Monday, December 11, 2006: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room 108 (Convention Center)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section Ca2. Biological Control
Moderator(s):	J. P. Michaud Denise L. Olson
8:30 AM			Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM	0291		Characteristics of Pseudacteon tricuspis Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae) population spread in Louisiana   Donald C. Henne, Seth J. Johnson
8:47 AM	0292		Does the gypsy moth virus Gypchek and its carrier adversely affect the endangered Karner blue butterfly and pollinators of the endangered eastern prairie fringed orchid?   Melissa L. Yanek, Kenneth F. Raffa
8:59 AM	0293		Exotic parasitoids as mortality factors of the Hawaiian endemic moth Udea stellata (Crambidae)   Leyla V. Kaufman, Mark G. Wright
9:11 AM	0294		Sharpshooters caught in biological crossfire: Non-target impacts of the glassy-winged sharpshooter egg-parasitoids in Southern California   Elizabeth A. Boyd, Mark S. Hoddle
9:23 AM	0295		Mass rearing of Bracon cephi (Gahan) and B. lissogaster Muesebeck, parasitoids of the wheat stem sawfly Cephus cinctus Norton, in field cages   Godshen R. Pallipparambil, David K. Weaver, Wendell L. Morrill, Robert K. D. Peterson, Perry R. Miller
9:35 AM	0296		Can a specific parasitoid influence race structure of European corn borer?   Faruque-uz Zaman, Edwin G. Rajotte, Dennis D. Calvin, Liwang Cui, Douglas V. Sumerford
9:47 AM	0297		Biological control of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis in bell peppers through Trichogramma ostriniae releases and habitat modification   Kathleen Russell, Ric Bessin, Brent Rowell
9:59 AM			Break
10:11 AM	0298		Olfactory responses of the egg parasitoid Gonatocerus ashmeadi Girault (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)   Rodrigo Krugner, Marshall W. Johnson, Kent M. Daane, Joseph G. Morse
10:23 AM	0299		Survey of stink bug (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) egg parasitoids in wheat, soybean and vegetable crops in Southeast Virginia   Amanda L. Koppel, Ames Herbert, Thomas P. Kuhar
10:35 AM	0300		Development of Pteromalus cerealellae (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae): Effects of Freezing of Host Larvae on Parasitoid’s Fitness   Ebenezer O. Onagbola, Henry Y. Fadamiro
10:47 AM	0301		The impact of natural enemies on the density and within-plant distribution of soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) at the western edge of its range   Tierney R. Brosius, Thomas E. Hunt, Leon G. Higley
10:59 AM	0302		Aphid preference bioassay of multi-colored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)   Joe R. Williamson
11:11 AM	0303		A comparison of diets in spring alfalfa fields of coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)   L. Nicole Davidson, Edward Evans
11:23 AM	0304		Can increased predator foraging efficiency contribute to a more effective biological control program for two-spotted spider mites in greenhouses?   Punya Nachappa, David C. Margolies, James Nechols
11:35 AM	0305		Long-term temporal dynamics of three aphid species and a shared predator   Timothy W. Leslie, Wopke Van der Werf, Felix J. J. A. Bianchi, Alois Honek

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