North Central Branch Annual Meeting Online Program

B. S./M.S. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Monday, June 4, 2012: 9:15 AM-12:00 PM
Chancellor 2/3 (Embassy Suites)


9:15 AM
030
The birds and the beetles: American burying beetle numbers correlate with Northern Bobwhite numbers in south-central Nebraska
Kari L. Page, University of Nebraska - Kearney ; Thomas (T.J.) Walker, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission ; W. Wyatt Hoback, University of Nebraska - Kearney
9:27 AM
031
Sublethal effects of plant defenses on Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, larvae
Gabrielle B. Cooper, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Nicholas J. Miller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
9:39 AM
032
Conophthorin enhances the efficacy of ethanol-baited traps for monitoring the granulate ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Nicole R. VanDerLaan-Hannon, Purdue University ; Matthew D. Ginzel, Purdue University
9:51 AM
033
Selection and genetic analysis of behavioral traits of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), plant abandonment vs. plant establishment
Michael Allen Rausch, Iowa State University ; Jeremy A. Kroemer, Iowa State University ; Tyasning Kroemer, Iowa State University ; Susan E. Moser, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc ; Richard L. Hellmich, USDA - ARS
10:03 AM
034
An evaluation of management tactics for the wheat curl mite (Aceria tosichella Keifer) and the wheat-mite-virus complex
Anthony J. McMechan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Gary L. Hein, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
10:15 AM
035
The effects of cropping systems on entomopathogenic fungi
Eric H. Clifton, Iowa State University ; Erin W. Hodgson, Iowa State University ; Stefan T. Jaronski, USDA - ARS ; Aaron J. Gassmann, Iowa State University
10:27 AM
036
Effects of temperature and host on the development of Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera:Braconidae)
Allison Dehnel, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; David B. Hogg, University of Wisconsin - Madison
10:39 AM
037
Protecting the good guys from the good guys: Optimizing multiple predator biological control systems
Emily Pochubay, Michigan State University ; Joseph Riddle, Michigan State University ; Jeanne Himmelein, Michigan State University ; Mark Elzinga, Elzinga and Hoeksema Greenhouses ; Matthew Grieshop, Michigan State University
10:51 AM
038
Evaluating interactions of western corn rootworm with Bt corn
Ryan S. Keweshan, Iowa State University ; Graham Head, Monsanto Company ; Aaron Gassmann, Iowa State University
11:03 AM
039
Nitrogen application effects on Bt gene expression in corn roots and trait performance against corn rootworms (Diabrotica spp.)
Trisha Franz, University of Minnesota ; Ken Ostlie, University of Minnesota
11:15 AM
040
Factors influencing soybean aphid mortality during rainstorm events
Caitlin C. Krueger, University of Minnesota
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