Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room A4, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE3. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Moderator(s): Albrecht Koppenhöfer
Andrea Bixby
8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM0402Development of a rapid resistance monitoring bioassay for codling moth
Leonardo C. Magalhaes, Jaap B. van Kretschmar, Vonny M. Barlow, R. Michael Roe, James Walgenbach
8:17 AM0403Living on the edge: Detecting spatial associations between immigrating L. maculicollis adults, larvae and preferred host plants on golf course fairways
Benjamin McGraw, Albrecht M. Koppenhöfer
8:29 AM0404Predicting average weekly blacklight trap catch of Acrosternum hilare adults using weather parameters
Katherine Kamminga, Ames Herbert, T. P. Kuhar, Carlyle C. Brewster
8:41 AM 0405Seasonal fluctuation and infestation levels of Xylosandrus compactus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on coffee in Hawaii
Elsie Burbano, Mark Wright
8:53 AM0406Examining flower thrips distribution in southern highbush blueberries utilizing geostatistical methods to improve monitoring techniques
Elena M. Rhodes, Oscar E. Liburd
9:05 AM0407Effects of current and future soybean aphid management tactics on soybean aphids (Aphis glycines) and their natural enemies in Illinois in 2007 and 2008
Nicholas A. Tinsley, Kevin L. Steffey, Ronald E. Estes, Joshua R. Heeren, Michael E. Gray
9:17 AM Break
9:29 AM0408Modeling distribution and abundance of soybean aphid in soybean fields using measurements from the surrounding landscape
Christine A. Bahlai, Sarah Sikkema, Rebecca H. Hallett, Jonathan A. Newman, Arthur W. Schaafsma
9:41 AM0409Management of soybean aphid in narrow row soybean production
Matthew ONeal, Kevin D. Johnson
9:53 AM 0410Enzyme induction as a possible mechanism for latex-mediated insect resistance in romaine lettuce
Amit Sethi, Heather J. McAuslane, Bala Rathinasabapathi, Gregg S Nuessly, Russell T. Nagata
10:05 AM0411Combining pest control and resistance management: Synergy of engineered insects with Bt crops
Nina Alphey, Michael B. Bonsall, Luke Alphey
10:17 AM0412Intelligent Pest Monitoring: a new paradigm for crop protection
Saber Miresmailli, Murray B. Isman
10:29 AM0413The relationship between the placement of mating disruption dispensers and pheromone trap efficacy for monitoring adult codling moth (Cydia pomonella)
Eric Bohnenblust, Larry Hull, Greg Krawczyk

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