ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition,P-IE-11

Monday, November 12, 2012: 8:10 AM-12:00 PM
KCEC 2 (Holiday Inn Knoxville Downtown)
Moderator:
Kenneth Ostlie


8:10 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
Impact of pollen-induced Bt toxicity by a multi-toxin corn variety on survivorship and growth of corn earworm and its implications on current IRM practices
Arun Babu, Mississippi State University ; Fred R. Musser, Mississippi State University ; Michael A. Caprio, Mississippi State University ; Donald Cook, Mississippi State University ; Clint Allen, USDA - ARS
8:27 AM
Effect of nitrogen on Bt gene expression in corn roots and resulting trait performance against corn rootworms (Diabrotica spp.)
Trisha M. Franz, University of Minnesota ; Kenneth Ostlie, University of Minnesota
8:39 AM
Response of Spodoptera frugiperda and Agrotis ipsilon to exposure to Bt event 1507 corn
Rachel R. Binning, DuPont Pioneer ; Richard L. Hellmich, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Joel R. Coats, Iowa State University
8:51 AM
Corn earworm populations in Pennsylvania field corn and the value of Bt for controlling ear damage
Eric Bohnenblust, Pennsylvania State University ; Jim Breining, Pennsylvania State University ; Shelby J. Fleischer, Pennsylvania State University ; Greg Roth, Pennsylvania State University ; John F. Tooker, Pennsylvania State University
9:03 AM
Effects of entomopathogens on fitness costs of Bt resistance in western corn rootworm
Amanda M. Hoffmann, Iowa State University ; B. Wade French, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Aaron J. Gassmann, Iowa State University
9:15 AM
Investigation of potential resistance to Cry3Bb1 in populations of western corn rootworms in northwestern Illinois
Preston M. Schrader, University of Illinois ; Ronald E. Estes, University of Illinois ; Nicholas A. Tinsley, University of Illinois ; Michael E. Gray, University of Illinois
9:27 AM
Assessment of movement behavior of third instar European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, on Bt corn
Holly Lynn Johnson, University of Delaware ; Charles E. Mason, University of Delaware
9:51 AM
Break
10:03 AM
Assumptions about western corn rootworm behavior in Bt corn are not met in block refuges
Sarah A. Hughson, University of Illinois ; Joseph L. Spencer, University of Illinois
10:15 AM
Effect of selection on insect cold hardiness: Implications for Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and pest risk mapping
Amy C. Morey, University of Minnesota ; Robert C. Venette, USDA, Forest Service ; William D. Hutchison, University of Minnesota
10:27 AM
Subterranean termite feeding preference for wood containing various sap-stain fungi
Nathan S. Little, Mississippi State University ; Tor P. Schultz, Mississippi State University ; Susan V. Diehl, Mississippi State University ; Andrew J. Londo, Mississippi State University ; John J. Riggins, Mississippi State University
10:39 AM
Evaluating microbial seed treatments in combination with transgenic corn as a defense against Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera)
Stephanie L. Gorski, North Carolina State University ; Yasmin J. Cardoza, North Carolina State University
10:51 AM
The effect of JA-mediated defenses on the survival and growth of western corn rootworm larvae, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae)
Jelfina Alouw, University of Nebraska ; Yuanxin Yan, Texas A&M University ; Michael V Kolomiets, Texas A&M University ; Nicholas J. Miller, University of Nebraska
11:03 AM
Effects of elicitor-mediated induction of plant defense on the growth of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda Smith)
John Gordy, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; Michael J. Stout, Louisiana State University ; B. Rogers Leonard, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
11:15 AM
Herbivore secretes gut bacteria to suppress plant defenses
Seung H. Chung, Pennsylvania State University ; Cristina Rosa, Pennsylvania State University ; Erin D. Scully, Pennsylvania State University ; Michelle Peiffer, Pennsylvania State University ; Kelli Hoover, Pennsylvania State University ; Dawn S. Luthe, Pennsylvania State University ; Gary Felton, The Pennsylvania State University
11:27 AM
Perception of an insect semiochemical primes host-plant defenses
Anjel M. Helms, Pennsylvania State University ; John F. Tooker, Pennsylvania State University ; Mark C. Mescher, Pennsylvania State University
11:39 AM
Concluding Remarks