MONDAY 26th November 2001

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8:00AM

REGISTRATION

   

9:00 AM

OPENING

Professor John McKenzie, Dean, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne

 

Chair: Peter Ridland

 

9:20 AM

Keynote Address: Management of the diamondback moth: déjà vu all over again?

Tony Shelton

10:00 AM

Improvement of crucifer IPM in the Changjiang River Valley, China: from research to practice

Shu-sheng Liu, Invited Speaker

10:30 AM

MORNING TEA

   
 

Chair: Steve McKechnie

Population structure of DBM

11:00 AM

Variability in Plutella and its natural enemies: implications for biological control

A.A. Kirk, D. Bordat, G. Mercadier, G. Delvare, A. Pichon and L. Arvanitakis

11:20 AM

Same old song, done me wrong; would the real polymorphism stand up please?

Robert Butcher, Denis Wright and James Cook

11:40 AM

Biological and genetic differences between populations of diamondback moth from different geographic origins

A. Pichon, D. Bordat, A. Bordat, L. Arvanitakis and C. Tertois

12:00 PM

Estimation of some characteristic dispersal ranges of diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

Jianhua Mo, Greg Baker, Mike Keller and Rick Roush

12:20 PM

LUNCH

   
 

Chair: Ary Hoffmann

Bt and transgenic plants

1:30 PM

Genetics and molecular biology of diamondback moth resistance to Bt: relevance to detection and management

D. G. Heckel, Invited Speaker

2:00 PM

Interactions between transgenic plants, the diamondback moth and natural enemies

T. H. Schuler, R. P. J. Potting, I. Denholm and G. M. Poppy

2:20 PM

Geographic variation in esterase isozymes and distribution of esterase 9b of diamondback moth: with reference to insecticide susceptibility of a Taiwan population

William Can-Jen Maa

2:40 PM

Current status of abamectin resistance in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), in China

Li-hua Lü, Xia Feng, Yu-rong He and Huan-yu Chen

3:00 PM

AFTERNOON TEA

 
 

Chair: David Heckel

Insecticide Resistance

3:30 PM

Tolerance to permethrin in diamondback moth populations from vegetable and non-vegetable hosts in southern Australia

Nancy M. Endersby, Peter M. Ridland and Jingye Zhang

3:50 PM

Diamondback moth resistance to insecticides in Guangdong Province

Xia Feng, Huan-yu Chen and Li-hua Lü

4:10 PM

[Tony Shelton replacement - confirmed [title to be advised]

4:30 - 5:15 PM

OPEN DISCUSSION Discussion facilitator: Rick Roush

     

6:00 - 7:00 PM

POSTER EVENING Wine & Cheese Architecture Atrium

 

 

 

TUESDAY 27th November 2001

 

Chair: Graham Walker

Integration of management practices

9:00 AM

Improving the integration of pest management practices: theoretical and practical challenges

Michael A. Keller, Invited Speaker

9:30 AM

Integration of biological control and botanical pesticides - evaluation in a tritrophic context

Deidre S. Charleston, M. Dicke, L.E.M. Vet and R. Kfir

9:50 AM

Increase in populations of diamondback moth in cabbage by elimination of parasitoids

Rami Kfir

10:10 AM

Quantitative evaluation of the biotic mortality factors affecting diamondback moth in southeast Queensland, Australia

Michael J. Furlong, Shi Zuhua, Guo Shi-jian, Liu Yinquan, Shu-sheng Liu and Myron Zalucki

10:30 AM

MORNING TEA

   
 

Chair: Mike Furlong

Parasitoid biology and impact

11:00 AM

What makes a good parasitoid? A Trichogramma perspective

Ary Hoffmann, Invited Speaker

11:30 AM

Interspecific competition between Diadegma semiclausum and Oomyzus sokolowskii, parasitoids of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

Zu-hua Shi, Qin-bao Li, Xin Li and Shu-sheng Liu

11:50 AM

Host insecticide resistance favours selection of resistance in the parasitoid, Cotesia plutellae

Shu-sheng Liu, Yuan-xi Li and Zhen-Hua Tang

12:10 PM

Effects of several insecticides on the larval parasite, Cotesia plutellae Kurdjumov

Tadashi Miyata, Laddawan Insung, Ouab Sarnthoy and Piyarat Keimeesuke

12:30 PM

LUNCH

   
 

Chair: Michael Keller

Parasitoid diversity

1:40 PM

Guild structure of aphid parasitoids in broccoli: influence of host and neighboring crops

Moshe Coll

2:00 PM

Parasitoids associated with the diamondback moth in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

T.J. Smith and M.H. Villet

2:20 PM

Incidence of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), and its indigenous parasitoids on cabbage in central and eastern Uganda

F. Nagawa and J. Ogwang

2:40 PM

Impact of parasitoid wasps on Plutella xylostella in Perth, Western Australia

F. A. Berlandier and D. A. Cousins

3:00 PM

AFTERNOON TEA

 
 

Chair: Shu-sheng Liu

Parasitoids and pesticides

3:30 PM

Differential field parasitism of the diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) by two larval parasitoids in relation to application of two neem insecticides

A.M. Akol, S. Sithanantham, A. Varela, J.M. Mueke and R.O. Okelo

3:50 PM

Ecological impacts of Brassica IPM implementation in Indonesia

S. Sastrosiswojo, W. Setiawati, L. Prabaningrum, T.K. Mooeksan, L. Sulastrini and Z. Abidin

4:10 PM

Mike Keller replacement confirmed [title to be advised]

4:30 – 5:00 PM

OPEN DISCUSSION Discussion facilitator: Myron Zalucki

       

7:00 -11:00 PM WORKSHOP DINNER University House

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY 28th November 2001

 

Chair: Peter Ridland

Insect-plant interaction

9:00 AM

A new theory of host-plant selection by insects - based on the behaviour of pest insects on cruciferous plants

Stan Finch, Invited Speaker

9:30 AM

Trap crops for diamondback moth and other crucifer pests in Guam

R. Muniappan, Junard Cruz and Jesse Bamba

9:50 AM

Coping with glucosinolates: disarming the mustard oil bomb

Heiko Vogel, Jürgen Kroymann, Andreas Ratzka and Thomas Mitchell-Olds

10:10 AM

Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), on peas in Kenya: impact of the host shift on the pest and its parasitoid

Bernhard Löhr and Andrea Rossbach

10:30 AM

MORNING TEA

   
 

Chair: Stan Finch

Insect-plant and environmental interactions

 

Function of plant volatiles in the host selection by the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella and its parasitoid, Cotesia plutellae

Jiang Li-Hui and Shu-sheng Liu

11:20 AM

Development time of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Plutellidae) under varied microclimatic conditions: are we measuring the right temperatures?

S. Mohandass and M. P. Zalucki

11:40 AM

Elevated atmospheric CO2 may affect the performance of specialist (Plutella xylostella) and generalist (Spodoptera littoralis) on Brassica plants

G.V.P. Reddy, A.-M. Manninen and J. K. Holopainen

12:00 PM

Mike Keller title to be advised

12:20 PM

LUNCH

   
 

Chair: A. Sivapragasam

Pathogens of DBM

1:30 PM

The development of endemic pathogens of Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth, DBM) for control of DBM in East Africa

David Grzywacz, Mark Parnell, Gilbert Kibata, George Odour, Walter Ogutu, Douglas Miano and Doreen Winstanley

1:50 PM

Options of insect pathogens for biological control of diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) with emphasis on the entomopathogenic fungus, Zoophthora radicans

F.J.L. Stavely, B. Chapman, T. Glare, H. Yeo, J.K. Pell, D.M. Suckling and M. Walter

2:10 PM

Proof-of-concept trials for control of DBM by auto-dissemination

R.A. Vickers, J.K. Pell, A. White and M.J. Furlong

2:30 PM

The prevalence of intracellular microsporidiae and Wolbachia infections in Plutella xylostella in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Robert Butcher, Denis Wright and James Cook

2:50 PM

Some studies on Nosema infecting DBM in Malaysia

A.B. Idris, B-A.H. Zainal Abidin, A.M. Noran, A. S. Sajap and A. K. Hussan

3:10 PM

AFTERNOON TEA

 
 

Chair: Richard Vickers

Pathogens and pest management

3:40 PM

Impact of a granulosis virus on larval food consumption and development duration of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.)

Li-hua Lü, Yu-rong He, Xia Feng and Huan-yu Chen

4:00 PM

Some results of research on cruciferous insect pests in the North of Vietnam and an IPM approach

Le Van Trinh, Vu Thi Su and Nguyen Thi Nguyen

4:20 PM

Transmission of entomopathogenic fungi by the diamondback moth

Michael J. Furlong and Shi Zuhua

4:40 - 5:15 PM

IOBC meeting

   

 

 

THURSDAY 29th November 2001

Chair: Thomas Sparks

Management of DBM

9:00 AM

The present and future status of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), as a pest of canola in western Canada

L.M. Dosdall, P.G. Mason, O. Olfert, L. Kaminski, and B.A. Keddie

9:20 AM

Development of an Integrated Pest Management programme for the control of diamondback moth (DBM) in Tororo district, Uganda

J. Nabirye, M.W. Ogenga-Latigo, S. Kyamanywa, H. Wilson and E. Adipala

9:40 AM

Naturally derived chemistry (Azadirachtin) for the control of crucifer pests in Australia

G. R. Leeson

10:00 AM

MORNING TEA

Chair: Greg Baker

New chemistries

10:40 AM

New insect control agents: modes of action and selectivity

Thomas C. Sparks, Invited Speaker

11:20 AM

Spinosad controls a range of lepidopteran pests in crucifers in Australia

Paul Downard

11:40 AM

DBM resistance management in Hawaii

Ronald Mau

12:00 PM

Challenges in implementing spinosad diamondback moth resistance management strategies in intensive vegetable growing areas in Asia

Samsudin Amit, Gary Thompson and Paul Downard

12:20 PM

LUNCH

Chair: Nancy Schellhorn

Adoption of Integrated Pest Management

1:30 PM

Brassica IPM adoption: progress and constraints in southeast Asia

A. Sivapragasam, Invited Speaker

2:00 PM

Implementation of an IPM programme for vegetable brassicas in New Zealand

Graham Walker, Peter Cameron and Nadine Berry

2:20 PM

Integrating novel technologies for cabbage IPM in the USA: value of on-farm research

William D. Hutchison, E.C. Burkness and Gary Pahl

2:40 PM

Developments in IPM programmes for vegetable brassicas in Fiji, Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea

Graham Walker, Sada N. Lal, Moti L. Autar, Brian Tairea, Maja Poeschko, Pus Wesis and Guenther Rapp

3:00 PM

AFTERNOON TEA

 

Chair: Dijana Jevremov

Adoption of Integrated Pest Management

3:20 PM

Development and implementation of IPM systems in the Lockyer Valley, Queensland Australia

S. Heisswolf and L. Bilston

3:50 PM

A change in attitude – seeing pests from a different perspective

Kevin Niemeyer

4:10 PM

Developing a training and information package for IPM implementation in Brassica vegetable crops

S. Heisswolf, Shu-sheng Liu, G. Norton and S. McGrath

4:30 – 5:00 PM

OPEN DISCUSSION Discussion facilitator: Tony Shelton

Announcement of next Workshop venue

5:15 PM

CLOSING REMARKS Peter Ridland, Workshop Convener