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

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

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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

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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

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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

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Interaction pathways between Diptera and coccinellid larvae: Evidence from an antibody-based detection system
Susan E. Moser, University of Kentucky; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky; John J. Obrycki, University of Kentucky

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Development time and consumption rate of Podisus maculiventris feeding on Microtheca ochroloma
Cecil O. Montemayor, University of Florida; Ronald D. Cave, University of Florida

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Flower plantings offset the negative effects of urbanization on beneficial insects
Ashley Bennett, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin, Madison