ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition,P-IE-5

Monday, November 12, 2012: 8:10 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom E, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Moderator:
John Fitt


8:10 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
0534
Does the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) effect weed seed predation?
Aaron F. Fox, North Carolina State University ; David Orr, North Carolina State University ; S. Chris Reberg-Horton, North Carolina State University ; Steven D. Frank, North Carolina State University ; Chris Moorman, North Carolina State University
8:27 AM
0535
Efficacy of the red imported fire ant in reducing Mexican rice borer severity in sugarcane and non-crop hosts
M.T. VanWeelden, LSU AgCenter ; B. E. Wilson, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; J. M. Beuzelin, LSU AgCenter ; T. E. Reagan, Louisiana State University AgCenter
8:39 AM
0536
Effects of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) and habitat on the survival of lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) and gulf coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum)
Elizabeth R. Gleim, University of Georgia ; Michael J. Yabsley, University of Georgia ; L. Mike Conner, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Ichauway
8:51 AM
0537
Impact of selenium in the ant diet on the argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Deborah De La Riva, University of California, Riverside ; Greg Kund, University of California, Riverside ; John T. Trumble, University of California, Riverside
9:03 AM
0538
Investigation into the cumulative stress hypothesis: A case study with spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos) and Larinus minutus
Carey R. Minteer, University of Arkansas ; Timothy J. Kring, University of Arkansas ; Jun Shen, University of Arkansas ; Robert N. Wiedenmann, University of Arkansas
9:15 AM
0539
Overcompensatory plant responses to insect herbivory: A meta-analysis
Loriann C. Garcia, Texas A&M University ; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University
9:27 AM
0540
Testing for priming effects in the native weed horsenettle
Thomas Bentley, Pennsylvania State University ; Consuelo M. De Moraes, Pennsylvania State University ; Mark C. Mescher, Pennsylvania State University
9:39 AM
Break
9:51 AM
0541
The biology and the biomass impact of Blastobasis repartella (Dietz) (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) on switchgrass
Veronica Calles Torrez, South Dakota State University
10:03 AM
0542
Effects of simulated climate warming and population source on synchrony of forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria Hübner) egg hatch and host leaf phenology
Johnny A. Uelmen, University of Wisconsin ; Ezra G. Schwartzberg, University of Wisconsin ; Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin ; Kenneth F. Raffa, University of Wisconsin
10:15 AM
0543
The benefits within: Can increased crop genotypic diversity help manage insect pests?
Ian M. Grettenberger, Pennsylvania State University ; John F. Tooker, Pennsylvania State University
10:27 AM
0544
Metalized polyethylene mulch to reduce incidence of huanglongbing and improve growth of new citrus plantings
Scott D. Croxton, University of Florida ; Philip A. Stansly, University of Florida
10:39 AM
0545
European earwig Forficula auricularia L. (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) responses to understory treatments in organic and conventional peach orchards of northern Utah
Andrew S. Tebeau, Utah State University ; Diane G. Alston, Utah State University ; Jennifer R. Reeve, Utah State University ; Brent L. Black, Utah State University ; Corey V. Ransom, Utah State University
10:51 AM
0546
Metriocnemus knabi provides guardianship resulting in an exclusive habitat for Wyeomyia smithii within the pitchers of Sarracenia purpurea.
Gary J. Torrisi, University of Nebraska
11:03 AM
0547
Early-season patterns of onion thrips, Thrips tabaci (Lindeman), population densities in onion fields in New York
Erik A. Smith, Cornell University, NYSAES ; Elson J. Shields, Cornell University ; Marc F. Fuchs, Cornell University ; Brian A. Nault, Cornell University
11:15 AM
Concluding Remarks
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