Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, P-IE-9

Cara M. McCreary, University of Guelph; Jocelyn L. Smith, University of Guelph; Tracey Baute, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; Greg Boland, University of Guelph; Arthur W. Schaafsma, University of Guelph; Rebecca H. Hallett, University of Guelph

9:03 AM

0590

The why, where, and when of cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus L.)

Christopher R. Philips, Virginia Tech; D. Ames Herbert, Virginia Tech; Thomas P. Kuhar, Virginia Tech; Dominic R. Reisig, North Carolina State University; Sean Malone, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

9:15 AM

0591

Examining potential differences between rotation-resistant and rotation-susceptible populations of the western corn rootworm

Nicholas A. Tinsley, University of Illinois; Michael E. Gray, University of Illinois; Joseph L. Spencer, University of Illinois; Ronald E. Estes, University of Illinois; Thomas E. Hunt, University of Nebraska

9:27 AM

0592

Does feeding location on roots influences the western corn rootworm development?

Vianney OM. Willot, Purdue University; Christian Krupke, Purdue University

9:39 AM

Break

9:51 AM

0593

Evaluating yield losses from simulated insect defoliation in soybean

Lucas N. Owen, Mississippi State University

10:03 AM

0594

Efficacy of insecticidal seed treatments against rice water weevil

Andrew Adams, Mississippi State University

10:15 AM

0595

Residual assays with thiamethoxam as seed treatment agent against rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus) at distinct stages of rice (Oryza sativa)

Srinivas K. Lanka, Louisiana State University; Michael J. Stout, Louisiana State University

10:27 AM

0596

Monitoring bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata) response to thiamethoxam soybean seed treatments

Chelsea L. Piitz, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Thomas E. Hunt, University of Nebraska; Blair D. Siegfried, University of Nebraska; Tiffany Heng-Moss, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

10:39 AM

0597

Alternative application techniques of pesticides to control above and below ground herbivory of Polydrusus impressifrons in hybrid poplar cuttings

Andrew Rodstrom, GreenWood Resources; Alejandro Del Pozo, Washington State University; John J. Brown, Washington State University

10:51 AM

0598

Negative effect of Phostrol on Colorado potato beetles (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say))

Megan L. Patterson, University of Maine

11:03 AM

0599

European corn borer populations in Pennsylvania and the value of Bt corn

Eric Bohnenblust, Pennsylvania State University; Greg Roth, Pennsylvania State University; John Tooker, Pennsylvania State University