Tuesday, 28 October 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

214 (Convention Center (Second Floor))

Ten-Minute Papers, Section Cc. Insect Vectors in Relation to Plant Disease, Ce. Insect Pathology and Microbial Control, Ca. Biological Control

Moderator(s): Rayda K. Krell
Leah Bauer
8:00 AM0602Colonization of cut branches of five coniferous hosts of the pitch canker fungus (Fusarium circinatum) by Pityophthorus spp. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in central, coastal California
Nadir Erbilgin, Andrew J. Storer, David L. Wood, Thomas R. Gordon, Daniel R. Stark, Gabriela Ritok-Owens
8:12 AM0603Effects of a plant virus on host plant quality for spittlebugs
Micky D. Eubanks, David E. Carr, John F. Murphy
8:24 AM0604An epidemiological model of Pierce’s disease for identification of data gaps
Rayda K. Krell, Thomas M. Perring, Charles A. Farrar
8:36 AM0605An “attachment” tip and fimbriae-like structures in insect- and plant-pathogenic spiroplasmas
E-D. Ammar, D. Fulton, Xiaodong Bai, T. Meulia, Saskia A. Hogenhout
8:48 AM0606Beauveria bassiana for the microbial control of tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Heteroptera : Miridae) in wild host plants
Jarrod E. Leland, Robert W. Behle
9:00 AM0607Laboratory and field studies of microbial insecticides for control of adult emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Leah Bauer, Houping Liu, Deborah Miller
9:12 AM0608Persistence and population dynamics of Metarhizum anisopliae in peat and bark based potting media
Denny J. Bruck
9:24 AMBreak 1
9:36 AM0609Use of entomopathogenic nematodes to control overwintering navel orangeworm in pistachios
Joel Siegel, Lawrence Lacey, Robert Fritts, Bradley S. Higbee
9:48 AM0610Use of entomopathogenic nematodes to control codling moth larvae in fruit bins
Lawrence Lacey, Lisa Gail Neven, Steven Arthurs, Heather Headrick
10:00 AM0611Superior efficacy observed in entomopathogenic nematodes applied in infected-host cadavers compared with application in aqueous suspension
Edwin E. Lewis, David Shapiro-Ilan
10:12 AM0612Differential susceptibility of larval instars of the citrus root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus, to the entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema riobrave
Robin J. Stuart, Clayton W. McCoy
10:24 AM0613Genomic analysis and structure prediction of the baculovirus fibroblast growth factors
Casey M. Finnerty, Peter J. Krell
10:36 AMBreak 2
10:48 AM0614Natural enemies of emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Michigan
Houping Liu, Leah Bauer, Deborah Miller
11:00 AM0615Indirect impacts of herbivory by Oxyops vitiosa on the reproductive performance of the invasive tree Melaleuca quinquenervia
Paul D. Pratt
11:12 AM0616A comparison of Aphthona spp. population development and growth of leaf spurge across habitats in North Dakota
Denise L. Olson
11:24 AM0617Feeding impacts of Aphthona nigriscutis, a biological control agent for Euphorbia esula (leafy spurge) on a native plant Euphorbia robusta
John L Baker, Nancy A P Webber, Kim K. Johnson
11:36 AM0618Toxicity of fruit fly baits to beneficial insects in citrus
J.P. Michaud

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