Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE3. Plant-Insect Ecosystems (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE3. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

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

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

Seasonal population dynamics of citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), and associated natural enemies in Alabama citrus orchards

Yingfang Xiao, University of Florida; Henry Fadamiro, Auburn University

Conservation strips of native perennials to enhance beneficial insect abundance in commercial blueberry fields

Nathaniel J. Walton, Michigan State University; Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University

Interactions among the tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris) and its host plants: A study of volatile induction and implications for biological control

Sean T. Halloran, Pennsylvania State University; James H. Tumlinson, Pennsylvania State University

Examining the dispersal capabilities of Lygus hesperus and its natural enemies in California's San Joaquin Valley

Frances J. Sheller, University of California, Davis; Jay A. Rosenheim, University of California, Davis; James R. Hagler, USDA - ARS

How do soil parameters affect Heterorhabditis bacteriophora viability for the biological control of the grape root borer (Vitacea polistiformis) in Muscadine vineyards (Vitis rotundifolia)?

Roaida Said, Florida A&M University; Raymond L. Hix, Florida A&M University; Moses T.K. Kairo, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University

The efficacy of methyl salicylate, an herbivore-induced plant volatile, to attract natural enemies of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura, in soybean fields

Rachel E. Mallinger, University of Wisconsin; David B. Hogg, University of Wisconsin

Potential non-target impacts in prairies from biological control of the soybean aphid

Thelma T. Heidel, Purdue University; Robert J. O'Neil, Purdue University

Estimating the predation potential of granivorous carabid beetles to reduce weed densities in agricultural systems

Jessica M. Green, Oregon State University

Toxicity of elm spider mites, Tetranychus schoenii, to their natural enemies on American elms treated with imidacloprid

Scott Creary, University of Maryland; Michael J. Raupp, University of Maryland

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