Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE6. Plant-Insect Ecosystems (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

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

Room A6, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Moderators:

Marvin K. Harris
Dezene PW. Huber

8:00 AM

8:05 AM

Evaluation of non-target effects of Bt corn pollen on growth and survival golden tortoise beetles Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Daniel Fahey, Canisius College ; Helen Hull-Sanders, Canisius College ; John E. Losey, Cornell University

8:17 AM

0441

Effects of root feeding by Diaprepes root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on four woody ornamental plant species

Cliff Martin, University of Florida ; Bruce Schaffer, University of Florida ; Catharine M. Mannion, University of Florida

8:29 AM

0442

Attractiveness of three cucurbit plants to the silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), and their potential as a trap crop for whitefly management on poinsettia

Doo Hyung Lee, Cornell University ; Jan Nyrop, Cornell University ; John Sanderson, Cornell University

8:41 AM

0443

Induced terpenoid defenses in lodgepole and jack pine and possible effects on the eastern spread of the mountain pine beetle

Erin Clark, University of Northern British Columbia ; Dezene PW. Huber, University of Northern British Columbia ; Allan Carroll, Canadian Forest Service

8:53 AM

0444

Potential host use by the Mediterranean pine engraver (Orthotomicus erosus) in North America

Abigail Walter, University of Minnesota ; Robert C. Venette, USDA - Forest Service ; Stephen A. Kells, University of Minnesota

9:05 AM

0445

The effect of plant nutritional quality on the foraging decisions of omnivores

Jessica Fournier, University of Windsor ; Sherah VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor

9:17 AM

0446

Host phenological changes in foliar nutrients and chemical defenses constrain the performance of European pine sawfly larvae

Rodrigo A. Chorbadjian, Ohio State University ; P. Larry Phelan, Ohio State University ; Daniel A. Herms, Ohio State University

9:29 AM

Break

9:41 AM

0447

Differential stylet penetration behaviors of two Aphis gossypii biotypes in relation to host or vector infection with citrus tristeza virus

Jose D Gutierrez, California State University-Fresno ; Elaine Backus, USDA - ARS ; Ray Yokomi, USDA San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Research Center ; Fred Schreiber, California State University-Fresno

9:53 AM

0448

Squash bug feeding behavior on watermelon and watermelon relatives

Kaushal Maskey, Oklahoma State University ; Astri Wayadande, Oklahoma State University ; B.D. Bruton, USDA-ARS ; Jacqueline Fletcher, Oklahoma State University

10:05 AM

0449

Impacts of CO₂ pollution on plant-insect interactions: A transcriptional and biochemical analysis of soybean defense signaling

Clare L. Casteel, University of Illinois ; Evan H. DeLucia, University of Illinois ; May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois

10:17 AM

0450

Favored by plant water stress, harmful spider mites displace plant-defense inducing mites from California vineyards

Menelaos C. Stavrinides, University of California, Berkeley ; Kent M. Daane, University of California, Berkeley ; Nick J. Mills, University of California, Berkeley

10:29 AM

0451

Physical response of Physalis leaves to Heliothis subflexa eggs

Jennifer L. Petzold, Iowa State University ; Fred Gould, North Carolina State University

10:41 AM

0453

Host associated genetic differentiation in cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter), in Texas

Apurba K. Barman, Texas A&M University ; Raul F Medina, Texas A&M University ; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center ; Christopher G. Sansone, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center ; Charles Suh, USDA ARS APMRU

10:53 AM

0454

Growth by sugarcane plants in response to lesser cornstalk borer Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) damage during early growth stages

Hardev Singh Sandhu, University of Florida ; Gregg S. Nuessly, University of Florida ; Susan Webb, University of Florida ; Ronald H. Cherry, University of Florida ; Robert Gilbert, University of Florida

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