Monday, December 10, 2001: 7:00 AM-7:00 PM

Exhibit Hall(Convention Center, Lower Level)

Student Competition Display Presentations, Subsection Ca. Biological Control

D0034Development of a cotton aphid threshold which incorporates natural enemies
Hugh Conway, Tim Kring
D0035Biological control of the balsam twig aphid (Mindarus abietinus [Koch]) using green lacewings (Chrysoperla rufilabris [Burmeister]) in Michigan Christmas tree fields
Abigail J. Sommers, Kirsten Fondren, Deborah G. McCullough
D0036Physiological and behavioral factors affecting the success of parasitism of Toxoptera citricida (Homoptera: Aphididae) by Lipolexis scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae)
Alison Walker, Marjorie A. Hoy
D0037The effect of tachinid parasitoids on obliquebanded leafroller populations in apple orchards
Catherine Westbrook
D0038Efficacy of Aphidius colemani Viereck for suppression of melon aphid in greenhouse grown chrysanthemum
Gissella M. Vasquez, David B. Orr, James R. Baker, Melinda M. Gibbs
D0039The effect of habitat management practices on early-season predation of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura, by indigenous predators
Tyler B. Fox, Douglas A. Landis
D0040Ecology and identification of the grape leafhopper egg parasitoids Angarus spp. in Washington's Columbia Basin
Christian Storm, David G. James, Larry Wright
D0041Influence of greenhouse microclimate on the predation rate of Amblyseius cucumeris Oudemans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
T. A. P. Jones, J. L. Shipp, C. Scott-Dupree, C. R. Harris
D0042Interactions between Solenopsis invicta and Lipolexis scutellaris, a parasitoid of Toxoptera citricida: Affecting the efficacy of a classical biological control agent?
Shane L. Hill, Marjorie Hoy
D0043Assessing twospotted spider mite damage and predator release ratios on greenhouse ivy gernanium
George P. Opit, David Margolies, Jim Nechols, Kim Williams
D0044Community ecology and the biological control of purple loosestrife: Changes in plant species composition along an environmental gradient
Marjolein Schat, Peter B. McEvoy, Eric M. Coombs
D0045Abundance and diversity of mite and insect fauna on cultivated and feral hop in southern Idaho
Mary M. Gardiner, James D. Barbour, Bahman Shafii
D0046Patterns of parasitism of obliquebanded leafroller in apple orchards and wild sites in New York
Mark Sarvary, Harvey Reissig, Jan Nyrop
D0047Relationship between corn leaf aphid density and European corn borer parasitism by Trichogramma ostriniae
Jeffrey R. Fuchsberg, John E. Losey
D0048Nontarget effects on native Senecio by the cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae), introduced for biological control of tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
Jason L. Fuller, Peter B. McEvoy, Eric M. Coombs
D0049Temperature effects on the reproductive biology of the imported field bindweed moth, Tyta luctuosa
Soledad C. Villamil, James R. Nechols
D0050Field studies of Diorrhabda elongata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larval survivorship, a biological control agent introduced against saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima) in the western U.S
Angelica M. Herrera, Raymond I. Carruthers, Donald Dahlsten, Tom Dudley
D0051Do selective pesticides preserve the natural enemy communities in potato fields?
Amanda M. Koss, William E. Snyder
D0052Augmentation of Trichogramma for suppression of Nantucket pine tip moth in commercial pine plantations
Michael M. Philip, David B. Orr
D0053Spatial dynamics of leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) infested plant communities influenced by flea beetles in the Aphthona complex (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Nikolai G. Wiman, Robert M. Nowierski, David K. Weaver
D0054Grassy refuge strips and narrow spectrum insecticide use conserve ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) populations in Michigan onions
Brian McCornack, Edward Grafius, Douglas A. Landis, Maria Kortier Davis
D0055Arthropod fauna of abandoned grape vines in eastern Washington
Deirdre A. Prischmann, David G. James
D0056Establishment and impact of the musk thistle head weevil, Rhinocyllus conicus, and the rosette weevil, Trichosirocalus horridus, for control of musk thistle, Carduus nutans, in Oklahoma
Mary Roduner, Gerrit Cuperus, Phillip Mulder
D0057Rearing parasitoids of the Asian citrus psylla in a tritrophic quarantined system
Lucile H. Skelley, Marjorie A. Hoy
D0058How prey detect and avoid predators: A study with an agricultural pest
Jennifer L. Williams, David H. Wise

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