Session: Submitted papers (2012 North Central Branch, Entomological Society Annual Meeting (June 3-6, 2012))

North Central Branch Annual Meeting Online Program

Submitted papers

Tuesday, June 5, 2012: 2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Regents E (Embassy Suites)

2:00 PM

Cross-pollination between Bt and non-Bt plants in seed mix refugia

Matthew W. Carroll, Monsanto Company ; Graham P. Head, Monsanto Company ; Christopher Schuster, Monsanto ; Kate Turner, Monsanto ; Iryna Nahirna, Monsanto ; Katie Niemeyer, Monsanto

2:12 PM

123

Interactions among Bt maize, entomopathogens and rootworm species in the field: effects on survival, yield and root injury

Jennifer Petzold Maxwell, Iowa State University ; Michael Dunbar, Iowa State University ; Eric H. Clifton, Iowa State University ; Stefan T. Jaronski, USDA - ARS ; Mark A. Jackson, USDA - ARS ; Aaron J. Gassmann, Iowa State University

2:24 PM

124

Pheromone-based monitoring and management of the millet stem borer, Coniesta ignefusalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Ousmane Youm, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Yacouba Maliki, Formerly, ICRISAT Sahelian Centre ; David R. Hall, University of Greenwich ; Dudley I. Farman, University of Greenwich ; K. M. Kneeland, University of Nebraska ; John E. Foster, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2:36 PM

125

Seasonal occurrence and field damage of corn blotch leafminer (Agromyza parvicornis) in south central Nebraska

Ronald C. Seymour, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Robert J. Wright, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Terry A. DeVries, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

2:48 PM

126

Mechanisms of action for monoterpenoid botanical insecticides

Joel R. Coats, Iowa State University ; Aaron D. Gross, Iowa State University ; Fan Tong, Iowa State University ; Michael J. Kimber, Iowa State University

3:00 PM

127

Transform^TM, a novel sulfoxamine insecticide to control soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) from Dow AgroSciences

Neil Spomer, Dow AgroSciences ; James Thomas, Dow AgroSciences ; Scott Ditmarsen, Dow AgroSciences ; Kevin Johnson, Dow AgroSciences ; Patti Prasifka, Dow AgroSciences ; Dave Ruen, Dow AgroSciences ; Eric Scherder, Dow AgroSciences

3:12 PM

128

Is the silver bullet of neonicotinoid seed treatments hitting an unintended target? Effects of neonicotinoids on plants, unsusceptible pests and natural enemies

Ada Szczepaniec, South Dakota State University ; Micky Eubanks, Texas A&M University

3:24 PM

129

How many insecticides can be formulated into a pre-mix?

Paul W. Borth, Dow AgroSciences ; Ray E. Boucher, Dow AgroSciences

3:36 PM

130

Metamorphosis does not completely decouple developmental environments from the adult phenotype in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus pustutlatus.

Chris R. Effken, University of Nebraska - Omaha ; Claudia M. Rauter, University of Nebraska - Omaha

3:48 PM

131

Using web-based key character and classification instruction for teaching undergraduate students insect identification

Douglas Golick, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Tiffany Heng-Moss, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Leon G. Higley, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

4:00 PM

132

Effect of the US-52 prairie planting on plant, butterfly, and ground beetle communities

Kirk J. Larsen, Luther College

4:12 PM

133

Potential for methyl isothiocyanate to be used as a fumigant against stored product insects

Michael J. Aikins, Kansas State University ; Thomas W. Phillips, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

4:24 PM

134

Survey of tick prevalence on small mammal hosts in Southeast Nebraska

Timothy M. Hotaling, University of Nebraska-Lincoln