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Project Update Slides: Aphid Management

2026 Potato virus Y and colonizing aphids management discussion
2026 Aphid webinar for potato growers
2026 Advisory Meeting New management tools for insect-vectored pathogens in seed potatoes
2024 Non-neonicotinoid management programs for viral pathogens in seed potatoes
2024 New management tools for insect-vectored pathogens in seed potatoes

Project Update Slides: Colorado Potato Beetle Management

2026 Winter Potato Meeting
2025 New York Potato Insect Pest Management Advisory Meeting
2025 Winter Potato Meeting
2024 Reduced-risk management program for control of key regional insect pests
2024 Hostplant resistance breeding update

Extension Articles

Scientific Articles

Extension Presentations

2026

  • Alyokhin, A. 2026. New chemical options for post-neonicotinoid world. Maine Potato Summit. Presque Isle, ME. January 14, 2026.
  • Angelella, G. 2026. Insecticides for Aphid Vectored Virus Transmission. Washington/Oregon Potato Conference. Tri-Cities, WA. January 28, 2026. Speaker, 30 minutes.
  • Cohen, A. 2026. Aphid Monitoring and PVY Risk in Northern Michigan. Winter Potato Conference. Grand Rapids, MI. January 28, 2026. Speaker, 30 minutes.
  • Schloemer, C. 2026. PVY Management Updates from the Neonicotinoid Alternative Project. Wisconsin Seed Potato Improvement Association Annual Meeting. WI. January 28, 2026.
  • Szendrei, Z. and R. Rantz. 2026. Beating the Beetle: Updates for Colorado Potato Beetle Management. Winter Potato Conference. Grand Rapids, MI. January 28, 2026. Speaker, 30 minutes.

2025

  • Angelella, G. 2025. Assessing insecticide behavioral effects in aphids for virus transmission prevention. Potato Association of America 2025 Meeting. Madison, WI. July 28, 2025.
  • Alyokhin, A. 2025. Specialty Crop Research Initiative Potato IPM. Maine State Legislative Tour. Presque Isle, ME. July 17, 2025.
  • Cohen, A. and Z. Szendrei. 2025. Aphid management in Michigan seed potatoes. Michigan Seed Potato Annual Meeting. Naubinway. MI July 10, 2025.
  • Cohen, A. 2025. Aphid management in Michigan seed potatoes. Upper Peninsula Potato Field Day. Rock, MI. August 28, 2025.
  • Dimase, M., and B.A. Nault. 2025. Colorado potato beetles. Orleans Regional Winter Vegetable Meeting. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell Vegetable Program. Albion, NY. January 23, 2025. Co-author, 30 minutes. Attendees: 25.
  • Lopes, T and D.S. Douches. 2025. Quantifying and Utilizing Solanum pinnatisectum Resistance to Colorado Potato Beetle. Potato Association of America 2025 Meeting. Madison, WI. July 29, 2025. Speaker, 15 minutes.
  • Nault, B.A. 2025. Updates in insect pest control in potatoes. 2025 Chipping Potato Twilight Meeting. Dansville, NY. September 4, 2025. Speaker, 30 minutes.
  • Nault, B.A., and M. Dimase. 2025. Colorado potato beetle management strategies. Laing-Gro Fertilizer Div. Timac Agro USA Winter Meeting. Eden, NY. February 13, 2025. Speaker, 45 minutes. Attendees: 50.
  • Nault, B.A. 2025. Update on alternatives research in vegetables. Neonicotinoid Task Force Meeting. Geneva, NY. January 15, 2025. Speaker, 15 min. Attendees: 60.
  • Nault, B.A., A. Alyokhin, Z. Szendrei, T. Waters, and R. Groves. 2025. Reduced-risk management program for control of key regional insect pests. USDA SCRI Advisory Meeting: Enhancing integrated insect pest management strategies for U.S. potato production systems. Orlando, FL. January 9, 2025. Speaker, 15 min. Attendees: 20.
  • Ohler, B.J., C.R. Corral, W.R. Cooper, T. Waters, and D. Horton. 2025. Who’s eating potato pests? Potato Association of America 2025 Meeting. Madison, WI. July 29, 2025. Speaker, 15 minutes.
  • Rantz, R.P. and A. Cohen. 2025. Neonicotinoid-Alternative Management Programs for Colorado Potato Beetle. Winter Potato Conference. Grand Rapids, MI. January 28, 2025. Speaker, 30 minutes.
  • Schoville, S.D., N. Azhimuratov, F.M. Reyes, J. Zhu and R. Groves. 2025. Abundance and insecticide resistance patterns of Colorado potato beetles in Wisconsin. Potato Association of America 2025 Meeting. Madison, WI. July 28, 2025. Speaker, 15 minutes.
  • Szendrei, Z. 2025. Future Changes in Insecticide Use in Potatoes. Winter Potato Conference. Grand Rapids, MI. January 28, 2025. Speaker, 30 minutes.
  • Szendrei, Z. 2025. Colorado Potato Beetle Management. Montcalm Potato Field Day. Lakeview, MI. August 7, 2025. Speaker, 30 minutes.
  • Terris, E and R. Groves. 2025. Insecticide Cross-Resistance in the Colorado potato beetle on Wisconsin Organic Farms. Potato Association of America 2025 Meeting. Madison, WI. July 29, 2025. Speaker, 15 minutes.
  • Waters, T.D. and A. Karasev. 2025. Evaluating alternatives to neonicotinoids and the impact on virus transmission in seed potatoes. Washington State University Potato Field Day. Othello, WA. June 26, 2025. Speaker, 30 minutes.
  • Waters, T.D. 2025. Using Narrow Spectrum Insecticides with Action Thresholds for Pest Management in Commercial Potato Crops. Idaho Potato Conference. Pocatello, ID. January 22, 2025. Speaker.
  • Waters, T.D. 2025. Evaluating alternatives to neonicotinoid Insecticides for the control of aphid vectored virus in potato seed. Montana Potato Seed Growers Annual Meeting. Missoula, MT. November 13, 2025. Speaker.
  • Waters, T.D. 2025. Identifying alternatives to neonicotinoids and using the WSU DAS. Agrinorthwest Agronomy Update. AgriNorthwest Farms, Plymouth, WA. February 5, 2025. Speaker.
  • Weissner, M. and R. Groves. 2025. Transgenerational effects of a dsRNA-based insecticide on the Colorado potato beetle. Potato Association of America 2025 Meeting. Madison, WI. July 28, 2025. Speaker, 15 minutes.
  • Verkoulen, S., E. Terris, S.D. Schoville, and R. Groves. 2025. Characterization of Neuropeptides in the Colorado potato beetle using RNAi. Potato Association of America 2025 Meeting. Madison, WI. July 28, 2025. Speaker, 15 minutes.

2024

  • Waters, T.D. 2024. Economic Management of Insects that Vector Diseases of Potato. Potato Association of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. July 23, 2024.
  • Waters, T.D. 2024. The Potato Decision Aid System. Washington/Oregon Potato Conference. Washington Potato Industry, Kennewick, WA. January 24, 2024.

Scientific Presentations

2026

  • Dimase, M., Waters, T., Szendrei, Z., Groves, R., Nault, B. 2026. Multi-state evaluation of neonicotinoid alternative programs for Colorado potato beetle management. Pacific Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Spokane, WA. April 12-15, 2026.

2025

  • Alyokhin, A. 2025. Practical view on ledprona in potato pest management. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 9, 2025.
  • Buzza, A. and A. Alyokhin. 2025. Sublethal stress in pest management. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 9, 2025.
  • Crowder, D. 2025. Monitoring the susceptibility of Colorado potato beetle populations from New York to key non-neonicotinoid insecticides. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 11, 2025.
  • Dimase, M., and B. A. Nault. 2025. Evaluating non-neonicotinoid insecticide rotations for sustainable potato pest management programs in New York. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Phoeniz, AZ. November 13, 2024.
  • Dimase, M., and B. A. Nault. 2024. Evaluating non-neonicotinoid insecticide rotations for sustainable potato pest management programs in New York. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Phoeniz, AZ. November 13, 2024.
  • Egbon, I. and A. Alyokhin. 2025. To eat or not to eat: Garcinia kola (Clusiaceae) modifies the behavior of Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 11, 2025.
  • Egbon, I., A. Buzza, and A. Alyokhin. 2025. Potato spectral response to biotic and mechanical defoliation, and chemical application using RapidSCAN. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 11, 2025.
  • Gunn, J., B. Christensen, A. Kissonergis, L. Semic, J. Hoven, E. Bueno, R. L. Groves, S. D. Schoville, S. McKay, and Y. Che. 2025. Assessing transgenerational phenotypic response to insecticidal stress in invasive Colorado potato beetles (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 9, 2025.
  • Maurer, A., E. Terris, R. L. Groves, and S. D. Schoville. 2025. Investigating phenotypic and genomic cross-resistance in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 9, 2025.
  • Rampone, E. A., D. Crowder, C. Wohleb, and T. Waters. 2025. Forming collaborative partnerships between data scientists and farmer collaborative research networks to identify best management practices. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 12, 2025.
  • Rantz, R. P. and Z. Szendrei. 2024. Moving beyond neonicotinoids in Colorado potato beetle management. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. November 11, 2024.
  • Salgado, L. D., R. L. Groves, D. Owens, T. Waters, W. Hutchison, E. C. Burkness, F. Yang, and B. Nault. 2025. Performance of non-neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments for managing seedcorn maggot (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) in large-seeded vegetable crops. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 9, 2025.
  • Schloemer, C., S. Chapman, B. Bradford, T. Waters, B. Nault, A. Alyokhin, Z. Szendrei, and R. L. Groves. 2025. Multi-state evaluation of the performance of non-neonicotinoid management programs for potato virus Y in seed potato. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 9, 2025.
  • Schoville, S. D., R. L. Groves, Y. Chen, J. Zhu, N. Azhimuratov, J. F. M. Reyes. 2025. Precision pest management: Spatiotemporal modeling of insecticide resistance evolution in Colorado potato beetle. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 9, 2025.
  • Terris, E., S. Verkoulen, U. Toprak, S. D. Schoville, and R. L. Groves. 2025. An exploration of uncharacterized neuropeptides in the Colorado potato beetle using RNAi. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 9, 2025.
  • Szendrei, Z., D. Crowder, R. L. Groves, B. Nault, T. Waters, A. Alyokhin, P. Nachappa, G. M. Angelella, D. Douches, J. Goldberger, K. Dentzman, and P. Mitchell. 2025. Forming a collaborative network for potato pest management. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 12, 2025.