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 C. Reese

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

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 - ARS; 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, Davis

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; Thomas P. Kuhar, Virginia Tech; Peter 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 H. 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 Ginzel, Purdue University

10:49 AM

0380

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

Claudia H. Kuniyoshi, Ohio State University; Luis Canas, The Ohio State University

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&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, The Pennsylvania State University; Consuelo M. De Moraes, Pennsylvania State University; Mark Mescher, Pennsylvania State University

11:37 AM

Concluding Remarks

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