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Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM |
Room A9, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center) |
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE8 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems |
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| Moderator(s): | Brian P. McCornack
Logan M. Minter
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| 8:00 AM | | | | Introductory Remarks |
| 8:05 AM |  | 1065 | | Population dynamics of Raoiella indica (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) and predatory phytoseiid mite in coconut in Puerto Rico
Shirley Cruz, Jose I. Marengo, Lesly Colon, Cal Welbourn, Jorge E. Peņa, Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues |
| 8:17 AM | | 1066 | | Pre-infestation and post-infestation status of natural enemies of the red palm mite, Raoiella indica (Acari:Tenuipalpidae) in Florida
Jorge E. Peņa, Daniel Carrillo, Rita Duncan |
| 8:29 AM | | 1067 | | Utilization of native thistles (Cirsium spp.) by the Canada thistle rust mite, Aceria anthocoptes
Richard Hansen |
| 8:41 AM | | 1068 | | Natural enemies of purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, found in the Utica Marsh (Oneida Co., NY): Effects on growth and reproduction
Laura A. Erlandson, Linell Machold |
| 8:53 AM | | 1069 | | Population dynamics of Fiorinia externa (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) and synchrony with the parasitoid Encarsia citrina (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in the United States
Kristopher J Abell, Roy G Van Driesche |
| 9:05 AM | | 1070 | | Management practices to encourage natural enemies of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Christmas tree plantations
Peter F. Reagel, Lawrence M. Hanks |
| 9:17 AM | | 1071 | | Predation of two potato pests differentially affected by local and large-scale landscapes
Benjamin Werling, Claudio Gratton |
| 9:29 AM | | 1072 | | Aphids as beneficial insects?: Increased crop yield via induced plant chemistry and changes in natural enemy abundance and behavior
Steven D. Frank, Micky D Eubanks, Caralyn B Zehnder |
| 9:41 AM | | 1073 | | Changes in within-plant quality mediate predator impacts on aphids
Alejandro C. Costamagna, Brian P. McCornack, David W. Ragsdale |
| 9:53 AM | | | | Break |
| 10:08 AM | | 1074 | | Aphids dictate oviposition and subsequent predation of a major lepidopteran pest
Paul A. Lenhart, Steven D. Frank, Micky D. Eubanks |
| 10:20 AM | | 1075 | | The natural enemies of tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris) in tallgrass prairie and agricultural sites in Arkansas
Joshua J. Hannam, Donald C. Steinkraus |
| 10:32 AM | | 1076 | | Methodology of mass rearing the egg parasitoid, Telenomus podisi Ashmead (Scelionidae: Hymenoptera), on the plant pest species Euschistus servus (Say) (Pentatomidae: Heteroptera)
Amanda L. Koppel, Ames Herbert |
| 10:44 AM | | 1077 | | Biological control of the ambermarked birch leafminer (Profenusa thomsoni) in Alaska
Anna L. Soper, Roy Van Driesche, R. Reardon |
| 10:56 AM | | 1078 | | Effects of phorid flies (Pseudacteon sp.) on the foraging and persistence of the ladybeetle (Azya orbigera) in an organic coffee system
Ashley E. Larsen, Heidi Liere |
| 11:08 AM | | 1079 | | Molecular elucidation of the role of predatory thrips for biological control of the coffee berry borer
Eric G Chapman, Juliana Jaramillo, Fernando Vega, James D. Harwood |
| 11:20 AM | | 1080 | | Reducing fertilization to enhance management of thrips on roses
Andrew Chow, Kevin M. Heinz, Amanda Chau |
| 11:32 AM | | 1081 | | Scared sick?: Predator-pathogen facilitation strengthens biological control
William E Snyder, Ricardo Ramirez |
| 11:44 AM | | 1082 | | Influence of non-crop habitat on carabid abundance, diversity, and weed seed predation in a potato agroecosystem
Hannah R. Gaines, Claudio Gratton |
