Graduate Student Poster Display Competition, P-IE: Horticultural IPM

Monday, December 13, 2010: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Grand Exhibit Hall (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)


In vitro effects of selected fungicides on three species of entomopathogenic fungi- potential biocontrol agent of chilli thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Vivek Kumar, University of Florida ; Dakshina R. Seal, University of Florida ; David Schuster, Univeristy of Florida ; Lance S. Osborne, University of Florida ; Cindy L. McKenzie, USDA - ARS ; Garima Kakkar, University of Florida
Biology of western bean cutworm in Michigan drybeans
Megan M. Chludzinski, Michigan State University ; Christina DiFonzo, Michigan State University
Viruliferous aphid damage during specific growth stages of dry peas
Brad S. Stokes, University of Idaho ; Edward J. Bechinski, University of Idaho
Population dynamics of onion thrips (Thrips tobaci) and western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) in New Mexico onions
Rita Kuukuwa Lloyd-Mills, New Mexico State University ; David Thompson, New Mexico State University ; Brad Lewis, New Mexico State University
Repellency of selected biorational insecticides to potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
Xiangbing Yang, Texas AgriLife Research Station ; Yong-Mei Zhang, Texas AgriLife Research Center ; Lei Hua, Northwest A&F University ; TX. Liu, Northwest A&F University
Identifying risk factors associated with wireworm damage in Irish potato
Kevin W. Langdon, NC State University ; Mark R. Abney, NC State University
Blueberry gall midge (Dasineura oxycoccana), its biology and economic impact in Michigan blueberries
Noel Hahn, Michigan State University ; Keith Mason, Michigan State University ; Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University
Mite flaring impact of pesticides on European red mites in apple trees
Raja Zalinda Raja Jamil, Michigan State University ; John C. Wise, Michigan State University
Codling moth flight models differ between commercial and abandoned apple orchards
Neelendra K. Joshi, Pennsylvania State University ; Larry A. Hull, Pennsylvania State University - Fruit Research & Extension Center ; Edwin G. Rajotte, Pennsylvania State University ; Greg Krawczyk, Pennsylvania State University, Fruit Research & Extension Center ; Kusum J. Naithani, Pennsylvania State University
Control tactics for the black twig borer, Xylosandrus compactus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a pest of coffee in Hawaii
Elsie Burbano, University of Hawaii - Manoa ; Mark G. Wright, University of Hawaii - Manoa ; Nancy E. Gillette, USDA - Forest Service
Does trunk injection with emamectin benzoate (TREE-Age) injure Fraxinus spp. (ash) trees?
Emily Pastula, Michigan State University ; Sara R. Tanis, Michigan State University ; Deborah G. McCullough, Michigan State University