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Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE8. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room A11, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Moderators:
Karla M. Addesso
Brian T. Sullivan
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM
0468
Interspecific interactions among two foundation bark beetles
Thomas S. Davis, University of Idaho; Richard W. Hofstetter, Northern Arizona University
Audio File
8:47 AM
0469
Optimization of protein marking and detection system for the study of intercrop movement behavior of Lygus hesperus (Knight)
Ram B. Shrestha, Texas Tech University; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Stanley Carroll, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center
8:59 AM
0470
Do turfgrass species influence oviposition site preference in Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica Newman)?
Tara Wood, University of Arkansas; Donald C. Steinkraus, University of Arkansas; Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky
Audio File
9:11 AM
0471
Don't like your neighbours? Move!: Evidence of reduced natural enemy assemblages for mountain pine beetle that colonize spruce vs. pine
Fraser R. McKee, University of Northern British Columbia; Brian H. Aukema, Canadian Forest Service & University of Northern British Columbia
9:23 AM
0472
Characterizing the settling behavior of T. tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on onion foliage
Anitha Chitturi, University of Georgia; David G. Riley, University of Georgia
Audio File
9:35 AM
Break
9:47 AM
0473
Odor discrimination in two conditioned solitary bees, Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata (Apidae: Megachilidae)
Cory A. Vorel, Utah State University; Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, USDA - ARS
Audio File
9:59 AM
0474
Resource competition between two forensically important blow fly species (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Jennifer Y. Rosati, University of Windsor; Sherah L. VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor
Audio File
10:11 AM
0475
Aphid protection by a native and exotic ant
B. E. Powell, North Carolina State University; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University
Audio File
10:23 AM
0476
Male-produced aggregation pheromone of the cerambycid beetle Rosalia funebris
Ann M. Ray, University of California-Riverside; Ian P. Swift, Placerita Canyon Nature Center; J. Steven McElfresh, University of California; James D. Barbour, University of Idaho; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California, Riverside; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois
Audio File
10:35 AM
0477
Seasonal variation in males' response to female sex pheromone in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Gmel.) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in northern California
Soledad C. Villamil, University of California, Davis; Ed Lewis, University of California; Frank G. Zalom, University of California, Davis
Audio File
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