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

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

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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

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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

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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 P. W. Huber, University of Northern British Columbia; Allan Carroll, Canadian Forest Service

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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

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The effect of plant nutritional quality on the foraging decisions of omnivores
Jessica Fournier, University of Windsor; Sherah VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor

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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

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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 San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Research Center; Ray Yokomi, USDA San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Research Center; Fred Schreiber, California State University-Fresno

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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

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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 - Urbana/Champaign; May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign

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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

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Physical response of Physalis leaves to Heliothis subflexa eggs
Jennifer L Petzold, NCSU; Fred Gould, North Carolina State University

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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; Christopher G. Sansone, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center; Charles Suh, USDA ARS APMRU

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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