Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE Section: Forest and Arboreal Entomology

Sunday, November 10, 2013: 1:15 PM-5:15 PM
Meeting Room 9 C (Austin Convention Center)
Moderators:
Kevin Rice
John Riggins


1:15 PM
Fitness and physiology of the hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae Annand, in relation to the health of the Eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis Carriere
Anne C. Jones, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Donald E. Mullins, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Scott M. Salom, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Carlyle C. Brewster, Virginia Tech ; J. Rusty Rhea, USDA, Forest Service
1:27 PM
How effective is the ISPM No. 15 heat treatment schedule in killing Agrilus planipennis and related borers?
Robert A. Haack, USDA - Forest Service ; Toby R. Petrice, USDA Forest Service
1:51 PM
Impacts of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) induced ash mortality on native and invasive plant communities
Wendy S. Klooster, The Ohio State University, OARDC ; Catherine P. Herms, The Ohio State University, OARDC ; Daniel A. Herms, The Ohio State University, OARDC ; John Cardina, The Ohio State University, OARDC
2:03 PM
Quantifying the relative importance of woodpecker predation as a source of mortality for the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)
David E. Jennings, University of Maryland ; Paula M. Shrewsbury, University of Maryland ; Jian J. Duan, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
2:27 PM
Influence of habitat fragmentation on community structure of cerambycid beetles
Linnea R. Meier, University of Illinois ; Joseph C. H. Wong, University of Illinois ; Judy A. Mongold-Diers, University of Illinois ; Peter F. Reagel, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign ; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California ; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois
2:39 PM
3:03 PM
Accuracy assessment of forest insect and disease aerial detection survey data in the U.S
Andrew D. Graves, USDA Forest Service ; Tom W. Coleman, USDA Forest Service ; Zachary Heath, USDA Forest Service ; Danny Cluck, USDA Forest Service ; Ryan P. Hanavan, USDA Forest Service ; Robbie Flowers, Oregon Department of Forestry ; Glenn R. Kohler, Forest Health
3:15 PM
Break
3:27 PM
Biological control of cycad scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui, attacking Guam's endemic cycad, Cycas micronesica
Aubrey Moore, University of Guam ; Ross Miller, University of Guam ; Thomas Marler, University of Guam
3:39 PM
Collective individuality in defense behavior of Azteca ant colonies in Cecropia trees
Peter Marting, Arizona State University ; Stephen C. Pratt, Arizona State University ; William Wcislo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
3:51 PM
Multiple year persistence of single treatments of imidacloprid to manage hemlock woolly adelgid on eastern hemlock: The benefits of metabolites
Elizabeth P. Benton, University of Tennessee ; Carla I. Coots, University of Tennessee ; R. Jesse Webster, National Park Service ; Richard Cowles, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ; Anthony Lagalante, Villanova University ; Jerome F. Grant, University of Tennessee
4:03 PM
Mapping spatial pattern and mortality of Eastern and Carolina hemlocks to estimate effects and potential spreading of hemlock woolly adelgid infestations in the Southern appalachians
Tuula Kantola, Texas A&M University ; Maria Tchakerian, Texas A&M University ; Päivi Lyytikäinen-Saarenmaa, University of Helsinki ; Robert Coulson, Texas A&M University ; Douglas Streett, USDA Forest Service
4:15 PM
Bark beetles (Coleoptera: Socolytidae) decimated Pinus greggii populations at the Sierra Gorda, Queretaro, Mexico
Santiago Vergara-Pineda, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro ; Armando Equihua-Martinez, Colegio de Postgraduados ; Victor H. Cambron-Sandoval, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro ; Robert W. Jones, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro
4:27 PM
Tree injury and mortality associated with the polyphagous shot hole borer (Euwallacea sp.) in the forests of southern California
Tom W. Coleman, USDA Forest Service ; Akif Eskalen, University of California, Riverside ; Richard Stouthamer, University of California
4:51 PM
Tree mortality following severe defoliation by the pine butterfly (Neophasia menapia) in eastern Oregon
Ari DeMarco, Oregon State University ; David Shaw, Oregon State University ; Robbie Flowers, Oregon Department of Forestry ; Lia Spiegel, USDA Forest Service
5:03 PM
Anti-aggregation control of the mountain pine beetle using a novel verbenone product, SPLAT verb repel
Michael Reinke, ISCA Technologies, Inc. ; Lyndsie Stoltman, ISCA Technologies ; Agenor Mafra-Neto, ISCA Technologies, Inc. ; Christopher J. Fettig, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station