Invasive Pest Conference, 2023

UH CTAHR, Cooperative Extension Services has established a statewide outreach program to transfer the innovative agriculture technology to the growers and Agricultural industries. The invasive species outreach program is one of them that mainly focussed on developing an outreach program on invasive pest managment. This Conference aims to bring all the stakeholders related invasive pest managment to one forum to discuss/share the knowledge on invasive pest concerns, policies, and innovative control methods, that can be transferred to the clientels.For questions, please contact Roshan Manandhar, Assistant Extension Agent, at roshanm@hawaii.edu or call (808) 274-3477.

CTAHR Cooperative Extension, University of Hawaii

Please join us for an in-person Invasive Pest Conference and learn about the status, response, and managemen of diversity of invasive pests.

777 Ward Ave

Please join us for an in-person Invasive Pest Conference on August 9-10, 2023 at Blaisdell Center, Honolulu. This conference will feature presentations on a diversity of invasive pests ranging from invasive weeds, agricultural and landscape pests, and other topics including climate change, and biological control presented by CTAHR research, extension faculty, and other partner agencies.Keynote Speaker: Phillip Andreozzi, United States Department of Agriculture Invasive Species Coordinator, Washington D.C. *L﻿unch and Refreshments are provided*

Agenda

DAY 1 -Registration

Roshan Manandhar, CTAHR,  Cooperative Extension, Kauai

Jeremy Elliott-Engel, Associate Dean Extension, CTAHR, UH

Phillip Andreozzi, USDA Invasive Species Coordinator

Break - Refreshments

Revitalizing Action on the 2017-2027 Hawaiʻi Interagency Biosecurity Plan

Chelsea Arnott, Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council

HPWRA Turns 25: A quarter century of Weed Risk Assessment in Hawaiʻi

Chuck Chimera, Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council

Priority Invasive Species for prevention and containment

Helen Sofaer, United States Geological Survey

Exploring the climate change-invasive species nexus with Pacific RISCC

Elliott Parsons, Pacific RISCC Management Network, UH

LUNCH -Provided

A step forward: Predicting the abundance of Culex quinquefasciatus in Hawaiʻi to inform Management

Adam Vorsino, United States Fish and Wildlife Services

Distribution and abundance of wild ungulates in Hawaii highlights their diverse impact

Derek Risch, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, UH Mānoa

Non- native freshwater snail diversity in the Hawaiian Islands

Ken Hayes, Bishop Museum

Invasive land snails in Hawaiʻi: Species updates and pathways of spread

Norine Yeung, Bishop Museum

Yellow crazy ant control at endangered snail enclosures

Kevin Amstrong, Oahu Army Natural Resource Program

What else is in here? Exploring a large geospatial ant sampling dataset for trends and insights

Brooke Mahnken, Maui Invasive Species Committee

Efficacy of organic herbicides on Devil weed, Chromolaena odorata

Chelsea Tamayo, Oahu Army Natural Resource Program

Poorly studied and misidentified non-insect invertebrate pests in Hawaiʻi

Utilizing the AT220 Automatic self-resetting trap as another tool in small vertebrate control

Troy Levinson, Oahu Army Natural Resource Program

DAY 2

Haumana speak for Ōhi‘a Lehua and Manu of the forest - Engaging students to participate in Hawaiʻi’s Legislature to advocate for the native species conservation

Kailee Lefebvre, Coordinated Group of Alien Pest Species

Current status and future directions of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response in Hawaiʻi

Keith Weiser, CRB Response Team

Developing Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle - safe composting on Oahu

Tina Lau and Bonnie McCann, CTAHR CE Oahu, UH

Tools for control of adult Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle in palm trees - Aerial application to distributed IoT camera trap system

Mohsen Paryavi, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UH Mānoa

Improving the Integrated Pest Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaiʻian coffee agroecosystems

Luis Aristizabel, Department of PEPS, UH Mānoa

The Kona Research and Extension Center’s Coffee Leaf Rust update

Mathew Miyahira, CTAHR CE, Kona, UH

Research update on management of Coffee Leaf Rust in Hawaii using systemic and biological fungicides

Zhiqiang Cheng, Department of PEPS, UH Mānoa

Understanding the recent coffee leaf rust infection in commercial coffee farms: What we have learned from the last two coffee seasons

Lunch - Provided

Phillip Andreozzi, USDA Invasive Species Coordinator, Washington D.C.

What we know about Rapid Ōhi‘a Death and how we protect our native forest

Ambyr Miyake, CTAHR CE, Hilo, UH

Double impact of a weed biocontrol agent in Hawaii: Secusio extensa (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) releases for fireweed Senecio madagascariensis outspreads naturally to Cape ivy Delairea odorata

Mohsen Ramadan, Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture

Hawaiʻi Integrated Pest Management Program for Diamondback Moth: Pesticide Resistance Management

Rosemary Gutierrez, CTAHR CE Maui, UH

Hawaiʻi Invasive Pest Communication and Networking

Roshan Manandhar, CTAHR CES, Kauaʻi, UH

Mark Wright, Department of PEPS UH Mānoa

R. Manandhar, CTAHR CES, Kauaʻi, UH

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