Session: P-IE2 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room A8, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Moderators:

J. Zawislak
Erin W. Hodgson

8:00 AM

8:05 AM

Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) and native ants, Part 1: Experimental evidence that fire ants are disturbance specialists

Walter R. Tschinkel, Florida State University ; Joshua R. King, Florida State University

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8:17 AM

0688

Fire ants and native ants, Part 2: Experimental evidence that disturbance and fire ants reduce native ant abundance and diversity

Joshua R. King, Florida State University ; Walter R. Tschinkel, Florida State University

Audio File Recorded presentation

8:29 AM

0689

Variation in recruitment of red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, to carbohydrate resources in their native and invasive ranges

Shawn M. Wilder, Texas A&M University ; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University ; Andrew V. Suarez, University of Illinois ; David A. Holway, University of California San Diego

8:41 AM

0690

Biology of Allomermis solenopsi, a mermithid nematode that parasitizes Solenopsis fire ants in Argentina

Sanford D. Porter, USDA-ARS-CMAVE ; Laura Varone, USDA-ARS-SABCL

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8:53 AM

0691

Indirect competition causes widespread displacement of one naturalized parasitoid of imported fire ants (Diptera: Phoridae: Pseudacteon) by another

Edward G. LeBrun, University of Texas at Austin ; Rob M. Plowes, University of Texas at Austin ; Lawrence E. Gilbert, University of Texas at Austin

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9:05 AM

0692

Predicting imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri) population density at a field scale

James T. Vogt, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

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9:17 AM

0693

The effects of a new d-limonene product on Texas leaf-cutting ants, Atta texana, and their fungus

Rachel Strecker, Louisiana State University ; Kaitlin Baudier, Louisiana State University ; Linda Hooper-Bui, Louisiana State University

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9:29 AM

0694

Determination of Atta texana nest structures and subsurface soil properties using ground penetrating radar

Nikhil Nagendra, Louisiana State Univeristy ; Linda Hooper-Bui, Louisiana State Univeristy

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9:41 AM

0695

The relative impact of floral visitors on the reproductive success of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

Steven J. Stein, Mansfield University ; Veronica L. Pistoia, Mansfield University

9:53 AM

Break

10:08 AM

0696

Evaluating commercially-reared bumble bees for pollination of highbush blueberry

Julianna Tuell, Michigan State University ; Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University

10:20 AM

0697

The effects of an IGR on alfalfa leafcutting bee development

Erin W. Hodgson, Iowa State University ; Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, USDA - ARS ; James D. Barbour, University of Idaho

10:32 AM

0698

Comparison of current and historic data indicates declines in bee diversity and abundance on southeastern Massachusetts cranberry bogs

Molly M. Notestine, University of Massachusetts ; Anne Averill, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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10:44 AM

0699

The value of crop pollination by honey bees and native bees in New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Rachael Winfree, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Brian J. Gross, University of California, Berkeley

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10:56 AM

0700

Reproductive quality of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens

David R. Tarpy, North Carolina State University ; Susan E. Fahrbach, Wake Forest University ; Jennifer J. Keller, North Carolina State University ; Joel R. Caren, North Carolina State University ; Deborah A. Delaney, University of Delaware

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11:08 AM

0701

Effects of brood pheromone modulated foraging behavior on honey bee colony growth

Ramesh Reddy Sagili, Texas A&M University ; Tanya Pankiw, Texas A&M University

11:20 AM

0702

Evaluation the effectiveness of fumagillin for the control of Nosema ceranae

Stephen F. Pernal, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada ; Andony P. Melathopoulos, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

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11:32 AM

0703