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

Room A5, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE5. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Moderator(s): Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues
Clyde Sorenson
8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM0427Impact of selected cultural practices on late season and overwintering stem borer infestations in sugarcane and rice
Julien M. Beuzelin, A. Meszaros, W. Akbar, T. E. Reagan, M. O. Way
8:17 AM 0428Burning dormant timothy: Cultural management for thrips
Dominic Reisig, Larry Godfrey, Daniel Marcum
8:29 AM0429Influence of planting date and insecticide treatment on incidence of tomato spotted wilt virus in burley and flue-cured tobaccos in North Carolina
Mariah J. Bock, Clyde E. Sorenson, Mark R. Abney, Hannah J. Burrack
8:53 AM0431Reduced fertility and transovarial transmission by obliquebanded leafroller, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris), after exposure to Novaluron
Soo-Hoon Samuel Kim, Christine Vandervoort, Mark E. Whalon, John C. Wise
9:05 AM0432Degree-day model and applications for management of grape phylloxera in the Ozarks
Sandra Sleezer, Donn T. Johnson, Barbara Lewis
9:17 AM0433Dose-response relationships of neonicotinyl insecticides to Blissus occiduus and B. leucopterus hirtus
MItchell D. Stamm, Tiffany M. Heng-Moss, Frederick P. Baxendale, Blair D. Siegfried
9:29 AM Break
9:41 AM 0434The impact of high and low toxicity insecticides on Formica exsectoides and Formica glacialis in Maine lowbush blueberry
B. A. Choate, Frank Drummond
9:53 AM0435Organic mulches: Impact on soil surface insects in snapdragons
Harsimran Gill, Robert McSorley, Gaurav Goyal, Romy Krueger, Danielle Treadwell
10:05 AM0436Comparative toxicity of essential oils of Lisea pungens Hemsi and Listea cubeba and blends of their major constituents against Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Zhili Jiang, Yasmin Akhtar, Murray B. Isman, Xing Zhang
10:17 AM0437Pine pollen effects on Frankliniella occidentalis and F. fusca reproduction
Gina M Angelella, David G. Riley
10:29 AM 0438Variation in the laboratory susceptibility of four species of turf-infesting white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) to a series of biorational, biological and chemical control products
Anuar Morales, Daniel C. Peck
10:41 AM0439Evaluation of management practices for pink hibiscus mealybug under semi-field conditions
Justin Vitullo, Aijun Zhang, Catharine M. Mannion, Christopher Bergh

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