ESA North Central Branch Meeting Online Program

Submitted Papers Session II:  Plant-Insect Ecosystems;  Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

Wednesday, June 19, 2013: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Sylvan II (Best Western Ramkota Rapid City Hotel & Conference Center)
Moderators:
Mike Culy
Kelley Tilmon


9:00 AM
96
Inheritance and fitness costs of Bt Resistance for a field-derived strain of western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte)
David A. Ingber, Iowa State University ; Graham P. Head, Monsanto Company ; Aaron J. Gassmann, Iowa State University
9:12 AM
97
Field trial performance of SmartStax®technology for control of western corn rootworm
Dwain M. Rule, Dow AgroSciences, LLC ; Kevin Johnson, Dow AgroSciences, LLC ; Amanda Jacobson, Dow AgroSciences, LLC
9:24 AM
98
Influence of plant architecture on tritrophic interactions between canola, aphids and Hippodamia convergens
Ximena Cibils Stewart, Kansas State University ; Brian P. McCornack, Kansas State University
9:48 AM
100
Genetic characterization of turf infesting sod webworms and their host associations
Devon Rogers, The Ohio State University ; David J. Shetlar, Ohio State University ; Steven Passoa, APHIS
10:12 AM
102
Assessing the risk of establishment of western cherry fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in commercial cherry-growing areas of California
Sunil Kumar, Colorado State University ; Lisa G. Neven, USDA-ARS ; Wee Yee, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
10:24 AM
103
Impact of Triticum mosaic virus on the biology of the wheat curl mite (Aceria tosichella Keifer)
Anthony J. McMechan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Gary L. Hein, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Satyanarayana Tatineni, USDA - ARS ; Roy French, USDA - ARS
10:36 AM
104
Impacts of conventional and organic agriculture on soil-borne entomopathogenic fungi
Eric H. Clifton, Iowa State University ; Stefan T. Jaronski, USDA-ARS ; Erin W. Hodgson, Iowa State University ; Aaron J. Gassmann, Iowa State University
10:48 AM
105
Response of Armadillidium vulgare to immersion in water
Elisha Hinojosa, University of Nebraska at Kearney