Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE Section: Environmental Entomology 3

Tuesday, November 12, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Meeting Room 12 B (Austin Convention Center)
Moderators:
Robert L. Meagher
Daniel Pitts


1:30 PM
Roles of defense signaling pathways in rice defense against herbivorous insects
Rensen Zeng, South China Agricultural University ; YuanYuan Song, South China Agricultural University ; Mao Ye, South China Agricultural University
1:42 PM
The control of yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes): An empirical study
Philip Stewart, University of Queensland ; Greg Richards, 2Greg Richards and Associates Pty Ltd ; Alan Bernard, Effective Pest Control, Inc. ; Joy Wickenden, Christmas Island Phosphates
1:54 PM
Influence of shelterbelt (windbreak) resources on beneficial arthropod groups
Ian Smith, The University of Melbourne ; Linda Thomson, The University of Melbourne ; Michael Nash, The University of Melbourne ; Ary Hoffmann, The University of Melbourne
2:06 PM
Areawide management of fall armyworm using selected ground covers
Robert L. Meagher, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Rodney Nagoshi, USDA-ARS ; Shelby Fleischer, Pennsylvania State University ; John Westbrook, USDA - ARS
2:18 PM
Epigeal insects in an organic cover crop-based reduced tillage cropping system
Mary Barbercheck, Pennsylvania State University ; Ariel Rivers, Pennsylvania State University ; Christina Mullen, Pennsylvania State University
2:30 PM
Quantifying food limitation in redback spiders (Latrodectus hasselti) in the field
Shawn Wilder, The University of Sydney ; Stephen Simpson, The University of Sydney
2:42 PM
Timing of pesticide application can be the difference between spider mite outbreaks or suppression on honeylocust
Adam Witte, Purdue University ; Carlos Quesada, Purdue University ; Clifford S Sadof, Purdue University
2:54 PM
Putative role of learning and genetics in host range shift in Manduca sexta
Angela Rovnyak, Youngstown State University ; Ian Renne, Youngstown State University
3:06 PM
Break
3:18 PM
Analysis Tiphia parasitoids pre-ovipositional behaviors and of scarab host defensive responses
Piyumi Tilanka Obeysekara, University of Connecticut ; Ana Legrand, University of Connecticut
3:30 PM
Break
3:42 PM
Hiding in plain sight: The overwintering reservoir groves of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
Heather Kingdom Gibbard, University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center ; Xavier Martini, University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center ; Christopher Gibbard, University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center ; Mark Hoffmann, University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center ; Kirsten S Pelz-Stelinski, University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center
3:54 PM
Pseudococcus meridionalis, a new species of mealybug found on grapes: biology, morphological and molecular characterization
Tania Zaviezo, Universidad Católica de Chile ; Margarita Correa, Universidad Católica de Chile ; Alda Romero, Universidad Católica de Chile
4:18 PM
Current and projected distribution of three species of leaf beetle (Diorhabda spp.) in Texas released for biological control of saltcedar
Allen Knutson, Texas A&M University ; James Tracy, Texas A&M University ; Gerald Michels, Jr., Texas AgriLife Research ; Mark Muegge, Texas A&M University ; Robert Coulson, Texas A&M University
4:30 PM
Amino acid isotopic analysis in agricultural systems
Shawn Steffan, USDA Agricultural Research Service ; Yoshito Chikaraishi, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology
4:42 PM
Spread of Sasajiscymnus tsugae and coexistence with Laricobius species: Won't you be my neighbor?
Gregory J. Wiggins, University of Tennessee ; Jerome F. Grant, University of Tennessee ; Paris L. Lambdin, University of Tennessee ; Abdul Hakeem, Texas A&M University ; Renee Follum, University of Tennessee ; Rusty Rhea, USDA - Forest Service ; Glenn Taylor, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
5:06 PM
Massal production of Telenomus podisi Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), in eggs of Oebalus insularis (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
Bruno Zachrisson, Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá (IDIAP) ; Onesio Martinez, Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá (IDIAP)
5:18 PM
Untangling global change: Effects of climate change and land use change in northern diversity hotspots of North American butterflies
Kathleen Prudic, Oregon State University ; Maxim Larrivée, Montreal Space for Life ; Kent McFarland, Vermont Center for Ecostudies ; Jeremy Kerr, University of Ottawa
5:30 PM
Outbreaks of the koa looper moth (Geometridae: Scotorythra paludicola) in Hawaii: History, monitoring, and research
William Haines, University of Hawaii ; Cynthia B. A. King, State of Hawaii ; Rob Hauff, Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources ; Lydia Lam, Cornell University
5:42 PM
Identification of tri-trophic interactions using real-time PCR: Effect of the host plant resistance on detectable quantity of Schizaphis graminum DNA in the Coccinella septempunctata gut
Behshid Barkhordar, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University ; Jafar Khalghani, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) ; Gholamreza Salehi Jouzani, Department of Microbial Biotechnology and Biosafety, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII) ; Gadir Nouri Ganbalani, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili ; Mahmood Shojai, Department of Entomology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University ; Mohammad Taher Boustani, Natural Resources Training Center of Kelar abad