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Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE1. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room A8, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Moderators:
John Tooker
Amanda L. Koppel


8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
0369
The effect of aphid density on intraguild predation of a soybean aphid parasitoid in the field
Jeremy M. Chacón, University of Minnesota ; George E. Heimpel, University of Minnesota
Audio File Recorded presentation
8:17 AM
0370
Keep them coming, baby: Determinants of the field oviposition rate of the soybean aphid parasitoid Binodoxys communis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Christine Dieckhoff, University of Minnesota ; George E. Heimpel, University of Minnesota
8:29 AM
0371
Pentas lanceolatus as a nectar source for Larra bicolor and its effect on parasitism of Scapteriscus mole crickets
Cheri M Abraham, Mississippi State University ; David W. Held, Mississippi State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
8:41 AM
0372
Predicting parasitoid population dynamics resulting from novel interactions of climate change and selenium pollution
Casey D. Butler, University of California ; J. T. Trumble, University of California - Riverside
Audio File Recorded presentation
8:53 AM
0373
Evaluation of select farmscaping plants as food sources for the parasitoid Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): Effects on parasitoid longevity and body sugars
Timothy David Nafziger, Auburn University ; Henry Fadamiro, Auburn University
Audio File Recorded presentation
9:05 AM
0374
Efficacy and plant finding behavior of Euhrychiopsis lecontei Dietz (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biological control agent for Eurasian watermilfoil
Justin L. Reeves, Kent State University ; Patrick D. Lorch, Kent State University ; Mark W. Kershner, Kent State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
9:17 AM
Break
9:29 AM
0375
Comparing host-plant acceptance of Tamarix parviflora (Caryophyllales: Tamaricaceae) by field-established and laboratory populations of Diorhabda elongata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent of saltcedars
Hillary Q. Thomas, University of California-Davis ; Frank G. Zalom, University of California-Davis
9:41 AM
0376
Quantifying exposure pathways in generalist predator food webs: Uptake of Bt-endotoxins across multiple transgenic events
Julie A. Peterson, University of Kentucky ; John J. Obrycki, University of Kentucky ; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky
9:53 AM
0377
Efficacy and timing of entomopathogens against plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) in Michigan
Mark E. Whalon, Michigan State University ; Renee J. Pereault, Michigan State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
10:05 AM
0378
Interaction pathways between slugs and carabid beetles in strawberry agroecosystems: Implications for biological control
Michael J Eskelson, University of Kentucky ; Eric Chapman, University of Kentucky ; Doulgas D. Archbold, University of Kentucky ; John J. Obrycki, University of Kentucky ; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky
10:17 AM
0379
The potential contribution of larval Agabus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) for mosquito suppression in constructed wetlands
Lauren E. Culler, Dartmouth College ; William O. Lamp, University of Maryland
Audio File Recorded presentation
10:29 AM
0380
Introduction and establishment of Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands to control Salvinia minima Baker in Louisiana
Katherine A. Parys, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; Seth Johnson, Louisiana State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
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