Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE Section: Biological Control 2

Tuesday, November 12, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Meeting Room 16 A (Austin Convention Center)
Moderators:
Sarah Donelson
Andrew Chow


1:30 PM
Biological control of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) in Arkansas using two species of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae)
Sim Barrow, University of Arkansas ; Kelly M. Loftin, University of Arkansas ; Ricky F. Corder, University of Arkansas
1:42 PM
Withdrawn
1:54 PM
Assessments of native strains of entomopathogenic nematodes for plum curculio management
Arthur Agnello, Cornell University ; Elson J. Shields, Cornell University ; Tony Testa, Cornell University ; Melissa Keller, Cornell University ; Christine Dodge, State University of New York at Geneseo
2:18 PM
Threshold temperature for development of a North American diamondback moth population and its larval parasitoid, Diadegma insulare
Md Habibullah Bahar, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Juliana J. Soroka, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Larry Grenkow, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Lloyd M. Dosdall, University of Alberta ; Owen O. Olfert, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
2:54 PM
Prospects for biological control of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), a pest of the honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Donald C. Steinkraus, University of Arkansas ; Natasha A. Wright, University of Arkansas
3:06 PM
Break
3:18 PM
Compatibility of an entomopathogen, Isaria fumosorosea, and a parasitoid wasp, Tamarixia radiata, for biological control of Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, in residential citrus
Andrew Chow, Texas A&M University-Kingsville ; Christopher Dunlap, USDA-ARS-NCAUR ; Mark A. Jackson, USDA-ARS-NCAUR ; Daniel Flores, USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST Mission Laboratory ; Mamoudou Setamou, Texas A&M University ; Joseph Patt, USDA - ARS
3:30 PM
Withdrawn
3:54 PM
How not to be eaten: Defensive strategies of Acronicta caterpillars
Brigette Zacharczenko, University of Connecticut
4:06 PM
Withdrawn
4:30 PM
Bats feed on codling moth pests in California walnut orchards
Rachael Long, University of California Cooperative Extension ; Katherine Ingram, University of California, Davis
4:42 PM
Incidence of field predation of stink bugs by generalist predators using molecular gut-content analysis
Glynn Tillman, USDA-ARS ; Matthew H. Greenstone, Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory ; Jing S. Hu, Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory
4:54 PM
Developmental sensitivity to nicotine as a post-zygotic barrier to reproduction between incipient species of the parasitic wasp, Cotesia congregata 
Karen Kester, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Justin Bredlau, Virginia Commonwealth University
5:06 PM
Interactions between the larval stage of the citrus fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) with fungus mycelium of Pleorotus spp
Rene Sanjuan-Galindo, Instituto Tecnológico de Nuevo León ; Víctor-Manuel Rodríguez-Pérez, Instituto Tecnológico de Nuevo León ; Patricia Quintero-Álvarez, Instituto Tecnológico de Nuevo León ; Ma. del Carmen Ojeda-Zacarías, Facultad de Agronomía. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
5:18 PM