ESA Eastern Branch Meeting Online Program

PhD Oral Competition

Sunday, March 17, 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
State Room (Eden Resort and Suites)


1:00 PM
021
Does floral provisioning enhance pollination of Cucurbita and Cucumis crops by bee communities?
C. Sheena Sidhu, Pennsylvania State University ; Shelby J. Fleischer, Pennsylvania State University ; David J. Biddinger, Pennsylvania State University, Fruit Research & Extension Center
1:12 PM
022
Distribution and biodiversity of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) throughout New Jersey
Lauren M. Weidner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; George C. Hamilton, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Texas A&M University
1:24 PM
023
Distribution of Chaetodactylus krombeini (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) in nests of Osmia cornifrons (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Matthew McKinney, West Virginia University ; Yong-Lak Park, West Virginia University
1:36 PM
024
Influence of landscape simplification on pollination services to strawberry
Heather Connelly, Cornell University ; Katja Poveda, Cornell University ; Gregory M. Loeb, Cornell University
1:48 PM
025
Effect of pheromone release rate, plant volatiles and ratios of pheromone components on trap captures of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis in China
Peter S. Meng, Pennsylvania State University ; Melody A. Keena, USDA, Forest Service ; R. Talbot Trotter, USDA, Forest Service ; Yan Shanchun, Northeast Forestry University ; Kelli Hoover, Pennsylvania State University
2:00 PM
026
Exposure to an insect-derived olfactory cue enhances plant defense responses
Anjel M. Helms, Pennsylvania State University ; John F. Tooker, Pennsylvania State University ; Mark C. Mescher, Pennsylvania State University ; Consuelo M. De Moraes, Pennsylvania State University
2:12 PM
027
The mycobiomes of sympatric native and invasive paper wasp species
Anne Madden, Tufts University ; Philip Starks, Tufts University
2:24 PM
028
Burrowing invertebrate communities in small and large agricultural drainage ditches
Alan Leslie, University of Maryland ; William O. Lamp, University of Maryland
2:36 PM
029
Food-finding by larval grape root borer, Vitacea polistiformis (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in a soil column bioassay
Jhalendra P. Rijal, Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; J. Christopher Bergh, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2:48 PM
030
Environmental and spatial factors influencing patterns in stink bug communities in soybean
P. Dilip Venugopal, University of Maryland ; Galen P. Dively, University of Maryland ; D. Ames Herbert, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; William O. Lamp, University of Maryland
3:00 PM
031
Resistance to a multi-host parasite; it’s good to be rare
Julia J Mlynarek, Carleton University
3:12 PM
032
Assessing corn earworm infestations in Pennsylvania field corn, and the value of Bt for control of ear damage
Eric Bohnenblust, Pennsylvania State University ; Jim Breining, Pennsylvania State University ; Shelby J. Fleischer, Pennsylvania State University ; Greg Roth, Pennsylvania State University ; John F. Tooker, Pennsylvania State University
3:24 PM
033
Feeding preferences of the generalist insect herbivore, Melanoplus femurrubrum grasshopper, on invasive and native plants
Alina Avanesyan, University of Cincinnati ; Theresa Culley, University of Cincinnati
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