SERG Workshop 1998
October 28-30, 1998
Quebec City, Quebec

October 28, 1998
  • Welcome - Gilles A. Trudel, General Manager, SOPFIM
  • SOPFIM - Overview and Priorities - Real Provencher, Chairman of SOPFIM Board
  • Bt Experimental Field Trials against Eastern Spruce Budworm by SOPFIM in Western Quebec - Alain Dupont, F.E., M.Sc.
  • Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Bt. on Spruce Budworm - Eric Bauce, Ph.D., Laval University
  • Spruce Budworm vulnerability and bud phenology - Kees van Frankenhuyzen - CFS Great Lakes
  • SERG Project Update Presentations:
    • * 1995/05 IPM for Eastem Hemlock Looper - Chris Lucarotti - CFS Atlantic
    * 1998/01 IPM for Pine FaIse Webworm - Barry Lyons - CFS Great Lakes and E.G. Kettela - CFS Atlantic
    * 1995/07 Developing Effective Strategies for Managing Epidemics of the Spruce Budworm
    => Introduction: E.G. Kettela - CFS Atlantic
    => Component 1: Effective Strategies - Black - Eldon Eveleigh - CFS Atlantic
    => Component 2: Monitoring Low-Level - Nelson Carter - NBDNRE
    => Component 3: Decision Support Systems - Dave MacLean - CFS Atlantic
    => Component 4: Spray Control Systems
    a) Use of DGPS, GypsEs and ArcVlew for Operational Insecticide and herbicide Sprays - R.E. Mickle REMSPC and G. Cormier- FPL
    b) Operational Experience using GPS and GIS and Northwood Geosciences Vertical Mapper Add-in Package - Larry Matwee - MNR Manitoba
    => Component 5: New Products - Foray 96B Bt. Trial against Spruce Budworm - E.G. Kettela - CFS Atlantic
    * 1998/05 IPM Program for White Marked Tussock Moth
    - E.G. Kettela and Graham Thurston - CFS Atlantic
    - Eric Georgeson - N.S. Lands and Forests
    - Kees van Frankenhuyzen - CFS Great Lakes
    * 1998/06 IPM System for Balsam Fir Sawfly
    - E.G. Kettela and Chris Lucarotti - CFS Atlantic
    - Hubert Crummey - Newfoundland Lands and Forests
    * 1995/01 IPM for the Yellow Headed Spruce Sawfly - Graham Thurston - CFS Atlantic
    * Physical/Biological Characterization of Commercial Bt. products: Field Dosimetry Measurements by Different Assays
    - Vern Seligy - Department of Health (Environmental Health)
    - Ghislain Rousseau - SOPFIM
    October 29, 1998
  • City Tour
    • October 30, 1998
  • Results of Optimization Trials at Murdochville - R. E. Mickle - REMSpC, Ghislain Rousseau - SOPFIM
  • Progress on BioSIM/GypsES - Jacques Regniere - CFS Quebec
  • 1996/02 Translocation of Tilclopyr - Robert A. Campbell - CFS Great Lakes
  • 1995/06 Efficacy of Glyphosate as influenced by Drop Size, etc. - Robert A. Campbell - CFS Great Lakes
  • 1998/02 Evaluation of the ADAM Kit - Kees van Frankenhuyzen - CFS Great Lakes
  • Early Intervention against Spruce Budworm in Quebec: new project SOPFIM / OMNR - Jacques Regniere - CFS Quebec
  • Meeting of SERG Steering Committee