Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE2. Plant-Insect Ecosystems (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Monday, November 17, 2008: 7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Host egg-size plasticity affects preference and performance in the egg parasitoid Uscana semifumipennis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) as a result of host size selection

Joseph Deas, University of Arizona; Martha S. Hunter, University of Arizona

D0031

How oviposition experience effects attraction of the parasitoid Cotesia marginiventris to Spodoptera exigua and Trichoplusia ni in wind tunnel assays

Christina M. Harris, Penn State University; James H. Tumlinson, Pennsylvania State University

D0032

Interspecific larval competition between two egg parasitoids on the refrigerated host eggs of Riptortus clavatus (Hemiptera: Alydidae)

Md. Abdul Alim, Andong National University; Un Taek Lim, Andong National University

D0033

Impact of generalist predators on tomato induced defenses

Hélène M. Quaghebeur, Pennsylvania State University; Gary Felton, Pennsylvania State University

D0034

Vermicompost-mediated host plant effects on generalist and specialist lepidopterous pest species

Amos Gray Little, North Carolina State University; Yasmin J. Cardoza, North Carolina State University

D0035

Entomopathogenic fungi populations from agricultural and natural ecosystems and their virulence: A study in the Chihuahuan desert

Jorge San Juan-Lara, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro; Sergio R. Sanchez-Peña, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro

D0036

Response of soil microarthropods to the application of entomopathogenic nematode–killed insects in crop and refuge habitats

Randa Jabbour, University of Wyoming; Mary Barbercheck, Pennsylvania State University

D0037

The impact of Beauveria bassiana, Trichogramma pretiosum, Bacillus thuringiensis and spinosad on the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis)

Rostern N. Tembo, Bowling Green State University; Daniel M. Pavuk, Bowling Green State University

D0038

Egg releases of the hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Heteroptera: Adelgidae), predator Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae)

Jessica D. Holland, University of Georgia; Tom W. Coleman, USDA - Forest Service; Mark J. Dalusky, University of Georgia; C. Wayne Berisford, University of Georgia

D0039

Investigating the effects of herbicide on interactions between beneficial soil bacteria, herbicide-resistant soybeans, and insect herbivores

Beth A. Irwin, Pennsylvania State University; Mark C. Mescher, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University; Consuelo M. De Moraes, Pennsylvania State University

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