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

Monday, December 14, 2009: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM

Room 210, Second Floor (Convention Center)

Moderator:

Allan Showler

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:35 AM

0375

Resistance, movement and rotation distance in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)

Kathleen Schnaars-Uvino, The City College of New York-CUNY-Graduate Center; Mitchell Baker, Queens College, City University of New York

8:47 AM

0376

Insect-fungus interaction: do scolytid-associated fungi affect the woodwasp Sirex noctilio?

Kathleen Ryan, University of Toronto; Peter De Groot, Natural Resources Canada; Sandy Smith, University of Toronto

8:59 AM

0377

Mexican rice borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) oviposition preference and larval performance on primary non-crop hosts

JM. Beuzelin, Louisiana State University AgCenter; L. T. Wilson, Texas AgriLife Research Center; Allan Showler, USDA - ARS; T.E. Reagan, Louisiana State Univeristy; Anna Meszaros, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

9:11 AM

0378

Stand and individual tree characteristics associated with historical red oak borer (Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) infestation within the Ozark and Ouachita National Forests

Laurel J. Haavik, Canadian Forest Service; Fred Stephen, University of Arkansas

9:23 AM

0379

Factors promoting genetic differentiation in cotton fleahopper (Pseudatomoscelis seriatus)

Apurba K. Barman, Texas A&M University; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Christopher G. Sansone, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center; Raul F. Medina, Texas A&M University

9:35 AM

Break

9:47 AM

0380

Tree vigor and its relation to emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) larval development on green and white ash trees

Chenin K. Limback, Michigan State University; Deborah G. McCullough, Michigan State University; Yigen Chen, Michigan State University; Therese Poland, USDA - Forest Service; Bert M. Cregg, Michigan State University

9:59 AM

0381

Comparative lab and field biology of three picture-winged fly pests of corn

Gaurav Goyal, University of Florida-IFAS; Gregg S. Nuessly, University of Florida; John L. Capinera, University of Florida; Dakshina Seal, University of Florida; Gary Steck, University of Florida; Kenneth Boote, University of Florida

10:11 AM

0382

Biology and management of an invasive white grub, Plectris aliena (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in North Carolina

Nancy Brill, North Carolina State University; Mark R. Abney, University of Georgia

10:23 AM

0383

Effects and attack characteristics of the native stem borer, Amphicerus bicaudatus Say (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), on invasive Tamarix sp.

Wyatt Williams, Colorado State University; Andrew P. Norton, Colorado State University; Ned A. Tisserat, Colorado State University; Curtis Utley, Colorado State University

10:35 AM

0384

The dietary significance of spider web placement as determined by molecular gut-content analysis

Kelton D. Welch, USDA-ARS; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky

10:47 AM

0385

Oviposition by the fungus gnat Bradysia impatiens (Diptera: Sciaridae) on geranium plants (Pelargonium x hortorum) inoculated with microorganisms

Sarah Braun, Cornell University; John Sanderson, Cornell University; Margery Daughtrey, Cornell University; Stephen P. Wraight, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

10:59 AM

Concluding Remarks

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