Session: Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, P-IE: Chemical Ecology (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Monday, December 13, 2010: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

Towne (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Moderator:

John Reese

8:30 AM

8:35 AM

Constant versus herbivore induced chemical signaling for recruitment of beneficial and parasitic nematodes by plant roots: Effects of nematode life history and plant breeding

Jared G. Ali, University of Florida ; Hans T. Alborn, USDA ; Lukasz L. Stelinski, University of Florida

8:47 AM

0370

Unintended impacts of value added plant breeding: linolenic acid and soybean

Michael T. McCarville, Iowa State University ; Charles Kanobe, Iowa State University ; Matthew E. O'Neal, Iowa State University ; Gustavo C. MacIntosh, Iowa State University

8:59 AM

0371

Responses of mealy plum aphids (Hyalopterus pruni), leaf-curl plum aphids (Brachycaudus helichrysi), and their natural enemies to various ratios of aphid sex pheromone components in prune orchards

Emily J. Symmes, University of California ; Frank G. Zalom, University of California

9:11 AM

0372

Evaluating the potential effects of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on the induction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in cotton

Esther Ngumbi, Auburn University ; Joseph Kloepper, Auburn University ; Henry Fadamiro, Auburn University

9:23 AM

0373

Investigating the role of olfaction in host plant selection 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

9:35 AM

0374

Molecular gut content and stable isotope analyses reveal the dietary choice of soil-living insect herbivores

Karin Staudacher, University of Innsbruck ; Bettina Thalinger, University of Innsbruck ; Nikolaus Schallhart, University of Innsbruck ; Corinna Wallinger, University of Innsbruck ; Michael Traugott, University of Innsbruck

9:47 AM

0375

Positive associative learning experiences supersede herbivore-induced plant volatiles in generalist parasitoid host-finding

Christina Harris, Penn State University ; James Tumlinson, Pennsylvania State University

9:59 AM

Break

10:13 AM

0377

Effects of light intensity on pac choi (Brassica rapa) plant chemistry and growth responses of diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)

Wendy A. Johnson, Kansas State University ; James R. Nechols, Kansas State University ; Raymond A. Cloyd, Kansas State University ; Megan M. Kennelly, Kansas State University ; Dorith Rotenberg, Kansas State University

10:25 AM

0378

Role of host plant volatiles and attractant pheromones in the mate location behavior of Mallodon dasystomus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Matthew A. Paschen, Purdue University ; Nathan M. Schiff, USDA - Forest Service ; Matthew D. Ginzel, Purdue University

10:37 AM

0379

Role of semiochemicals in the host colonization behavior of the peach bark beetle, Phloeotribus liminaris (Harris)

Nicole Renee VanDerLaan, Purdue University ; Matthew David Ginzel, Purdue University

10:49 AM

0380

Plant-herbivore interaction of ethylene-insensitive petunias and western flower thrips

Claudia H. Kuniyoshi, The Ohio State University-OARDC ; Luis A. Cañas, The Ohio State University-OARDC

11:01 AM

0381

Nutrient-allelochemical interactions: metabolic effects on a generalist insect herbivore

Marion Le Gall, Texas A&M University ; Spencer T. Behmer, Texas A and M University

11:13 AM

0382

Semiochemical mediated host plant preference in the yellowmargined leaf beetle, Microtheca ochroloma Stal (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Rammohan Rao Balusu, Auburn University ; Henry Y Fadamiro, Auburn University

11:25 AM

0383

Chemical ecology of host/vector/pathogen interactions in the wild gourd Cucurbita pepo texana

Lori Shapiro, Penn State University ; Andrew G. Stephenson, Pennsylvania State University ; Consuelo De Moraes, Pennsylvania State University ; Mark Mescher, Pennsylvania State University

11:37 AM

Concluding Remarks

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