Student Competition for the President's Prize, P-IE: Trapping and Forecasting

Monday, December 14, 2009: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM
Room 110, First Floor (Convention Center)
Moderator:
Paul Guillebeau
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:47 AM
Pan trapping of soybean aphids, Aphis glycines (Matsumura) and how it can relate to an outbreak
Nicholas Behrens, Iowa State University; Joel Coats, Iowa State University; Jerry Zhu, USDA - ARS
8:59 AM
Forecasting and monitoring pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) pressure on the Palouse
Damon Husebye, University of Idaho; Sanford D. Eigenbrode, University of Idaho; Stephen Clement, USDA - ARS
9:11 AM
Using diverse and simple trap crop plantings to protect broccoli from the crucifer flea beetle (Phyllotreta cruciferae)
Joyce E. Parker, Washington State University; William E. Snyder, Washington State University
9:23 AM
Break
9:35 AM
Tracking wheat curl mite movement: a remote sensing approach
Abby R. Stilwell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Gary L. Hein, University of Nebraska; Don Rundquist, Universtiy of Nebraska-Lincoln
9:47 AM
Improving the interpretation of protein marking data to better study insect movement
Frances J. Sheller, University of California, Davis; Jay A. Rosenheim, University of California, Davis; James R. Hagler, USDA - ARS
10:11 AM
SEM images of western and eastern populations of hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae)
K.L. Felderhoff, North Carolina State University; J.B. Strider, North Carolina State University; Fred P. Hain, North Carolina State University
10:23 AM
Modeling development of lesser cornstalk borer on sugarcane
Hardev Singh Sandhu, University of Florida; Gregg Nuessly, University of Florida; Susan Webb, University of Florida; Ronald H. Cherry, University of Florida; Robert Gilbert, University of Florida
10:35 AM
Where did they come from? Where are they going? Modeling the movement of soybean aphid infestations in North America
Christine A. Bahlai, University of Guelph; David Voegtlin, University of Illinois; Terry Gillespie, University of Guelph; Yingen Xue, University of Guelph; Rebecca H. Hallett, University of Guelph; Christina DiFonzo, Michigan State University; Arthur W. Schaafsma, University of Guelph
10:47 AM
Concluding Remarks