presentations:

  • 9:30 AM - 9:35 AM EST
    Introductory remarks
  • 9:35 AM - 10:05 AM EST
    Large scale production of insects for food and feed

    Presenting Author: Cheryl Preyer

    Co-Author: Gabriel Mott – Aspire Food Group

    Co-Author: David Fluker – Flukers Cricket Farm Inc.

    Co-Author: Heather Jordan, PhD – Mississippi State University

    Co-Author: Kevin Bachhuber – Bachhuber Consulting LLC

    Co-Author: Keith Driver – Enterra Feed

  • 10:05 AM - 10:20 AM EST
    Quality control of commercialized natural enemies: An industry perspective

    Presenting Author: Thomas Groot – Koppert Biological Systems

  • 10:20 AM - 10:25 AM EST
    Break
  • 10:25 AM - 10:40 AM EST
    Quality management systems and rearing in an insectary: Best practices for managing a mosquito repository

    Presenting Author: Paul Howell

  • 10:40 AM - 10:55 AM EST
    Best practices and challenges in rearing multiple insect colonies

    Presenting Author: David Davis

  • 10:55 AM - 11:10 AM EST
    Advancements in education and training for insect rearing professionals

    Presenting Author: Norman C. Leppla, BCE

  • 11:10 AM - 11:15 AM EST
    Break
  • 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EST
    A dynamic energy budget approach to the prediction of insect development times in laboratory cultures

    Presenting Author: Christian Ulrich Baden

    Co-Author: Andre Gergs – Bayer AG CropScience

  • 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    Diet and nutrition as critical variables in producing high-quality, consistent, multi-generational insect colonies for industrial testing purposes

    Presenting Author: Jonathan Lelito – BASF Corporation

  • 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Evaluation of a microbial inhibitor in insect artificial diets for diet incorporation studies

    Presenting Author: Steven Michael Reyna

    Co-Author: Jennifer Fridley – Bayer Crop Science

    Co-Author: Geoffrey M. Mueller – Bayer CropScience LP

    Co-Author: Becky Roper – Bayer CropScience

    Co-Author: Jianguo Tan – Bayer CropScience

    Co-Author: Peter Asiimwe – Bayer Crop Science

  • 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM EST
    Advances and challenges of rearing emerald ash borer larvae on artificial diet

    Presenting Author: Priyanka Mittapelly

  • 12:15 PM - 12:20 PM EST
    Break
  • 12:20 PM - 12:35 PM EST
    Ants: Taking care of insects that take care of themselves

    Presenting Author: Roberto M. Pereira – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Elisabete Pereira – University of Florida

  • 12:35 PM - 12:50 PM EST
    Technologies and methodologies used in rearing, maintenance, Bt resistance selection, and bioassay of the sugarcane borer, fall armyworm, and corn earworm at LSU AgCenter

    Presenting Author: Fangneng Huang

  • 12:50 PM - 1:00 PM EST
    Panel discussion
  • 1:00 PM - 1:05 PM EST
    Closing remarks