Session: Display Presentations, Plant–Insect Ecosystems Section (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 7:00 AM-6:00 PM

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

Refilling dispenser for wet traps used for monitoring aphids

Luis Pulido, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) ; Alberto Fereres, CCMA-CSIC ; Saioa Legarrea, CCMA-CSIC ; Elisa Viñuela, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM)

D0190

Distance, resistance and migration in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)

Kathleen Schnaars- Uvino, City University of New York

D0191

Changes to carabid assemblages following habitat reconstruction in northeastern Iowa

Kirk Larsen, Luther College

D0192

Dispersal of the broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Acari: Tarsonemidae), by greenhouse pests

Huseyin Gocmen, Akdeniz University ; Utku Yukselbaba, Akdeniz University

D0193

Hyphantria cunea feeding behavior and survivorship is strongly inhibited by Ailanthus altissima

Amanda M Ritz, Millersville University ; Ryan L Wagner, Millersville University

D0194

Effect of soil amendment and fertilization on growth and reproduction of Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Isabelle Lauziere, Texas AgriLife Research

D0195

Attraction of the Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) to host volatiles from honey bees

Mark J. Carroll, University of Florida ; Peter E. A. Teal, Center for Medical, Veterinary, and Agricultural Research

D0196

Molecular diagnostics of honey bee, Apis mellifera, subspecies using multiplex PCR

Allen Szalanski, University of Arkansas ; Jackie Mckern, University of Arkansas ; Cesar Solorzano, University of Arkansas ; Roxane Magnus, University of Arkansas

D0197

Phenology of spring emergence of the native pollinator Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) with eastern redbud bloom and emergence of a cuckoo wasp parasitoid in Virginia

Mark Kraemer, Virginia State University ; Francoise Djibode Favi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

D0198

Nest-to-nest dispersal of Chaetodactylus krombeini (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) associated with Osmia cornifrons (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Yong-Lak Park, West Virginia University ; Vicki Kondo, West Virginia University

D0199

Regionally adapted developmental eco-physiology of Osmia lignaria: Management implications for almond pollination

Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, USDA - ARS ; James H. Cane, USDA - ARS ; Glen Trostle, USDA ARS ; Jordi Bosch, Ecologia - CREAF

D0200

Pollination and nesting behaviors of the pollinator (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Anthophora sp.) of a rare legume (Fabaceae: Faboideae: Astragalus phoenix) in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

David A Tanner, Utah State University ; James P. Pitts, Utah State University

D0201

Using historic data to inform collection effort for rare bumble bees

James Strange, USDA - ARS ; Jonathan Koch, Utah State University

D0202

Foraging efficiency of insect pollinators of the Pitcher’s thistle, Cirsium pitcheri, an endangered plant at the Indiana Dunes, IN

Helena Puche, University of Illinois-Chicago

D0203

Blueberry pollination in large and small fields by contrasting bee communities

Anna K Kirk, Michigan State University ; Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University

D0204

Factors influencing extrafloral nectar mediated ant-plant interactions in the Sonoran Desert

Scott Chamberlain, Rice University ; J. Nathaniel Holland, Rice University

D0205

The impact of restoration of native flora on pollinators at varying distances from plantings

Barbara Bloetscher, The Ohio State University ; Karen Goodell, The Ohio State University ; Nicole Cavender, The Wilds

D0206

The attraction of bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombus impatiens Cresson) colonies to small hive beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Aethina tumida Murray)

Jason R. Graham, University of Florida

D0207

Using Japanese beetle traps to survey native bee (Hymenoptera) populations on two sagebrush steppe sites in southern Idaho

Sara M. Birch, University of Idaho ; Stephen P. Cook, University of Idaho ; Carrie Caselton Lowe, University of Idaho ; Frank Merickel, University of Idaho

D0208

Dietary self-selection by Vanessa cardui L. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Dustin VanOverbeke, University of California ; Richard A. Redak, University of California, Riverside ; S. Nelson Thompson, University of California

D0209

Eradicating Japanese beetle from Palisade, Colorado

Judith Sirota, Mesa County ; Bob Hammon, Colorado State University

D0210

Survey of Tiphia parasitoids of the Japanese and oriental beetles in Connecticut

Ana Legrand, University of Connecticut

D0211

Behavioral explanations underlying the lack of trap effectiveness for small-scale management of Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica)

Paul V. Switzer, Eastern Illinois University ; Patrick C. Enstrom, Eastern Illinois University ; Carissa A. Schoenick, Eastern Illinois University

D0212

Investigation of semiochemical inhibitors for lily leaf beetle: Exploration for future resistance in commercial lily (Lilium) cultivars

Eleanor Groden, University of Maine ; Lois Berg Stack, University of Maine ; Bekka Brodie, University of Maine

D0213

Lily host resistance to lily leaf beetle, Lilioceris lilii (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Philip A. Stack, University of Maine ; Eleanor Groden, University of Maine ; Lois Berg Stack, University of Maine

D0214

Damage estimates and seasonality of Halyomorpha halys in apple and pear

Anne L. Nielsen, Rutgers University ; George C. Hamilton, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

D0215

Blueberry flower volatiles: Composition, diurnal pattern of emissions, and effects of bees

Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers University ; Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University ; Vera Kyryczenko-Roth, Rutgers University ; Julianna Tuell, Michigan State University

D0216

Cycas micronesica density in cliff line areas of northern Guam infested with Asian cycad scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui

Ross H. Miller, University of Guam ; Kaylyn K. Knaeble, University of Guam

D0217

Management of leafhoppers on North Carolina vineyards: 2006 to 2008

Raul T. Villanueva, Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Center ; George Kennedy, North Carolina State University ; Turner B. Sutton, North Carolina State University

D0218

Diaprepes, coarse sand and ground covers: Cultural control for root weevils in Florida citrus groves

Robin J. Stuart, University of Florida ; Larry W. Duncan, University of Florida ; Stephen L. Lapointe, USDA-ARS

D0219

Puncture resistance in Sharwil avocados to oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) oviposition

Peter A. Follett, USDA-ARS

D0220

The unusual aggregation behavior of Dichromothrips smithi (Zimmermann 1900), a new thrips pest infesting wild bamboo orchids and cultivated orchids in Hawaii Island

Robert G. Hollingsworth, US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center

D0221

Multi-agency Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newman) collaborative monitoring program along the Colorado Front Range

Thaddeus Gourd, Colorado State University Extension ; Joseph Julian, Colorado State University Extension

D0222

Influence of soil and weed management practices on plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) larval development and adult emergence in Alabama peaches

Clement Akotsen-Mensah, Auburn University ; Henry Fadamiro, Auburn University ; Robert Boozer, Auburn University

D0223

Colonization of Peristenus relictus for control of Lygus, a pest of strawberries on the central coast of California

Charlie Pickett, California Department of Food and Agriculture ; Sean Swezey, University of California, Santa Cruz ; Diego J. Nieto, University of California, Santa Cruz ; Janet A. Bryer, University of California ; Martin Erlandson, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre ; M. D. Schwartz, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Henri Goulet, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Jim Brown, California Department of Food and Agriculture

D0224

Development and optimization of monitoring techniques and mating disruption for control of navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella) in an areawide control approach

Bradley S. Higbee, Paramount Farming Co ; Charles Burks, USDA - ARS ; Joel Siegel, USDA - ARS

D0225

Introducing Gill’s mealybug, Ferrisia gilli (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), an emerging pest of California Sierra foothill wine grapes

Lynn R. Wunderlich, University of California ; Monica Cooper, UC Berkeley ; Kent M. Daane, University of California-Berkeley

D0226

Pecan ipmPIPE: A new IPM pest information platform for extension, education (ipmPIPE) and research for pecan stakeholders

Marvin K. Harris, Texas A&M University ; Robert Puckett, Texas A&M University ; Bill Ree, Texas A&M University ; John Jackman, Texas A&M University

D0227

Field evaluation of select OMRI listed biorational insecticides against yellowmargined leaf beetle, Microtheca ochloroma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in organic crucifer vegetables

Rammohan Rao Balusu, Auburn University ; Henry Fadamiro, Auburn University

D0228

Factors effecting the trap capture of grape root borer, Vitacea polistiformis (Harris) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), in Virginia vineyards

Christopher Bergh, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Siddharth Tiwari, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida

D0229

Ability of plant stress volatiles to trigger attacks by the nursery-infesting black stem borer, Xylosandrus germanus

Christopher M. Ranger, USDA-ARS ; Michael E. Reding, USDA - ARS ; Daniel A. Herms, The Ohio State University, OARDC ; Anand Persad, Davey Institute

D0230

Seasonal abundance and parasitism of Caloptilia porphyretica Braun (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a leafminer on highbush blueberry

James D. Barry, DuPont Crop Protection ; Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers University ; Dean Polk, Rutgers University ; Aijun Zhang, USDA - ARS

D0231

Developing cost-effective reduced-risk apple and peach pest management programs for the eastern United States

Kris Tollerup, University of California, Davis ; Ann Rucker, Rutgers University ; Peter Shearer, Rutgers University

D0232

Isaria fumosorosea (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes): Potential use for managing insect pests of citrus

Pasco B. Avery, University of Florida ; Wayne B. Hunter, USDA - ARS ; David G. Hall, USDA-ARS, U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory ; Mark A. Jackson, USDA ARS Crop Bioprotection Research Laboratory ; Charles A. Powell, University of Florida-IFAS ; Michael E. Rogers, University of Florida

D0233

Challenges and triumphs associated with SPLAT Cydia: Codling moth mating disruption in apple and pear orchards

Anna Getchell, ISCA Technologies, Inc ; Agenor Mafra-Neto, ISCA Technologies, Inc ; Reginald Coler, ISCA Technologies, Inc ; Rafael Borges, ISCA Tecnologias Ltda ; Arthur Agnello, Cornell University ; Leandro Ernesto Jost Mafra, ISCA Tecnologias Ltda ; Diego Zeni, ISCA Technologies, Inc ; Henry Kotula, ISCA Technologies, Inc ; Cristiano Arioli, ISCA Tecnologias Ltda ; Carmem Bernardi, ISCA Technologies, Inc ; Lisiane Zeni, ISCA Technologies, Inc

D0234

Current situation of the Asian citrus psyllid in Mexico: Occurrence, actions and misconceptions

J. Isabel López-Arroyo, INIFAP ; Jesús Loera-Gallardo, INIFAP ; Isidro H. Almeyda-León, INIFAP ; Mario A. Rocha-Peña, INIFAP

D0235

Biological parameters of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on selected hosts

Dakshina Seal, University of Florida ; Waldemar Klassen, University of Florida ; Catherine Sabines, Entomology and Nematology ; Vivek Kumar, University of Florida ; Garima Kakkar, University of Florida

D0236

Wax-based application methods for mating disruption of grape berry moth (Paralobesia viteana) in Michigan vineyards and adjacent woodlots

Keith Mason, Michigan State University ; Luis Teixeira, Michigan State University ; Michael Reinke, Michigan State University ; Larry Gut, Michigan State University ; Jim Miller, Michigan State University ; Agenor Mafra-Neto, ISCA Technologies, Inc ; Reginald Coler, ISCA Technologies, Inc ; Anna Getchell, ISCA Technologies, Inc ; Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University

D0237

Organic fruit production needs in the southeastern United States and organic pest management practices tested in Arkansas

Donn T. Johnson, University of Arkansas ; Barbara Lewis, University of Arkansas ; Curt Rom, University of Arkansas ; Heather Friedrich, University of Arkansas ; Rolfe Bryant, USDA ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center ; Maciej A. Pszczolkowski, Missouri State University

D0238

Testing artificial diets in preparation for LBAM SIT

Leslie Foss, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology ; Nada Tomic-Carruthers, USDA APHIS PPQ

D0239

Light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) economic analysis using GIS and quantitative modeling

Glenn Fowler, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST-PERAL ; Lynn Garrett, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST-PERAL ; Alison Neeley, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST-PERAL ; Dan Borchert, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST-PERAL ; Brian Spears, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST-PERAL

D0240

Immunological detection of glassy-winged sharpshooter saliva in grapevines

Kim B. Kingston, University of California, Davis ; Elaine Backus, USDA - ARS ; John M. Labavitch, University of California, Davis

D0241

Seasonal feeding behavior of glassy-winged sharpshooter on grapevines

Thomas M. Perring, University of California - Riverside ; Charles A. Farrar, University of California Riverside

D0242

High elevation emerging geometrid insect pests in the southwestern United States

Bobbe Fitzgibbon, USDA Forest Service ; Ann M. Lynch, USDA - Forest Service ; Terry Rogers, USDA Forest Service

D0243

Population dynamics of potential pests and natural enemies in lesquerella and guayule, two new industrial crops in the western U.S

Steven Naranjo, USDA - ARS ; Melissa Noble, USDA-ARS

D0244

Developing a semiochemical-based system for monitoring Lygus spp. (Heteroptera: Miridae) in Arizona cropping systems

Jacquelyn L. Blackmer, USDA-ARS ; L. Forlow Jech, USDA-ARS ; David Hall, University of Greenwich ; Jerry Cross, East Malling Research ; Michelle Fountain, East Malling Research

D0245

Resistance of zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) to fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Leaf tensile strength and cell wall components

Trent Hale, Sports Turf Care ; James Reinert, Texas AgriLIFE Res. & Ext. Urban Solution Center ; Richard H. White, Texas A&M University

D0246

Phoretic arthropods of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in central Louisiana

John C. Moser, USDA Forest Service ; Stacy R. Blomquist, USDA Forest Service

D0247

Seasonal variation of nutrient assimilation in European fire ant (Myrmica rubra) colonies

Jennifer Lund, University of Maine ; Hector Alejandro Arevalo, University of Florida ; Eleanor Groden, University of Maine ; Frank Drummond, University of Maine

D0248

Survey of pestiferous ants in suburban landscapes of Maine and New York

Jennifer Lund, University of Maine ; Carolyn Klass, Cornell University ; Eleanor Groden, University of Maine ; Susan King, University of Delaware ; Hector Alejandro Arevalo, University of Florida ; Tamara Levitsky, University of Maine

D0249

Nocturnal foraging behavior of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta Buren) in response to Pseudacteon phorid flies

Robert Puckett, Texas A&M University ; Marvin Harris, Texas A&M University

D0250

Seed dispersal by various neotropical ground-dwelling ants in response to presence of Azteca instabilis and management intensification

Katherine Ennis, University of Michigan

D0251

Foraging activities of imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Mississippi sweetpotato fields

Tahir Rashid, Alcorn State University ; James T. Vogt, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Jian Chen, USDA-ARS, National Biological Control Lab

D0252

Phaenochilus n. sp.: A new candidate for biological control of the cycad aulacaspis scale

Ronald D. Cave, University of Florida ; Ru Nguyen, FDACS-DPI ; Veronica Manrique, University of Florida ; Natalia J. Vandenberg, USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory ; Adriano Giorgi, University of Georgia

D0253

Efficacy of entomopathogenic viruses for control of pickleworm larvae

D. Michael Jackson, USDA - ARS ; Martin Shapiro, Clemson University ; Merle Shepard, Clemson University ; Dwight Lynn, USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

D0254

Natural enemies in Oregon blueberries

Jana C. Lee, USDA ARS

D0256

Foraging efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes in different soil types from California citrus groves

Roy Kaspi, University of California ; Andrew Ross, University of California ; Harry K. Kaya, University of California-Davis ; Ed Lewis, University of California, Davis

D0257

High host specificity in Encarsia diaspidicola, the biological control agent candidate for the white peach scale, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona, in Hawaii

Gabor Neumann, RCUH ; Peter A. Follett, USDA-ARS ; Robert G. Hollingsworth, US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center ; Jesse H. de Leon, USDA, ARS, KSARC

D0258

Parasitism of invasive brown marmorated stinkbug (Halyomorpha halys) in the eastern U.S. by indigenous parasitoids and prospects for classical biocontrol with Asian parasitoids

Kim A. Hoelmer, USDA - ARS ; Kathleen Tatman, USDA-ARS ; Anne L. Nielsen, Rutgers University ; George Hamilton, Rutgers University

D0259

Field parasitism of the papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Hawaii

Leyla V. Kaufman, University of Hawaii at Manoa ; Mark G. Wright, University of Hawaii - Manoa

D0260

Orientation of the predator Laricobius nigrinus Fender (Coleptera: Derodontidae) to insect hosts and plant material in a multi-chambered olfactometer

Kimberly F. Wallin, The University of Vermont ; Darrell W. Ross, Oregon State University ; Tanya Latty, The University of Sydney

D0261

Preliminary data on chestnut plant volatiles as attractants to the lesser chestnut weevil, Curculio sayi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Ian W. Keesey, University of Missouri ; Bruce Barrett, University of Missouri - Columbia

D0262

Effects of application methods and timings on the efficacy of neonicotinoids against oak lecanium (Parthenolecanium quercifex)

Juang-Horng Chong, Clemson University ; Joe Chamberlin, Valent USA Corp

D0263

Walnut twig beetle and thousand canker disease as an emerging problem of black walnut in the western U.S

Curtis Utley, Colorado State University ; Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University ; Ned A. Tisserat, Colorado State University

D0264

Hemlock woolly adelgid populations (Adelges tsugae)

Annie Paradis, University of Massachusetts ; Joseph Elkinton, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

D0265

Resistance of landscape-suitable elm (Ulmus spp.) cultivars to leaf miners, gall makers, and Japanese beetle

Cristina M. Brady, University of Kentucky ; Jennie Edelen Condra, University of Kentucky ; Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky

D0266

Biology of magnolia scale

Jamee Lee Hubbard, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point ; Andrew West, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point ; Abigail Strobel, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

D0267

Ambrosia beetles accelerate mortality of coast live oaks (Quercus agrifolia) infected by the exotic pathogen Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death in California

Brice A. McPherson, University of California ; David L. Wood, University of California - Berkeley ; Sylvia R. Mori, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service ; Maggi Kelly, University of California ; Pavel Svihra, University of California Cooperative Extension ; Andrew J. Storer, Michigan Technological University ; Richard B. Standiford, University of California

D0268

Monitoring the response of rare lepidoptera to fire management in the pine rocklands of Everglades National Park

Aerin D. Land, Everglades National Park

D0269

Response of the bark beetle, Hylesinus pruinosus, to the male-produced pheromone, endo-brevicomin

William P. Shepherd, USDA - Forest Service ; Brian T. Sullivan, USDA - Forest Service ; JoAnne Barrett, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station ; Tessa Bauman, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

D0270

Support for the microenvironment hypothesis for adaptive value of gall induction in the California gallfly, Andricus quercuscalifornicus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

Donald G. Miller, California State University, Chico ; Christopher T. Ivey, California State University, Chico ; Jackson D. Shedd, California State University, Chico

D0271

The impact of wildfire on invasive bark and wood-boring beetles in periurban forests of southern California

Shakeeb M. Hamud, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station ; Deguang Liu, University of California, Davis ; Tom W. Coleman, USDA - Forest Service ; Michael Bohne, USDA - Forest Service ; Mary Louise Flint, University of California, Davis ; Steven J. Seybold, USDA - Forest Service

D0272

Defining a biochemical and mechanistic link among Jeffrey pine stand density, drought, and risk of mortality from Jeffrey pine beetle, Dendroctonus jeffreyi

Andrew D. Graves, University of California, Davis ; Nancy E Grulke, USDA Forest Service ; David M Rizzo, University of California, Davis ; Barbara Demmig-Adams, University of Colorado at Boulder ; William W Adams, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Steven J. Seybold, USDA - Forest Service

D0273

Using spectrophotometry and artificial light to determine the role of visual cues in host locating behavior by forest insect herbivores

Addison Kasmarek, The University of Vermont ; Kimberly F. Wallin, The University of Vermont

D0275

Quantification of the insecticide imidacloprid in pecan trees using a competitive ELISA technique

Bryan Fontes, New Mexico State University ; Brad Lewis, New Mexico State University

D0276

A practical one-pot chemical synthesis of (3Z)-hexene-1,6-diol as a building block to prepare high geometric purity insect pheromone component

Lisong Hu, USDA-ARS-PSI ; Aijun Zhang, USDA - ARS ; Christopher Bergh, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

D0277

The mountain sagebrush (Asterales: Asteraceae) leaf trichomes: Genetics in relation to insecticidal activity

Francoise Djibode Favi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Mark Kraemer, Virginia State University

D0278

Approaches to perform dose confirmations for non-target organism studies by insect bioassay

Joshua Uffman, Monsanto Company ; Steven Levine, Monsanto Company

D0279

Relative susceptibility of Haeckeliania sperata (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) to pesticides used in citrus and ornamental systems in Florida

Daniel Carrillo, University of Florida ; Jorge E. Peña, University of Florida ; Michael E. Rogers, University of Florida

D0280

Population dynamics of insect vectors of Xylella fastidiosa in California almond nurseries: An assessment of plant vulnerability to almond leaf scorch disease

Rodrigo Krugner, USDA-ARS, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center

D0281

Lateral transfer of toxicants from male to female oriental fruit moth

Peter Shearer, Oregon State University ; Ann Rucker, Rutgers University ; Brian D. Olson, Dow AgroSciences ; Ian H Baxter, University of Southampton ; Clare Storm, Exosect Ltd

D0282

Pheromone application for mating disruption of carob moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae, in commercial date gardens

Jung-Joon Park, Korea University ; Thomas M. Perring, University of California - Riverside ; Agenor Mafra-Neto, ISCA Technologies, Inc

D0283

IPM Strategies for melon crops to reduce Bemisia tabaci populations and the incidence of cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus in southwestern Arizona

Stacey Bealmear, The University of Arizona ; Kurt Nolte, The University of Arizona ; John C. Palumbo, University of Arizona

D0284

Relationship between pitcher fenestrations and prey capture in the hooded pitcher plant (Sarracenia minor)

Anthony Rossi, University of North Florida ; Jason McGregor, University of North Florida

D0285

Impact of beet leafhopper control on the food resource base of the endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia sila).

Richard A. Redak, University of California, Riverside ; Kathleen Campbell, University of California ; Thomas Prentice, University of California

D0286

Subsidy of benthic production to a terrestrial food web: Midge emergence (Chironomidae) at Lake Mývatn, Iceland

Jamin Dreyer, University of Wisconsin ; David Hoekman, University of Wisconsin ; Erica C. Nystrom Santacruz, University of Wisconsin ; Jaclyn Entringer, University of Wisconsin ; M. Jake vander Zanden, University of Wisconsin ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin

D0287

Effect of aquatic subsidies on terrestrial herbivore density and growth

Erica C. Nystrom Santacruz, University of Wisconsin ; David Hoekman, University of Wisconsin ; Jamin Dreyer, University of Wisconsin ; Jaclyn Entringer, University of Wisconsin ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin

D0288

Lake to land subsides: Emerging midges fertilize terrestrial arthropod food webs

David Hoekman, University of Wisconsin ; Jamin Dreyer, University of Wisconsin ; Erica C. Nystrom Santacruz, University of Wisconsin ; Jaclyn Entringer, University of Wisconsin ; Randall Jackson, University of Wisconsin ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin

D0289

Leafhopper, planthopper and psyllid vectors of plant diseases: Taxonomic tools for their identification (Hemiptera)

Michael R Wilson, National Museum of Wales ; James A. Turner, National Museum of Wales

D0290

Management of sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci biotype B) and cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus in southern California

Eric T. Natwick, University of California Cooperative Extension ; William M. Wintermantel, USDA ; Robert L. Gilbertson, University of California-Davis ; Gregory P. Walker, University of California - Riverside ; Jolene Dessert, Imperial County ; Yen-Wen Kuo, University of California Davis

D0291

Population dynamics of Circulifer tenellus in southern New Mexico over a seven year period

Rebecca Creamer, New Mexico State University ; Jorge A. Achata, New Mexico State University ; Jaime Rascon, New Mexico State University

D0292

Systemic activity of neonicotinoids influences feeding by adult black vine weevil on various species of ornamentals

Michael E. Reding, USDA - ARS ; Anand Persad, Davey Institute ; Christopher M. Ranger, USDA - ARS

D0293

Determination of Xylella fastidiosa transmission rates by QRT PCR

Blake Bextine, University of Texas-Tyler

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