Monday, 18 November 2002: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM | |||
Room 114 (Convention Center, Ground Level) | |||
Student Competition Ten-Minute Papers, Subsection Ca2. Biological Control | |||
| Moderator(s): | Susan Mahr Robert M. Nowierski | ||
| 1:00 PM | 0439 | Effects of carbohydrate resources, hosts and mating on Meteorus communis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) longevity and fecundity Alejandro C. Costamagna, Douglas A. Landis | |
| 1:12 PM | 0440 | Biology of the parasitic nematode Thripinema fuscum (Tylenchida: Allantonematidae) and effects on the host Frankliniella fusca (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Joe Funderburk, Kelly R. Sims | |
| 1:24 PM | 0441 | Impacts of red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta (Buren), on cotton aphids and noctuids in cotton fields Rodrigo Diaz, Allen Knutson, Julio S. Bernal | |
| 1:36 PM | 0442 | Verification of ovipositional preference for certain plant species by the predaceous lady beetle, Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Amanda Catherine Staley, Kenneth V Yeargan | |
| 1:48 PM | 0443 | Field evaluations of the dispersal and biocontrol efficacy of Trichogramma cacoeciae Marchal (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Koen G.H. Breedveld, Lynell K. Tanigoshi | |
| 2:00 PM | Break | ||
| 2:12 PM | 0444 | Predator-prey interactions between woolly apple aphid and a specialist syrphid predator, Heringia calcarata Brent D. Short, J. Christopher Bergh | |
| 2:24 PM | 0445 | Entomopathogenic nematodes as potential biological control agents of stored-product pests Olgaly Ramos, James F. Campbell, Sonny B. Ramaswamy | |
| 2:36 PM | 0446 | Evaluating conservation biological control for management of root maggots (Delia spp.) on cole crops Renee Priya Prasad, William E Snyder | |
| 2:48 PM | 0447 | Host suitability of various stored product insects for two strains of the parasitoid Anisopteromalus calandrae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Mukti N Ghimire, Thomas W. Phillips | |
| 3:00 PM | 0448 | The effect of Tachinid parasitoids on populations of obliquebanded leafroller in Western New York apple orchards Catherine Westbrook, Arthur M. Agnello | |