Session: 14 - Graduate Student TMP Competition: P-IE (2014 ESA Annual Meeting)

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14 - Graduate Student TMP Competition: P-IE

Monday, November 17, 2014: 7:55 AM-12:30 PM

D133-134 (Oregon Convention Center)

Moderator:

Jessica D. Petersen

7:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:00 AM

0809

Evaluating parasitoids and biocontrol of brassica pests in urban food production sites

David Lowenstein, University of Illinois at Chicago ; Emily Minor, University of Illinois

8:12 AM

0810

Composition and impact of parasitoids of the lecanium scales in South Carolina

Ernesto Robayo Camacho, Clemson University ; Juang Horng Chong, Clemson University

8:24 AM

0811

Assassins unmasked: Revealing the biology of the hyperparasitoid Psyllaphycus diaphorinae

Allison Bistline-East, University of California ; Mark S. Hoddle, University of California

8:36 AM

0812

Functional and behavioral response of Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) to different densities of its host, Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)

Xulin Chen, University of Florida ; Philip A. Stansly, University of Florida

8:48 AM

0813

Host range, apparent competition, and biological control of the soybean aphid

Joe M. Kaser, University of Minnesota ; George E. Heimpel, University of Minnesota

9:00 AM

0814

Fecundity compensation by caged soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) populations does not prevent eventual suppression by the parasitoid Lysiphlebus orientalis

Matthew C. Kaiser, University of Minnesota ; George E. Heimpel, University of Minnesota

9:12 AM

0815

Investigation of interactions between a native and exotic egg parasitoid of brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Samuel Ramsey, University of Maryland ; Paula M. Shrewsbury, University of Maryland

9:24 AM

0816

Cold tolerance of Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), an egg parasitoid of brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Erica C. Nystrom Santacruz, University of Minnesota ; Robert Koch, University of Minnesota ; Robert Venette, USDA - Forest Service ; Kim A. Hoelmer, USDA - ARS ; Christine Dieckhoff, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit (BIIRU)

9:36 AM

Break

9:48 AM

0817

Evidence for manipulation in caterpillar feeding behavior by a parasitoid wasp

Melissa A. Bernardo, Wesleyan University ; Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University

10:00 AM

0818

Hymenopteran parasitoids are attracted by sex pheromones of cerambycid beetles

Todd D. Johnson, University of Illinois ; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois

10:12 AM

0819

Hunting behavior and competition of two parasitoids of the soybean aphid

James Kopco, North Dakota State University ; Jason P. Harmon, North Dakota State University

10:24 AM

0820

Potential biocontrol of Erwinia tracheiphila by Pseudomonas fluorescens via cucumber beetle gut interactions

Dana C. Roberts, Pennsylvania State University ; Shelby J. Fleischer, Pennsylvania State University ; Joyce Sakamoto, Pennsylvania State University ; Jason Rasgon, Pennsylvania State University

10:36 AM

0821

Life stage influence on subterranean plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar, susceptibility to microbial control agents

Peter Nelson, Michigan State University ; Mark E. Whalon, Michigan State University

10:48 AM

0822

Increased susceptibility of Colorado potato beetle to pathogens following exposure to predators

Elizabeth D'Auria, Washington State University ; David Crowder, Washington State University

11:00 AM

0823

Analysis of acidic plant hormones in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) under herbivore stress and inoculated with Beauveria bassiana entomopathogenic endophyte

Diana Castillo, Texas A&M University ; Gregory Sword, Texas A&M University ; Michael Kolomiets, Texas A&M University