Monday, 18 November 2002: 7:00 AM-7:00 PM

Hall A (Convention Center, Ground Level)

Display Presentations, Subsection Ca. Biological Control

D0175Toxicity of pymetrozine and thiamethoxam on the cotton aphid parasitoid Aphelinus gossypii and on the whitefly predator Delphastus pusillus
Jorge Torres, Christian Silva-Torres
D0176Biological control of Aphis gossypii Glover in the Republic of Palau
Olivia Idechiil, Ross H. Miller, Keith Pike
D0177Variations between two strains of Aphelinus albipodus: A parasitoid of soybean aphid
Zhishan Wu, George Heimpel, Keith R. Hopper, David R. Prokrym, Robert J. O'Neil
D0178Soybean aphid in Indiana: The 3rd year
Claire E. Rutledge, Robert J. O'Neil
D0179Waxy blooms in peas influence the performance and behavior of Aphidius ervi, a parasitoid of the pea aphid
Jeff Neufeld, Daniel Durr, Sanford D. Eigenbrode
D0180Specific 16s rDNA markers for detection of a hyperparasitoid species, Dendrocerus carpenteri (Hymenoptera: Megaspilidae), from an aphid parasitoid, Lysiphlebus testaceipes, and six cereal aphid species using PCR
Yi Chen, Keith Pike, Kevin A. Shufran
D0181Genetic variation of Lysiphlebus testaceipes populations
Kevin A. Shufran, Douglas B. Jones, Albert A. Weathersbee, Norman C. Elliott, Keith Pike, Yi Chen
D0182Half-lives of prey DNA detectability in aphid predator guts: Influence of predator species, temperature regime, and fragment length
Matthew Greenstone, Yi Chen, Kristopher Giles, Mark Payton
D0183Detection and differentiation of brown citrus aphid, Toxoptera citricida, parasitoids by molecular methods
Albert A. Weathersbee, Kevin A. Shufran, Tanvi Panchal, Phat M. Dang, Greg Evans
D0184The effect of food resources on longevity of Gonatocerus ashmeadi and G. triguttatus, parasitoids of the glassy-winged sharpshooter
Nic Irvin, Mark S. Hoddle
D0185Biological control of the glassy-winged sharpshooter in citrus with releases of predators and parasitoids
Gregory S. Simmons, David J. W. Morgan, Charles H. Pickett, Jason Welch

The 2002 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition