Monday, November 17, 2008: 7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE2. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

 D0030Host egg-size plasticity affects preference and performance in the egg parasitoid Uscana semifumipennis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) as a result of host size selection
Joseph Deas, Martha S. Hunter
 D0031How oviposition experience effects attraction of the parasitoid Cotesia marginiventris to Spodoptera exigua and Trichoplusia ni in wind tunnel assays
Christina M. Harris, James H. Tumlinson
 D0032Interspecific larval competition between two egg parasitoids on the refrigerated host eggs of Riptortus clavatus (Hemiptera: Alydidae)
Md. Abdul Alim, Un Taek Lim
 D0033Impact of generalist predators on tomato induced defenses
Hélène Marie Madeleine Quaghebeur, Gary Felton
 D0034Vermicompost-mediated host plant effects on generalist and specialist lepidopterous pest species
Amos Gray Little, Yasmin J. Cardoza
 D0035Entomopathogenic fungi populations from agricultural and natural ecosystems and their virulence: A study in the Chihuahuan desert
Jorge San Juan-Lara, Sergio R. Sanchez-Peña
 D0036Response of soil microarthropods to the application of entomopathogenic nematode–killed insects in crop and refuge habitats
Randa Jabbour, Mary Barbercheck
 D0037The impact of Beauveria bassiana, Trichogramma pretiosum, Bacillus thuringiensis and spinosad on the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis)
Rostern N. Tembo, Daniel M. Pavuk
 D0038Egg releases of the hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Heteroptera: Adelgidae), predator Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae)
Jessica D. Holland, Tom W. Coleman, Mark J. Dalusky, C. Wayne Berisford
 D0039Investigating the effects of herbicide on interactions between beneficial soil bacteria, herbicide-resistant soybeans, and insect herbivores
Beth A. Irwin, Mark C. Mescher, Consuelo M. De Moraes

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