ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Undergraduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, P-IE

Monday, November 14, 2011: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM
Room A20, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Moderator:
Laura A. Erlandson
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:33 AM
Impacts of externally applied salicylic acid on the vulnerability of wheat seedlings to Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor) larvae
John Glenn Moch, Fayetteville State University; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University; Lieceng Zhu, Fayetteville State University; Ming-Shun Chen, Kansas State University
8:45 AM
Taking the bait: intercepting cucurbit pests using kairomonial semiochemicals for use in narrow spectrum biorational management
Camron T. Clark, Shawnee State University; Logan M. Minter, University of Kentucky; Ric Bessin, University of Kentucky; Robert Deal, Shawnee State University
8:57 AM
Seasonal movements of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in a multi-crop setting
Heather E. Wilson, University of California, Davis; Kelly A. Hamby, University of California, Davis; Frank G. Zalom, University of California, Davis
9:09 AM
Tracking the annual cycle of Pheidole morrisi by casting their nests in wax
Tyler Murdock, Florida State University; Walter R. Tschinkel, Florida State University
9:21 AM
Seeds moved by the four most abundant Formica spp. in the Tahoe Basin
Sarah Restori, University of Nevada, Reno; Joy L. Newton, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension; Matthew Forister, University of Nevada
9:33 AM
Abundance of mite parasites on the five most abundant aerator ant species in the Tahoe Basin
Rachel Clayson, University of Nevada, Reno; Joy L. Newton, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension; Matthew Forister, University of Nevada
9:45 AM
Break
9:57 AM
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10:09 AM
The most awesome talk, ever
Eli Ponderosa, Tacoma State
10:21 AM
Effect of different compost treatments on recruitment and retention of generalist predators in agricultural systems
Monica Nicole Beers, University of Vermont; DA. Neher, University of Vermont; S. Levins, University of Vermont; Yolanda H. Chen, University of Vermont
10:33 AM
What's on the menu? A predator gut content assay for identifying active predation from scavenging
Gabriel Zilnik, North Carolina State University; James Hagler, USDA - ARS
10:45 AM
Concluding Remarks