Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, P-IE: Spatial, Community Ecology & Trapping

Monday, December 13, 2010: 8:20 AM-12:00 PM
Royal Palm, Salon 4 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Moderator:
A.T. Showler


8:25 AM
Impact of nitrogen and a soil inoculant on soybean aphid density (Aphis glycines)
Samantha M Brunner, North Dakota State University ; Deirdre Prischmann-Voldseth, North Dakota State University ; R. Jay Goos, North Dakota State University
8:37 AM
Phenology, diversity and associated nematodes of native Siricidae throughout Arkansas
D. M. Keeler, University of Arkansas ; D. C. Steinkraus, University of Arkansas ; F. M. Stephen, University of Arkansas
8:49 AM
Corn-infesting picture-winged flies: Distribution in field by time and space
Gaurav Goyal, University of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center ; Gregg Nuessly, University of Florida ; Dakshina Seal, University of Florida ; John Capinera, University of Florida ; Gary Steck, University of Florida ; Kenneth Boote, University of Florida
9:01 AM
Micro-habitat distribution among web-building spiders: implications for community and food web structure
Kelton D. Welch, University of Kentucky ; Eric G Chapman, University of Kentucky ; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky
9:13 AM
9:25 AM
Spatial and behavioral responses of crucifer flea beetle (Phyllotreta cruciferae) to a trap crop scheme in northern Idaho
Summer H Lindzey, University of Idaho ; Sanford D. Eigenbrode, University of Idaho ; William Snyder, Washington State University
9:37 AM
Impact of different organic mulches on the soil surface arthropod community and weeds in snapdragon
Harsimran Gill, University of Florida ; Robert McSorley, University of Florida ; Gaurav Goyal, University of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center ; Danielle Treadwell, University of Florida
10:01 AM
10:15 AM
Competitive interactions among insect herbivores with variable diet breadth:  Novel insights from a community of grasshoppers
Paul A. Lenhart, Texas A&M University ; MD. Eubanks, Texas A&M University ; Spencer T. Behmer, Texas A&M University
10:27 AM
Predator guilds for greenhouse biological control systems
Emily Pochubay, Michigan State University ; Matthew Grieshop, Michigan State University
10:39 AM
Geographic variation among cowpea aphid symbiont communities
Cristina M. Brady, University of Kentucky ; Jen A. White, University of Kentucky
10:51 AM
Hold'em or fold'em:  Nonlinear effects of pest retention on trap cropping efficacy
Matthew H Holden, Cornell University ; Doo Hyung Lee, Cornell University ; Jan P. Nyrop, Cornell University ; John Sanderson, Cornell University
11:03 AM
Inexpensive trap for monitoring green June beetle, Cotinis nitida
Brian Cowell, Missouri State University ; DT. Johnson, University of Arkansas ; Barbara Lewis, University of Arkansas ; Maciej A. Pszczolkowski, Missouri State University
11:15 AM
Evaluation of trap types and pheromone lures for monitoring Euschistus spp. in blackberries
Sara A. Brennan, University of Florida ; Oscar E. Liburd, University of Florida
11:39 AM
Determining mechanisms of mating disruption of Oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta) using large field cages
Michael Reinke, Michigan State University ; James R. Miller, Michigan State University ; Larry J. Gut, Michigan State University ; Piera Siegert, Michigan State University