ESA Southeastern Branch Meeting Online Program

M.S. Student Oral Presentation Competition II

Monday, March 4, 2013: 10:30 AM-11:55 AM
Governor Room (Hilton Baton Rouge)
Moderators:
Melissa Willrich Siebert
David Held


10:30 AM
008
Developing a flowering threshold with corn earworm in soybeans
Rachel Suits, North Carolina State University ; Dominic R. Reisig, North Carolina State University ; Hannah J. Burrack, North Carolina State University
10:42 AM
009
Damage and inter-plant compensation for southwestern corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) injury
Sandy Steckel, University of Tennessee ; Scott D. Stewart, University of Tennessee
11:06 AM
011
Monitoring seasonal variations in foraging of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) in Central Georgia
Jacob Holloway, Graduate Student ; Daniel R. Suiter, University of Georgia
11:18 AM
012
Host preference of Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) on selected edible bean crops and soybean
Joni L. Blount, University of Georgia ; G. David Buntin, University of Georgia ; Alton N. Sparks, University of Georgia
11:30 AM
013
Early detection of the palmetto weevil, Rhynchophorus cruentatus F. (Coleoptera: Dryopthoridae)
Omotola Dosunmu, Florida A&M University ; Richard Wendell Mankin, USDA-ARS-CMAVE ; Nathan J. Herrick, Florida A&M University ; Muhammad Haseeb, Florida A&M University ; Raymond L. Hix, Florida A&M University
11:42 AM
014
A faunistic survey of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) occurring on coffee (Coffea arabica L.) and cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) agroecosystems in the Dominican Republic
Enger German-Ramirez, Florida A&M University ; Moses, T. K. Kairo, Florida A&M University ; Amy L. Roda, USDA-APHIS-PPQ ; Ian Stocks, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ; Muhammad Haseeb, Florida A&M University