Monday, December 11, 2006: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room 109 (Convention Center)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section Ce and Cf. Insect Pathology and Microbial Control, Quantitative Ecology
Moderator(s):	Jeffrey Lord Thomas E. Hunt
8:30 AM			Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM	0394		Applying probabilistic cellular automata to model county level southern pine beetle infestations   Adrian Duehl, Fred Hain, John Bishir
8:47 AM	0395		Field and laboratory bioassays confirm fungicides adversely affect fungal pathogens of soybean aphid   Karrie A. Koch, David W. Ragsdale, Bruce D. Potter
8:59 AM	0396		Paenibacillus popilliae for control of Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) infesting turfgrass Andrea Bixby, Steven Alm, Shahid Karim, Douglas Dingman
9:11 AM	0397		The pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae ESC-1 for adults, eggs, and larvae of Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Chelsey M. Wasem, Frederick P. Baxendale, Robert J. Wright, Gary Y. Yuen
9:23 AM	0398		Pathogenic fungus of Plecoptera reflexa Guenee (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a major pest of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb Neeru Bhan
9:35 AM	0399		Morphological and molecular characterization of a fungal pathogen attacking the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Homoptera: Psyllidae), in Florida Jason M. Meyer, Marjorie A. Hoy, Drion G. Boucias
9:47 AM	0400		The role of midgut bacteria in Bacillus thuringiensis-induced mortality in Lepidoptera   Nichole A. Broderick, Matthew D. McMahon, Jo Handelsman, Kenneth F. Raffa
9:59 AM			Break
10:11 AM	0401		The distribution of hybrid imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta x S. richteri) and their potential foraging competitors in East-Central Mississippi forests   Timothy O. Menzel, T. Evan Nebeker
10:23 AM	0402		Modeling the spatial and temporal variation of Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Homoptera: Aphididae) overwintering densities in a Colorado cropping system   Scott C. Merrill, Thomas O. Holtzer, Frank B. Peairs
10:35 AM	0403		An ecological risk assessment for insecticides used in mosquito management   Ryan S. Davis, Robert K. D. Peterson
10:47 AM	0404		Development of bioinsecticide-based control strategies for plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Michigan cherry and apple orchards   Renee J. Pereault, Mark E. Whalon, Ayhan Gökçe
10:59 AM	0405		A multistate comparison of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) detection tools   Jessica A. Metzger, Ivich Fraser, Andrew J. Storer, Damon J. Crook, Joseph A. Francese, Victor C. Mastro
11:11 AM	0406		Evaluation of modeled distribution maps of Ohio butterflies: A case study using data from natural history collections and long-term monitoring databases   Lisa Vice Misquitta, David J. Horn
11:23 AM	0407		Abundance of the invasive spider Cheiracanthium mildei (Miturgidae) in California vineyards and surrounding natural ecosystems Brian N. Hogg, Kent M. Daane

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