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Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM |
Room A8, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center) |
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE1. Plant-Insect Ecosystems |
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| Moderator(s): | John Tooker
Amanda L. Koppel
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| 8:00 AM | | | | Introductory Remarks |
| 8:05 AM |  | 0369 | | The effect of aphid density on intraguild predation of a soybean aphid parasitoid in the field
Jeremy M. Chacón, George E. Heimpel |
| 8:17 AM | | 0370 | | Keep them coming, baby: Determinants of the field oviposition rate of the soybean aphid parasitoid Binodoxys communis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Christine Dieckhoff, George E. Heimpel |
| 8:29 AM | | 0371 | | Pentas lanceolatus as a nectar source for Larra bicolor and its effect on parasitism of Scapteriscus mole crickets
Cheri M Abraham, David W. Held |
| 8:41 AM | | 0372 | | Predicting parasitoid population dynamics resulting from novel interactions of climate change and selenium pollution
Casey D. Butler, J. T. Trumble |
| 8:53 AM | | 0373 | | Evaluation of select farmscaping plants as food sources for the parasitoid Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): Effects on parasitoid longevity and body sugars
Timothy David Nafziger, Henry Fadamiro |
| 9:05 AM | | 0374 | | Efficacy and plant finding behavior of Euhrychiopsis lecontei Dietz (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biological control agent for Eurasian watermilfoil
Justin L. Reeves, Patrick D. Lorch, Mark W. Kershner |
| 9:17 AM | | | | Break |
| 9:29 AM | | 0375 | | Comparing host-plant acceptance of Tamarix parviflora (Caryophyllales: Tamaricaceae) by field-established and laboratory populations of Diorhabda elongata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent of saltcedars
Hillary Q. Thomas, Frank G. Zalom |
| 9:41 AM | | 0376 | | Quantifying exposure pathways in generalist predator food webs: Uptake of Bt-endotoxins across multiple transgenic events
Julie A. Peterson, John J. Obrycki, James D. Harwood |
| 9:53 AM | | 0377 | | Efficacy and timing of entomopathogens against plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) in Michigan
Mark E. Whalon, Renee J. Pereault |
| 10:05 AM | | 0378 | | Interaction pathways between slugs and carabid beetles in strawberry agroecosystems: Implications for biological control
Michael J Eskelson, Eric G Chapman, Doulgas D. Archbold, John J. Obrycki, James D. Harwood |
| 10:17 AM | | 0379 | | The potential contribution of larval Agabus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) for mosquito suppression in constructed wetlands
Lauren E. Culler, William O. Lamp |
| 10:29 AM | | 0380 | | Introduction and establishment of Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands to control Salvinia minima Baker in Louisiana
Katherine A Parys, Seth Johnson |
