Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, P-IE: Ecology: I (2009 ESA Annual Meeting, December 13-16, 2009)

Monday, December 14, 2009: 8:15 AM-11:00 AM

Room 208, Second Floor (Convention Center)

Moderator:

Gj. Michels

8:15 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:20 AM

0331

Egg size in Harmonia axyridis is a function of female age and body size

German Vargas, Colombian Sugarcane Research Center; Jim Nechols, Kansas State University; JP. Michaud, Kansas State University

8:32 AM

0332

Eggplant as a trap crop for Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on greenhouse poinsettia: effect of host plant experience on trap cropping efficacy

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

8:44 AM

0333

Abundance and Frequency of Rotation Resistance for Two Species of Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica spp.) in Eastern Iowa

Mike Dunbar, Iowa State University; Aaron J. Gassmann, Iowa State University

8:56 AM

0334

Monica A. Farfan, University of Illinois; Hans Klompen, The Ohio State University

9:08 AM

0335

Insect and disease response to wildfire and prescribed fire in red pine in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Rita M. Koch, Michigan Technological University; Linda M. Haugen, USDA Forest Service; Linda M. Nagel, Michigan Technological University; Michael E. Ostry, USDA Forest Service; Andrew J. Storer, Michigan Technological University

9:20 AM

0336

Southwestern corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) dynamics on the Texas High Plains

Camilo Garzon, West Texas A&M University; Bonnie Pendleton, West Texas A&M University; Jerry Michels, Texas A&M University

9:32 AM

0337

Temporal occurrence and seasonal abundance of the redbanded stink bug, Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood) in Louisiana soybean

Joshua H. Temple, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Jeffrey A. Davis, Louisiana State University; Jarrod T. Hardke, Louisiana State University AgCenter; Jessica Moore, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Paul Price, Louisana State University Agricultural Center; Steve Micinski, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; B. Rogers Leonard, Louisiana State University

9:44 AM

Break

9:56 AM

0338

Mulch as a potential management tool for lesser cornstalk borer, Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Harsimran Gill, University of Florida; Robert McSorley, University of Florida; Gaurav Goyal, University of Florida-IFAS

10:08 AM

0339

Effects of experimental inundation on a coastal salt marsh trophic network

Mark S. Fox, Tulane University; Thomas Shannon, Tulane University; Michael J. Blum, Tulane University; Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Tulane University; Lee A. Dyer, University of Nevada

10:20 AM

0340

Crematogaster torosa ants form polydomous nests and outstations independently of food distance

Michele C. Lanan, University of Arizona; Anna Dornhaus, University of Arizona; Judith Bronstein, University of Arizona

10:32 AM

0341

The influence of different temperatures on the life history of the passionvine mealybug (Planococcus minor)

Antonio Francis, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Moses T.K. Kairo, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University

10:44 AM

0342

Asian longhorned beetle phenology: evaluating the effects of host wood moisture on time to pupation and adult eclosion

Alexandra Whitney, Yale University; Melody A. Keena, USDA - Forest Service

10:56 AM

Concluding Remarks

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