ESA Eastern Branch Meeting Online Program

PhD Poster Competition

Sunday, March 17, 2013: 12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Regency Ballroom (Eden Resort and Suites)


Evaluation of combined applications of insecticide and entomopathogenic fungi for masked chafer grub Cyclocephala spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), control in turfgrass
Sudan Gyawaly, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Roger R. Youngman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Curt A. Laub, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Temperature and floral abundance: biotic and abiotic determinants of pollinator activity in the mountain steppe of northern Mongolia
Daniel Song, University of Pennsylvania ; Pierre Liancourt, University of Pennsylvania ; Brenda Casper, University of Pennsylvania ; Peter Petraitis, University of Pennsylvania ; Bazartseren Boldgiv, National University of Mongolia ; Laura Spence, University of Pennsylvania
Modeling temperature-dependent development and survival of Podisus maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): Implications for biological control
Sunghoon Baek, West Virginia University ; Youngsoo Son, California Department of Food and Agriculture ; Yong-Lak Park, West Virginia University
Spatial distribution of brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) in peach orchards
Noel Hahn, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers University ; George C. Hamilton, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Alex Kaufman, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Investigating the relationship between an ornamental plant and an introduced pollinator: Stachys byzantina (lamb's ear) and Anthidium manicatum (European wool-carder bee)
Kelsey Graham, Tufts University ; Steve Brown, Northern Essex Community College ; Ursula S.R. Roese, University of New England ; Philip Starks, Tufts University