Tuesday, September 11, 2007: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
108 (Lubbock Memorial Civic Center)
Transgenic Bt Cotton in Arthropod Pest Management
This symposium reviews contemporary research on Bt technology in caterpillar pest management in cotton. Government and university research and industry perspective will be discussed.
Organizers:	Dr. John J. Adamczyk Dr. Jonathan Holloway
10:00 AM			From Pheromone Traps to Stable Isotopes: A Look Back at Heliothine Discoveries During the Transgenic Era Dr. John J. Adamczyk
10:20 AM			Insect Resistance Management in Bt cotton and the IRAC Biotechnology Team Dr. Jonathan Holloway
10:35 AM			Twelve Years of Commercial Bt Cotton Experience: Contributions to Science and Lessons Learned Dr. J. Walt Mullins
10:55 AM			WIDESTRIKE™ INSECT PROTECTION: CURRENT STATUS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS FROM DOW AGROSCIENCES Dr. Gary D. Thompson, Dr. Melissa Willrich-Siebert, Dr. B. Haygood, Dr. L. B. Braxton
11:10 AM			Resistance Management with Syngenta's Transgenic VipCot Cotton Dr. Ryan Kurtz
11:25 AM			Ten years of Bt cotton in Australia : impact from deployment of Australia's first GM crop Dr. Gary P. Fitt
11:45 AM			"Production and characterization of Bt Cry1Ac resistance in cottonbollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie)" Mr. Konasale Anilkumar, Ms. Ana Rodrigo-Simón, Dr. Marianne Pusztai-Carey, Dr. William Moar
Sponsor:	Arthropod Management

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