William R. Morrison, III, Ph.D. (he/him/his)

Research Entomologist
USDA-ARS

Poster(s):

• Attraction and preference of a cosmopolitan stored product insect to unique microbially-mediated volatile emissions by fungi in grain

• Characterization of necromones emitted by dead Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) at different densities and times in traps and their influence on attraction and recapture by conspecifics

• Characterizing composition and assessing byproducts from biofuel production as potential biorational insecticides to induce lethality in stored product insects

• Flight capacity and trap capture of Eucosma giganteana (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in response to congeneric semiochemicals

• Mobility of phosphine-susceptible and -resistant Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) after exposure to control release materials with different active ingredients

• Movement and orientation to host-specific stimuli by the biocontrol agent, Theocolax elegans (Westwood) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) after rearing on two alternate hosts

• The dispersal capacity of the invasive larger grain borer (Prostephanus truncatus) and the cosmopolitan maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) after exposure to a novel and reduced-risk insecticide

• The rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae ), vectors microbes when they arrive in new food patches regardless of dispersal period or source patch

• Traps with long-lasting insecticide-incorporated netting as a novel perimeter-based management tactic to intercept stored product insects around food facilities

• 3: So, you've got bugs in your stored goods: Here are the common players, tactics, and resources to help you deal with it