2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE4. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE4. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Moderators:
John Reese and J. Terry Pitts
Orientation cues of soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura, to plants
Nicole Lamont, University of Windsor; David Hunt, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Dana Gagnier, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Sherah VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor
Resistance to Aphis glycines Matsumura during the reproductive stages of soybeans
Lanae M. Pierson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Thomas E. Hunt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Tiffany M. Heng-Moss, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; John C. Reese, Kansas State University
The effect of host plant cultivar on the fitness of aphids
John Herbert, University of Florida; Russell Mizell, University of Florida
Modeling the effect of gene flow on the evolution of resistance to transgenic crops in developing countries
Shannon M. Heuberger, University of Arizona; David W. Crowder, University of Arizona; Yves Carriere, University of Arizona
Competitive release as an ecological cause of stink bug outbreaks in transgenic Bt cotton in the southeast U.S
Adam Zeilinger, University of Minnesota; Dawn M. Olson, USDA-ARS; David Andow, University of Minnesota
Population dynamics of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in transgenic dual-toxin Bt cotton
Richard B. Reeves, Clemson University; Jeremy Greene, Clemson University; Peter H. Adler, Clemson University; Francis P. F. Reay-Jones, Clemson University; M. D. Toews, University of Georgia; Ahmad Khalilian, Clemson University
Tomato plants are primed by Helicoverpa zea (tomato fruitworm) oviposition for impending neonate feeding
Jinwon Kim, Penn State University; Gary Felton, Penn State University
Screening for resistance and yield losses caused by onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman) and Iris yellow spot virus on onions
John Diaz-Montano, Cornell University-New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES); Anthony M. Shelton, Cornell/NYSAES; Brian A. Nault, Cornell University; Marc Fuchs, NYSAES, Cornell University
The effects of elevated CO2 and O3 on paper birch resistance to bronze birch borer
Vanessa L. Muilenburg, Ohio State University - OARDC; William J. Mattson, USDA Forest Service; Daniel A. Herms, Ohio State University - OARDC
Sugarcane aphid dynamics in Louisiana: identification of biochemical bases of resistance
W. Akbar, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Allan T. Showler, USDA-ARS; T. E. Reagan, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center