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

Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE2. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Host egg-size plasticity affects preference and performance in the egg parasitoid Uscana semifumipennis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) as a result of host size selection
Joseph Deas, University of Arizona; Martha S. Hunter, University of Arizona

How oviposition experience effects attraction of the parasitoid Cotesia marginiventris to Spodoptera exigua and Trichoplusia ni in wind tunnel assays
Christina M. Harris, Penn State University; James H. Tumlinson, Penn State University

Interspecific larval competition between two egg parasitoids on the refrigerated host eggs of Riptortus clavatus (Hemiptera: Alydidae)
Md. Abdul Alim, Andong National University; Un Taek Lim, Andong National University

Impact of generalist predators on tomato induced defenses
Hélène Marie Madeleine Quaghebeur, the Pennsylvania State University; Gary Felton, The Pennsylvania State University

Vermicompost-mediated host plant effects on generalist and specialist lepidopterous pest species
Amos Gray Little, North Carolina State University; Yasmin J. Cardoza, North Carolina State University

Entomopathogenic fungi populations from agricultural and natural ecosystems and their virulence: A study in the Chihuahuan desert
Jorge San Juan-Lara, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro; Sergio R. Sanchez-Peña, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro

Response of soil microarthropods to the application of entomopathogenic nematode–killed insects in crop and refuge habitats
Randa Jabbour, Pennsylvania State University; Mary Barbercheck, Pennsylvania State University

The impact of Beauveria bassiana, Trichogramma pretiosum, Bacillus thuringiensis and spinosad on the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis)
Rostern N. Tembo, Bowling Green State University; Daniel M. Pavuk, Bowling Green State University

Egg releases of the hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Heteroptera: Adelgidae), predator Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae)
Jessica D. Holland, University of Georgia; Tom W. Coleman, USDA Forest Service- Forest Health Protection; Mark J. Dalusky, University of Georgia; C. Wayne Berisford, University of Georgia

Investigating the effects of herbicide on interactions between beneficial soil bacteria, herbicide-resistant soybeans, and insect herbivores
Beth A. Irwin, Pennsylvania State University; Mark C. Mescher, Pennsylvania State University; Consuelo M. De Moraes, Pennsylvania State University

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