Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, P-IE-3

Grégory Mollot, CIRAD-PRAM; Philippe Tixier, CATIE; Françoise Lescourret, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA); Safia Guénifi, CIRAD-PRAM; Jean François Martin, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations; Pierre-François Duyck, CIRAD-PRAM

8:39 AM

0492

Determining the efficacy of Larinus minutus (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) in reducing spotted knapweed populations in Arkansas.

Carey R. Minteer, University of Arkansas; Timothy J. Kring, University of Arkansas; Yj. Shen, University of Arkansas; Robert N. Wiedenmann, University of Arkansas

9:03 AM

0493

Withdrawn

8:51 AM

0494

Efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora against masked chafer, (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), white grubs

Shaohui Wu, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Roger R. Youngman, Virginia Tech; Loke T. Kok, Virginia Tech; Laub A. Curt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

9:15 AM

0495

Influence of landscape heterogeneity on biological control of the western grape leafhopper (Erythroneura elegantula Osborn) in northern California vineyards

Houston Wilson, University of California; Albie F. Miles, University of California Berkeley; Kent M. Daane, University of California; Miguel A. Altieri, University of California, Berkeley

9:27 AM

Break

9:39 AM

0496

Withdrawn

9:51 AM

0497

Optimizing soil applications of entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes to enhance efficacy against plum curculio larvae in upper midwest tree fruit production

Peter Nelson, Michigan State University; Mark E. Whalon, Michigan State University

10:03 AM

0498

Characterization of secondary metabolites from an Arizona native entomopathogenic bacterium, Photorhabdus luminescens sonorensis, and their use in biological control

Rousel A Orozco, University of Arizona; S. Patricia Stock, University of Arizona

10:15 AM

0500

Evaluating the relative impacts of plant quality and natural enemies on mortality of Bemisia tabaci in cotton

Peter Asiimwe, University of Arizona; Steven Naranjo, USDA - ARS; Peter C. Ellsworth, University of Arizona

10:27 AM

0501

Field application of three entomopathogenic nematodes in the biological control of the larger black flour beetle (Cynaeus angustus) in cotton gin trash

Bryan C. Stokes, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station; Christian Nansen, Texas AgriLife Research; Terry A. Wheeler, Texas A&M University - Texas AgriLIFE Extension; Pat Porter, Texas Cooperative Extension, TAMU Ag Research & Extension Center; Kathy Vaughn, Texas A&M University - Texas AgriLIFE Extension

10:51 AM

0499

Withdrawn

10:39 AM

0502

Can habitat partitioning of thrips natural enemies reduce intraguild predation in greenhouses?

Emily Pochubay, Michigan State University Extension; Matthew Grieshop, Michigan State University

11:03 AM

0503

Assessing olfactory and visual cues in host selection behavior to improve pre-release host range prediction of Mogulones borraginis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) for houndstongue, Cynoglussum officinale (Boraginaceae)

Ikju Park, University of Idaho; Mark Schwarzländer, University of Idaho; Sanford D. Eigenbrode, University of Idaho

11:15 AM