Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE1. Plant-Insect Ecosystems (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room A8, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Moderators:

John Tooker
Amanda L. Koppel

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

0369

The effect of aphid density on intraguild predation of a soybean aphid parasitoid in the field

Jeremy M. Chacón, University of Minnesota; George E. Heimpel, University of Minnesota

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8:17 AM

0370

Keep them coming, baby: Determinants of the field oviposition rate of the soybean aphid parasitoid Binodoxys communis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Christine Dieckhoff, University of Delaware; George E. Heimpel, University of Minnesota

8:29 AM

0371

Pentas lanceolatus as a nectar source for Larra bicolor and its effect on parasitism of Scapteriscus mole crickets

Cheri M Abraham, Mississippi State University; David Held, Mississippi State University

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8:41 AM

0372

Predicting parasitoid population dynamics resulting from novel interactions of climate change and selenium pollution

Casey D. Butler, University of California, Riverside; John T. Trumble, University of California - Riverside

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8:53 AM

0373

Evaluation of select farmscaping plants as food sources for the parasitoid Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): Effects on parasitoid longevity and body sugars

Timothy D. Nafziger, Auburn University; Henry Fadamiro, Auburn University

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9:05 AM

0374

Efficacy and plant finding behavior of Euhrychiopsis lecontei Dietz (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biological control agent for Eurasian watermilfoil

Justin L. Reeves, Kent State University; Patrick D. Lorch, Kent State University; Mark W. Kershner, Kent State University

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9:17 AM

Break

9:29 AM

0375

Comparing host-plant acceptance of Tamarix parviflora (Caryophyllales: Tamaricaceae) by field-established and laboratory populations of Diorhabda elongata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent of saltcedars

Hillary Q. Thomas, University of California-Davis; Frank G. Zalom, University of California, Davis

9:41 AM

0376

Quantifying exposure pathways in generalist predator food webs: Uptake of Bt-endotoxins across multiple transgenic events

Julie A. Peterson, University of Minnesota; John J. Obrycki, University of Kentucky; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky

9:53 AM

0377

Efficacy and timing of entomopathogens against plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) in Michigan

Mark E. Whalon, Michigan State University; Renee J. Pereault, Michigan State University

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10:05 AM

0378

Interaction pathways between slugs and carabid beetles in strawberry agroecosystems: Implications for biological control

Michael J Eskelson, University of Kentucky; Eric Chapman, University of Kentucky; Doulgas D. Archbold, University of Kentucky; John J. Obrycki, University of Kentucky; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky

10:17 AM

0379

The potential contribution of larval Agabus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) for mosquito suppression in constructed wetlands

Lauren E. Culler, Dartmouth College; William Lamp, University of Maryland

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10:29 AM

0380

Introduction and establishment of Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands to control Salvinia minima Baker in Louisiana

Katherine A. Parys, USDA - ARS; Seth Johnson, Louisiana State University

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