Stakeholder Advisory Panel Meeting, February 2021

Video Recordings

Watch the video of Day 1, recorded February 17, 2021.

Watch the video of Day 2, recorded February 18, 2021.

Downloadable Presentations

Welcome and Introductory Remarks – Jim Walgenbach, NC State University

Regional Reports

Regional Report: West – Diane Alston, Utah State University

Landscape Ecology

Advances in modeling of BMSB phenology – Anne Nielsen, Rutgers University
BMSB in California: Current status and future outlook – Kent Daane, University of California-Berkeley

Biological Control

Native natural enemies as biocontrol agents – Paula Shrewsbury, University of Maryland
Research in Virginia on Trissolcus japonicus foraging ecology as related to its surveillance – Nicole Quinn and Chris Bergh, Virginia Tech
Redistribution of T. japonicus and effects of infochemicals on stink bug parasitism – Joe Kaser, Don Weber, Ashot Khrimian, and Kim Hoelmer – USDA-ARS
Status of T. japonicus in the U.S. – Kim Hoelmer, USDA-ARS

Management Tactics and Outreach

Pheromones: Discovery, commercial development, and uses – Tracy Leskey, USDA-ARS
Attract and kill technology: Progress and future directions – Jim Hepler, Washington State University
Area-wide management of BMSB – Tracy Leskey, USDA-ARS
Results of a survey on the economic impact of BMSB – Jay Harper, Penn State
Outreach Activities – Deb Grantham, Northeastern IPM Center

Interactive Stakeholder Input Session

Biocontrol – Kim Hoelmer, USDA-ARS

Polling Report

Polling Report – David Lane, Northeastern IPM Center