ESA Eastern Branch Meeting Online Program

Masters/ Undergraduate Oral Competition

Sunday, March 17, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
State Room (Eden Resort and Suites)


8:00 AM
009
Systematics of Caenodelphax Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae)
Ashley C. Kennedy, University of Delaware ; Charles Bartlett, University of Delaware
8:12 AM
010
Competitor avoidance drives within-host selection in hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae), a passively-dispersed herbivore
Sara Gomez, University of Rhode Island ; Liahna Gonda-King, University of Rhode Island ; Colin M. Orians, Tufts University ; Evan L. Preisser, University of Rhode Island
8:24 AM
011
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 - Fruit Research & Extension Center
8:36 AM
012
The impact of drought and herbivory on the invasive annual vine Persicaria perfoliata
Scott Berg, University of Delaware ; Judith A. Hough-Goldstein, University of Delaware
8:48 AM
013
A comparison of Lepidoptera communities inhabiting restored and degraded pitch pine-scrub oak barrens in Pennsylvania
Wendy Leuenberger, Indiana University of Pennsylvania ; Scott Bearer, The Nature Conservancy ; Pat McElhenny, The Nature Conservancy ; Jeffery Larkin, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
9:00 AM
014
The life cycle of Pineus strobi in southwest Virginia and associated predators
Jacqueline S. Brown, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Scott Salom, Virginia Tech ; Loke T. Kok, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Nathan Havill, USDA, Forest Service
9:12 AM
015
Dynamics of hydrophilic and hydrohobic tracing dyes in honey bee (Apis mellifera) hives
Grace Kunkel, University of Maryland
9:24 AM
016
Host plant feeding preferences of the Asiatic garden beetle
Laura E. Eckman, University of Connecticut ; Ana Legrand, University of Connecticut
9:36 AM
017
Prey handling of toxic and non-toxic Lepidopteran prey by the Chinese mantid, Tenodera sinensis
Jamie L. Rafter, University of Rhode Island ; Justin Vendettuoli, University of Rhode Island ; Liahna Gonda-King, University of Rhode Island ; Anurag Agrawal, Cornell University ; Evan L. Preisser, University of Rhode Island
9:48 AM
018
Evaluating the potential impact of Halyomorpha halys on grape production in the Finger Lakes
Jeffrey R. Smith, University of Delaware ; Gregory M. Loeb, Cornell University
10:00 AM
019
Assessment of movement behavior of third instar European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, on Bt corn
Holly Lynn Johnson, University of Delaware ; Charles E. Mason, University of Delaware
10:12 AM
020
Relationship between total and amino nitrogen in HWA (Adelges tsugae) and the health of its host tree
Anne C. Jones, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Donald Mullins, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Scott Salom, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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