ESA North Central Branch Meeting Online Program

Student Competition Posters Ph.D. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Monday, June 17, 2013: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Pactola Room (Best Western Ramkota Rapid City Hotel & Conference Center)


Impact of potential prey availability on within field movement of spiders in agroecosystems
Hannah J. Penn, University of Kentucky ; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky
Lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of Minnesota soybean and small grains fields
Anthony A. Hanson, University of Minnesota ; R. L. Koch, University of Minnesota
The influence of tillage on beneficial, edaphic insect communities in sugar beets in western Nebraska
RJ Pretorius, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Jeffrey Bradshaw, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Gary L. Hein, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Multistate validation of node-based sample units to estimate soybean aphid whole-plant density (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Tavvs Alves, University of Minnesota, CNPq/Brazil ; Brian McCornack, Kansas State University ; Robert Koch, University of Minnesota
Impact of corn rootworm (Diabrotica spp.)- active Bt hybrids on beetle emergence
Trisha M. Franz, University of Minnesota ; Ken Ostlie, University of Minnesota
Corn leaf aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and mycotoxin threats in transgenic maize
Rosemary Gutierrez, South Dakota State University ; Billy Fuller, South Dakota State University ; Bradley McManus, South Dakota State University