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

Monday, November 11, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom E (Austin Convention Center)
Moderator:
Timothy J. Kring


8:00 AM
Spatial colonization patterns of the European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, at a pine plantation in the Adirondacks
Christopher J. Foelker, State University of New York, ESF ; Melissa K. Fierke, State University of New York, ESF
8:24 AM
Development and behavior of Cerceris fumipennis
Jennifer Lund, University of Maine ; Eleanor Groden, University of Maine
8:36 AM
The hosts you know or ones you don’t: Patterns of host use by Halyomorpha halys in woody plant nurseries
Erik J. Bergmann, University of Maryland ; Holly M. Martinson, University of Maryland ; Paula M. Shrewsbury, University of Maryland ; Michael J. Raupp, University of Maryland
8:48 AM
Diurnal and nocturnal activities of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, in a Pennsylvania orchard
Deonna C. Soergel, Pennsylvania State University ; Greg Krawczyk, Pennsylvania State University
9:00 AM
Effects of single and mixed diets of selected fruit trees and wild hosts on Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) development and survival
Angelita Acebes-Doria, Virginia Tech ; Tracy C. Leskey, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; J. Christopher Bergh, Virginia Tech
9:12 AM
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9:24 AM
Break
9:36 AM
Effect of diet on Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) cold tolerance
Amy C. Morey, University of Minnesota ; Robert Venette, U.S. Forest Service ; William D. Hutchison, University of Minnesota
9:48 AM
Estimating yield loss from the Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini, in conventional and bioenergy crops
M.T. VanWeelden, Louisiana State Univeristy ; B.E. Wilson, Louisiana State Univeristy ; J.M. Beuzelin, Louisiana State Univeristy ; T.E. Reagan, Louisiana State Univeristy
10:00 AM
Modeling the natural variation in host quality for an invasive consumer, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg)
Tyler E. Schartel, Mississippi State University ; Christopher P. Brooks, Mississippi State University
10:12 AM
Host preference of Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) on selected edible beans, soybean and tropical kudzu
Joni L. Blount, University of Georgia ; G. David Buntin, University of Georgia ; Alton N. Sparks, University of Georgia
10:24 AM
Arthropod communities on native and non-native early successional plants
Meg Ballard, University of Delaware ; Judith A. Hough-Goldstein, University of Delaware ; Douglas W. Tallamy, University of Delaware
10:36 AM
Test of enemy release hypothesis with native and invasive genotypes of Phragmites australis
Ganesh P. Bhattarai, Louisiana State University ; Warwick Allen, Louisiana State University ; Laura A. Meyerson, University of Rhode Island ; James T. Cronin, Louisiana State University
10:48 AM
Trading spaces: Fungus and nematode switch off as predator and prey
E. Erin Morris, Cornell University ; Elliott A. Zieman, Southern Illinois University ; David Williams, USDA, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service ; Ann E. Hajek, Cornell University