2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE9. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Effects of fungicide timing and active ingredient on soybean aphid fungal epizootics
Karrie A. Koch, University of Minnesota; David W. Ragsdale, University of Minnesota

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Transmission of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 by the vine mealybug (Planococcus ficus)
Lisa Fernandez, University of California at Berkeley; Chi-Wei Tsai, University of California at Berkeley; John Chau, University of California at Berkeley; Domenico Bosco, Universitá degli Studi di Torino; Kent M Daane, University of California at Berkeley; Rodrigo P.P. Almeida, University of California at Berkeley

0480

Determining the threat of Pierce's disease to Virginia vineyards
Anna K. Wallingford, Virginia Tech; Douglas Pfeiffer, Virginia Tech; Sue Tolin, Virginia Tech; Peter M. Sforza, Virginia Tech

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0481

Novel bacterium vectored by the tomato psyllid to Solanaceous plants
Allison Hansen, University of California - Riverside; Timothy Paine, University of California

0482

Lack of Pythium aphanidermatum transmission by adult fungus gnats (Bradysia impatiens)
Sarah Braun, Cornell University; John Sanderson, Cornell University; Eric Nelson, Cornell University; Margery Daughtrey, Cornell University; Stephen P. Wraight, USDA-ARS Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health

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0483

Differences in PVY transmissibility by three aphid vectors in Idaho potato fields
Felix Cervantes, University of Idaho; Juan M. Alvarez, University of Idaho

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0484

Identifying weed hosts for onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) and implications for Iris yellow spot virus management in onion
Erik Smith, Cornell University, NYSAES; Antonio DiTommaso, Cornell University; Marc Fuchs, NYSAES, Cornell University; Anthony M. Shelton, Cornell/NYSAES; Brian A. Nault, Cornell University

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GC-EAD responses of Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to headspace volatiles from cotton plants damaged by host (Heliothis virescens) and non-host (Spodoptera exigua) caterpillars
Esther Ngumbi, Auburn University; Li Chen, Auburn University; Henry Fadamiro, Auburn University

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0486

An immunological approach to assess trophic interactions: Evaluating the efficacy of a hemlock woolly adelgid-specific monoclonal antibody
Rachael Elaina Mallis, University of Kentucky; Lynne Rieske, University of Kentucky; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky

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0487

Evaluation of the possibility for mechanical transmission of powdery mildew conidia by a mycophagous coccinellid
Andrew Sutherland, University of California

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0488

Egg survival and seasonal phenology of the soybean aphid on its overwintering hosts in Indiana
Diana Castillo, Purdue University; Robert O'Neil, Purdue University

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0489

Effect of dietary diversification on growth and development of the exotic terrestrial mollusk, Deroceras reticulatum
Anna K. Thomas, University of Kentucky; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky

0490

Effects of host plants on life history of potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc)
Xiangbing Yang, Texas AgriLIFE Research, Texas A&M University System; Tong-Xian Liu, Texas A&M University System

0491

Host preference and fertility life table of Campoletis sonorensis (Cameron) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) as a larval endoparasitoid of the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Henry Murillo, University of Windsor; Sherah Vanlaerhoven, University of Windsor; David Hunt, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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