Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, P-IE: Host Plant Interaction, Resistance

Monday, December 14, 2009: 7:00 AM-6:00 PM
Hall D, First Floor (Convention Center)


Adaptation of Aphis gossypii (Homoptera: Aphididae) on cotton and melon
Yun-Li Xiao, Texas Agrilife Research Center ; Tong-Xian Liu, Texas AgriLife Research Center
Host plant preference of harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Anna K. Wallingford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; TP. Kuhar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Peter B. Schultz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Utilization of non-target native host plants (Cirsium spp.) by adult Trichosirocalus horridus in Tennessee: host expansion or incidental occurrence?
Greg Wiggins, University of Tennessee ; Jerome Grant, University of Tennessee ; Paris Lambdin, University of Tennessee ; Jack Ranney, University of Tennessee ; John Wilkerson, University of Tennessee
Characteristics of cocoons of Antherina suraka (Saturniidae) feeding on different host plants in Madagascar
Maminirina Randrianandrasana, University of Illinois ; Arthur R. Zangerl, University of Illinois ; Mamy Ratsimbazafy, CPALI ; Catherine L. Craig, CPALI ; R. Rakotoarisoa, University of Antananarivo ; Lala H. Ravaomanarivo, University of Antananarivo ; May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois
Does tropical soda apple (Solanum viarum) mediate interations between Gratiana boliviana, Spodoptera exigua or Frankliniella occidentalis via induced resistance?
Eutychus M. Kariuki, Florida A&M University ; Raymond L. Hix, Florida A&M University ; Stuart Reitz, USDA - ARS ; Stephen Hight, USDA-ARS
Characterization of resistance to onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman) and incidence of Iris yellow spot virus in onion cultivars
John Diaz-Montano, Cornell University, NYSAES ; Brian A. Nault, Cornell University ; Marc Fuchs, Cornell University, NYSAES ; Anthony M. Shelton, Cornell University, NYSAES
Phenological resistance of grapes to green June beetle damage
Derrick L. Hammons, University of Kentucky ; S. Kaan Kurtural, University of Kentucky ; Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky