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

Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE9. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Moderators:
Sherilyn G. F. Smith and Monica A. Farfan
Effects of fungicide timing and active ingredient on soybean aphid fungal epizootics
Karrie A. Koch, University of Minnesota; David W. Ragsdale, University of Minnesota
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
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
Novel bacterium vectored by the tomato psyllid to Solanaceous plants
Allison Hansen, University of California - Riverside; Timothy Paine, University of California
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
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
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
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
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