Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE2. Plant-Insect Ecosystems (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

Room A9, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Moderators:

Ted Cottrell
Douglas S. Richmond

8:30 AM

8:35 AM

The importance of generalist predators (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Staphylinidae) in the management of millipede populations in sweet potato and carrot fields

Adam Brunke, University of Guelph ; Mark K. Sears, University of Guelph ; Christine A. Bahlai, University of Guelph ; Rebecca H. Hallett, University of Guelph

Audio File Recorded presentation

8:47 AM

0392

An assessment of fertility and surfactant treatments on the field efficacy and persistence of the nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

Terri Hoctor, Purdue Universtiy ; Douglas S. Richmond, Purdue University ; Timothy Gibb, Purdue University

Audio File Recorded presentation

8:59 AM

0393

Effect of entomopathogenic nematodes on soil arthropod diversity in pistachio orchards

Amanda K. Hodson, University of Califonia-Davis ; Edwin E. Lewis, University of Califonia - Davis ; Joel Siegel, USDA - ARS

Audio File Recorded presentation

9:11 AM

0394

Egg allocation in the tachinid parasitoid Nemorilla pyste in response to different densities of the host Choristoneura rosaceana (Tortricidae)

Nik Wiman, Washington State University ; Vince Jones, Washington State University

9:23 AM

0395

Interaction pathways between Diptera and coccinellid larvae: Evidence from an antibody-based detection system

Susan E. Moser, USDA ; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky ; John J. Obrycki, University of Kentucky

9:35 AM

0396

Development time and consumption rate of Podisus maculiventris feeding on Microtheca ochroloma

Cecil O. Montemayor, University of Florida ; Ronald D. Cave, University of Florida

Audio File Recorded presentation

9:47 AM

Break

9:59 AM

0397

The shadow of niche partitioning on resource consumption

Tobin D Northfield, Washington State University ; Gretchen Beth Snyder, Washington State University ; William E. Snyder, Washington State University

Audio File Recorded presentation

10:11 AM

0398

Levels of biological control of Synanthedon pictipes (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) by hymenopteran parasitoids in commercial, non-commercial and natural settings

Jaime Fuest, University of Georgia ; Ted Cottrell, USDA-ARS ; Dan L. Horton, University of Georgia

Audio File Recorded presentation

10:23 AM

0399

Liriomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae) leafminer and parasitoid species composition on pepper and effects by selected insecticides in south Texas

Ricardo Hernandez, Texas A&M University ; Marvin Harris, Texas A&M University ; Tong-Xian Liu, Texas A&M University

Audio File Recorded presentation

10:35 AM

0400

Study of the larger black flour beetle Cynaeus angustus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in cotton gin trash

Jacob James, Texas Tech University ; Christian Nansen, Texas AgriLife Research

Audio File Recorded presentation

10:47 AM

0401

Flower plantings offset the negative effects of urbanization on beneficial insects

Ashley Bennett, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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