Session: Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE: Biological Control (2009 ESA Annual Meeting, December 13-16, 2009)

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 7:00 AM-11:00 AM

Room 201, Second Floor (Convention Center)

Moderators:

Andrew Chow
Mark Brown

7:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

7:05 AM

0646

Ecosystem effects of a conservation biocontrol experiment in an eastern orchard

Mark Brown, USDA, Appalachian Fruit Research Station

7:17 AM

0647

Effects of landscape complexity on aphid hyperparasitoids: implications for conservation biological control

Tatyana Rand, USDA-ARS ; Teja Tscharntke, Georg-August-Universität

7:29 AM

0649

Molecular diagnosis of aphid predation by Harmonia axyridis in midwestern US prairie/savanna habitats

Eric G. Chapman, Kent State University ; Thelma T. Heidel, Purdue University ; Robert J. O'Neil, Purdue University ; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky

7:41 AM

0651

Host plant structure influences courtship vibration transmission and mating for the parasitoid wasp, Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Andrea L. Joyce, Texas A&M University ; S. Bradleigh Vinson, Texas A&M University ; Willam H. White, USDA-ARS ; Raul F. Medina, Texas A&M University

7:53 AM

0652

The spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos) biological control program moves to Arkansas

CR. Minteer, University of Arkansas ; Tj. Kring, University of Arkansas ; Yj. Shen, University of Arkansas ; R.N. Wiedenmann, University of Arkansas

8:05 AM

1217

Mechanism in ant community assembly

Joshua King, Central Connecticut State University ; Walter R. Tschinkel, Florida State University

8:17 AM

0653

Differential host suitability and preferences for two strains of the egg parasitoid, Avetianella longoi

Darcy Reed, University of California-Riverside ; Qiao Wang, Massey University ; Timothy Paine, University of California-Riverside ; Jocelyn Millar, University of California-Riverside

8:29 AM

Break

8:39 AM

0654

Successful dissemination of Lathrolestes ensator (Ichneumonidae), a larval parasite of the apple sawfly, Holocampa testudinea (Tenthredinidae)

Charles Vincent, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Margaret Appleby, OMAFRA ; Alan Eaton, University of New Hampshire ; Jacques Lasnier, Co-Lab R&D

8:51 AM

0655

Functional responses and intraguild predation of natural enemies of the soybean aphid

Yingen Xue, University of Guelph ; Christie Bahlai, University of Guelph ; Andrew Frewin, University of Guelph ; Mark Sears, University of Guelph ; Arthur W. Schaafsma, University of Guelph ; Rebecca H. Hallett, University of Guelph

9:03 AM

0656

Life history traits of Blattisocius keegani reared on navel orangeworm with potential for biological control in orchards

Hillary Q. Thomas, University of California-Davis ; Nicole Nicola, University of California-Davis ; Frank G. Zalom, University of California-Davis

9:15 AM

0657

Open-field dispersal of a soybean aphid parasitoid in response to host plant resistance

Mark K. Asplen, University of Minnesota ; Jeremy M. Chacón, University of Minnesota ; George E. Heimpel, University of Minnesota

9:27 AM

0658

Methyl salicylate to attract natural enemies in strawberry fields

Jana C. Lee, USDA - ARS

9:39 AM

0659

Prey selection by the web spider, Glenognatha foxi (Araneae:Tetragnathidae), in an agroecosystem: molecular tracking of spatial and temporal dynamics

Susan A. Romero, University of Kentucky ; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky

9:51 AM

0660

A cutworm (Spodoptera litura) as a biomarker for a possible natures poison in sesame

Henry Ofosuhene Sintim, Sunyani Polytechnic

10:03 AM

0661

Development of life tables to assess the impact of natural enemies on emerald ash borer: a second year update

Jian Duan, USDA ; Leah S. Bauer, USDA Forest Service ; Juli Gould, USDA - APHIS ; Michael D. Ulyshen, Michigan State University ; Roy G. Van Driesche, University of Massachusetts

10:15 AM

0662

Suitability and attraction of cassava genotypes to the predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo

Rachid Hanna, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) ; Alexis Onzo, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) ; Maurice W. Sabelis, University of Amsterdam ; Christine Zundel, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture ; Alfred G. O. Dixon, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

10:27 AM

Concluding Remarks

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