Monday, December 10, 2007: 7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Grand Exhibit Hall, First Floor (Town & Country)

C, Session Ca. Biological Control

 D0066Soil temperature estimation for phenology models
Shi Chen, Shelby Fleischer, Saunders Michael, Scott Isard
 D0067Liriomyza species composition and parasitoid gills in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Ricardo Hernandez, Tong-Xian Liu
 D0068Comprehensive faunistic evaluation of native and invasive slugs in Kentucky
Anna K Thomas, Rory J. Mc Donnell, John J. Obrycki, James D. Harwood
 D0069Phoretic association of Binodoxys communis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Homoptera: Aphididae)
Anthony S. Loden, George E. Heimpel
 D0070Effectiveness of biological control of western flower thrips and the incidence of tomato spotted wilt virus
Dianna L. Gillespie, James R. Nechols, David C. Margolies
 D0071Suitability of greenbugs (Schizaphis graminum) parasitized by Lysiphlebus testaceipes for the development and survival of the convergent ladybeetle (Hippodamia convergens)
Kody Mullins, Kris Giles
 D0072Variable fitness of Diorhabda elongata feeding in a common garden of Tamarix from the western United States
Brian Zens, Kevin Gardner, David C. Thompson
 D0073Evaluating fitness components of insectary-reared Aphytis melinus (DeBach)
Casandra Vasquez, Robert F. Luck, Richard Stouthamer, Joseph G. Morse
 D0074Predicting parasitoid population dynamics resulting from novel interactions of climate change and anthropogenic pollution
Casey D. Butler, John T. Trumble
 D0075Uptake of Bt-endotoxins by generalist predators (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in transgenic corn fields
Julie A. Peterson, John J. Obrycki, James D. Harwood
 D0076Native plants for attraction and support of natural enemies in Michigan highbush blueberry fields
Nathaniel J. Walton, Ariane K. Reister, Rufus Isaacs
 D0077Tracking the role of generalist predators in biological control of slugs in strawberry crops
Michael J Eskelson, James D. Harwood, John J. Obrycki, Doulgas D. Archbold
 D0078Influence of cucumber plant architectural complexity on the foraging efficiency and behavior of the predatory mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Lessando Moreira Gontijo, James R. Nechols, David C. Margolies

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