ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Graduate Student Poster Display Competition, P-IE-5

Monday, November 14, 2011: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Comparison of ant community composition at Savanna River Site, SC from 1976 to present
Hannah J. McKenrick, University of Kentucky; Julian Resasco, University of Florida
Five Fraxinus species against one Agrilus beetle: adult emerald ash borer survival and host response to feeding
Sara R. Tanis, Michigan State University; Deborah G. McCullough, Michigan State University
Characterization of western chinch bug, Blissus occiduus, salivary glands
Crystal M. Ramm, University of Nebraska; Tiffany Heng-Moss, University of Nebraska; Frederick P. Baxendale, University of Nebraska; Lisa Baird, University of San Diego; James Walston, University of San Diego
Characterizing plant resistance to piercing-sucking insects on switchgrass
Kyle Koch, University of Nebraska; Jeffrey D. Bradshaw, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Tiffany Heng-Moss, University of Nebraska
The impact of host plant resistance and tillage management on the sugar beet root aphid, Pemphigus betae, and its terrestrial predators
R. J. Pretorius, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jeffrey D. Bradshaw, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Gary L. Hein, University of Nebraska
Resistance characterization of the genotype KS4202 to Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Lia S. Marchi, University of Nebraska; Travis J. Prochaska, University of Nebraska; Tiffany Heng-Moss, University of Nebraska; Thomas E. Hunt, University of Nebraska; John C. Reese, Kansas State University
Molecular insights into the tolerance response of KS4202 to the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Travis J. Prochaska, University of Nebraska; Lia S. Marchi, University of Nebraska; Tiffany Heng-Moss, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Thomas E. Hunt, University of Nebraska; John C. Reese, Kansas State University; Nathan Palmer, USDA - ARS ; Yuannan Xia, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jean-Jack Riethoven, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Paul Twigg, University of Nebraska
The phenology of aphid alatae as potential vectors of non-persistent virus in midwestern pumpkins
Gina M. Angelella, Purdue University; Ian Kaplan, Purdue University; Doris Lagos, University of Illinois; David Voegtlin, University of Illinois
Metagenomic analysis of the glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis)
Elwyn Wayne Welch, University of Texas, Health Science Center, Tyler; Blake R. Bextine, University of Texas; Scot E. Dowd, Research and Testing Laboratories
Detection of Xylella fastidiosa in xylem-feeding insects using immunocapture-PCR
Lisa M. Overall, Oklahoma State University; Eric Rebek, Oklahoma State University
Diagnostic analysis of phytoplasma in plants and insects using 454 pyrosequencing
Adam L. Booth, University of Texas at Tyler; Susan Halbert, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Blake R. Bextine, University of Texas