Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, P-IE: Host Plant Interaction, Resistance

Monday, December 14, 2009: 7:00 AM-6:00 PM
Hall D, First Floor (Convention Center)
Adaptation of Aphis gossypii (Homoptera: Aphididae) on cotton and melon
Yun-Li Xiao, Texas Agrilife Research Center; Tong-Xian Liu, Texas AgriLife Research Center
Host plant preference of harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Anna K. Wallingford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas P. Kuhar, Virginia Tech; Peter Schultz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Utilization of non-target native host plants (Cirsium spp.) by adult Trichosirocalus horridus in Tennessee: host expansion or incidental occurrence?
Greg Wiggins, University of Tennessee; Jerome Grant, University of Tennessee; Paris L. Lambdin, University of Tennessee; Jack Ranney, University of Tennessee; John Wilkerson, University of Tennessee
Characteristics of cocoons of Antherina suraka (Saturniidae) feeding on different host plants in Madagascar
Maminirina Randrianandrasana, University of Illinois; Arthur R. Zangerl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Mamy Ratsimbazafy, CPALI; Catherine L. Craig, CPALI; R. Rakotoarisoa, University of Antananarivo; Lala H. Ravaomanarivo, University of Antananarivo; May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois
Does tropical soda apple (Solanum viarum) mediate interations between Gratiana boliviana, Spodoptera exigua or Frankliniella occidentalis via induced resistance?
Eutychus M. Kariuki, Florida A&M University; Raymond L. Hix, Florida A&M University; Stuart Reitz, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Stephen Hight, USDA - ARS
Characterization of resistance to onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman) and incidence of Iris yellow spot virus in onion cultivars
John Diaz-Montano, Cornell University, NYSAES; Brian A. Nault, Cornell University; Marc F. Fuchs, Cornell University; Tony Shelton, Cornell University
Phenological resistance of grapes to green June beetle damage
Derrick L. Hammons, University of Kentucky; S. Kaan Kurtural, University of Kentucky; Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky