17- Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE

Monday, November 11, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting Room 14 (Austin Convention Center)
Moderator:
Hannah J. Burrack


8:00 AM
Evaluation of soil-applied entomopathogens as biological control agents of the swede midge, Contarinia nasturtii
Braden Evans, University of Guelph ; Katerina Jordan, University of Guelph ; Michael Brownbridge, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre ; Rebecca Hallett, University of Guelph
8:12 AM
Do fungal endophytes and acephate have interactive or additive effects on early season thrips damage and yield in cotton?
Lauren L Kalns, Texas A&M University ; Cesar Valencia, Texas A&M University ; John Gonzales, Texas A&M University ; Gregory Sword, Texas A&M University
8:36 AM
Efficacy and persistence of two microbial control agents of Xylosandrus germanus
Joelle Chille Cale, State University of New York, ESF ; Melissa K. Fierke, State University of New York, ESF ; John D. Vandenberg, USDA Agricultural Research Service ; Michael H. Griggs, USDA Agricultural Research Service
8:48 AM
Utilizing protein marker technology for studying movement of Drosophila suzukii
Jimmy Klick, Oregon State University ; Wei Q. Yang, Oregon State University ; James R. Hagler, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Denny Bruck, DuPont Pioneer
9:00 AM
Influence of fruit coating on Drosophila suzukii oviposition and development and implications for field use
Katharine Swoboda, North Carolina State University ; Hannah J. Burrack, North Carolina State University
9:24 AM
Break
9:36 AM
Feeding damage by brown marmorated stinkbug, Halyomorpha halys, on commercial hazelnuts
Christopher S. Hedstrom, Oregon State University ; Peter W. Shearer, Oregon State University ; Jeffrey C. Miller, Oregon State University ; Jeff Olsen, Oregon State University ; Vaughn M. Walton, Oregon State University
9:48 AM
A risk model for Frankliniella bispinosa (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Southern highbush blueberries in North-central Florida
Tamika Garrick, University of Florida ; Oscar Liburd, University of Florida ; Clyde Fraisse, University of Florida
10:00 AM
Settling behavior of the potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) on cultivated and wild solanaceous hosts in the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas
J. Thinakaran, Texas A&M University ; C. Tamborindeguy, Texas A&M University ; E. Pierson, Texas A&M University ; D. Henne, Texas A&M University
10:12 AM
The effects of orchard-floor management on the density, dispersal, and distribution of European earwigs (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) in peach orchards of northern Utah
Andrew S. Tebeau, Clemson University ; Diane G. Alston, Utah State University ; Jennifer R. Reeve, Utah State University ; Brent L. Black, Utah State University ; Corey V. Ransom, Utah State University
10:24 AM
A field study of western corn rootworm/drought interactions with maize hybrids exhibiting various drought and rootworm tolerance
Mervat A. B. Mahmoud, University of Missouri ; Robert E. Sharp, University of Missouri ; Melvin J. Oliver, University of Missouri ; Bruce E. Hibbard, University of Missouri
10:36 AM
11:00 AM
Biology of the reemergent pest apple flea weevil, Orchestes pallicornis Say, and methods for its organic control
John Pote, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Anne L. Nielsen, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Matthew Grieshop, Michigan State University ; Larry Gut, Michigan State University ; Krista Buehrer, Michigan State University