Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE6. Plant-Insect Ecosystems (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

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

Room A6, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Moderators:

Marvin K. Harris
Dezene Huber

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

Evaluation of non-target effects of Bt corn pollen on growth and survival golden tortoise beetles Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Daniel Fahey, Canisius College; Helen Hull-Sanders, Canisius College; John Losey, Cornell University

8:17 AM

0441

Effects of root feeding by Diaprepes root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on four woody ornamental plant species

Cliff Martin, University of Florida; Bruce Schaffer, University of Florida; Catharine Mannion, University of Florida

8:29 AM

0442

Attractiveness of three cucurbit plants to the silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), and their potential as a trap crop for whitefly management on poinsettia

Doo-Hyung Lee, Cornell University; Jan P. Nyrop, Cornell University; John Sanderson, Cornell University

8:41 AM

0443

Induced terpenoid defenses in lodgepole and jack pine and possible effects on the eastern spread of the mountain pine beetle

Erin Clark, University of Northern British Columbia; Dezene Huber, University of Northern British Columbia; Allan Carroll, Canadian Forest Service

8:53 AM

0444

Potential host use by the Mediterranean pine engraver (Orthotomicus erosus) in North America

Abigail Walter, University of Minnesota; Robert C. Venette, University of Minnesota; Stephen A. Kells, University of Minnesota

9:05 AM

0445

The effect of plant nutritional quality on the foraging decisions of omnivores

Jessica Fournier, University of Windsor; Sherah L. VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor

9:17 AM

0446

Host phenological changes in foliar nutrients and chemical defenses constrain the performance of European pine sawfly larvae

Rodrigo A. Chorbadjian, Ohio State University; P. Larry Phelan, The Ohio State University; Daniel A. Herms, The Ohio State University

9:29 AM

Break

9:41 AM

0447

Differential stylet penetration behaviors of two Aphis gossypii biotypes in relation to host or vector infection with citrus tristeza virus

Jose D Gutierrez, California State University-Fresno; Elaine Backus, USDA - ARS; Ray Yokomi, USDA San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Research Center; Fred E. Schreiber, California State University, Fresno

9:53 AM

0448

Squash bug feeding behavior on watermelon and watermelon relatives

Kaushal Maskey, Oklahoma State University; Astri Wayadande, Oklahoma State University; B.D. Bruton, USDA-ARS; Jacqueline Fletcher, Oklahoma State University

10:05 AM

0449

Impacts of CO₂ pollution on plant-insect interactions: A transcriptional and biochemical analysis of soybean defense signaling

Clare L. Casteel, University of Illinois; Evan H. DeLucia, University of Illinois; May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois

10:17 AM

0450

Favored by plant water stress, harmful spider mites displace plant-defense inducing mites from California vineyards

Menelaos C. Stavrinides, University of California-Berkeley; Kent M. Daane, University of California; Nick J. Mills, University of California, Berkeley

10:29 AM

0451

Physical response of Physalis leaves to Heliothis subflexa eggs

Jennifer L. Petzold, Iowa State University; Fred Gould, North Carolina State University

10:41 AM

0453

Host associated genetic differentiation in cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter), in Texas

Apurba K. Barman, Texas A&M University; Raul F. Medina, Texas A&M University; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Christopher G. Sansone, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center; Charles Suh, USDA ARS APMRU

10:53 AM

0454

Growth by sugarcane plants in response to lesser cornstalk borer Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) damage during early growth stages

Hardev Singh Sandhu, University of Florida; Gregg S. Nuessly, University of Florida; Susan Webb, University of Florida; Ronald H. Cherry, University of Florida; Robert Gilbert, University of Florida

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