Session: 15 - Graduate Student TMP Competition: P-IE (2014 ESA Annual Meeting)

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15 - Graduate Student TMP Competition: P-IE

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

D135 (Oregon Convention Center)

Moderator:

Kelley Tilmon

7:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:00 AM

0825

Cover crop diversification can interfere with pest suppression by key generalist natural enemies

Jermaine Hinds, Pennsylvania State University ; Mary Barbercheck, Pennsylvania State University

8:12 AM

0826

DNA detection methods in aphid honeydew: Implications for wheat biological control

Katelyn A. Kowles, University of Kentucky ; Hannah J. Penn, University of Kentucky ; Douglas W. Johnson, University of Kentucky ; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky

8:24 AM

0827

Colonisation alters ecological community structure by modulating food web interactions

Ashkaan Fahimipour, University of California ; Kurt Anderson, University of California

8:36 AM

0828

Predators of the asparagus miner (Diptera: Agromyzidae) and the impact of border habitats on their diversity and abundance

Adam Ingrao, Michigan State University ; Jason Schmidt, Michigan State University ; Zsofia Szendrei, Michigan State University

8:48 AM

0829

Tracking billbugs (Sphenophorus spp.) and generalist predators to advance biocontrol in Intermountain West turfgrass

Madeleine Dupuy, Utah State University ; Ricardo A. Ramirez, Utah State University

9:00 AM

0830

The effect of prey quality on the prey preference of Dicyphus hesperus: Are omnivores picky eaters?

Meghan Vankosky, University of Windsor ; Sherah L. VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor

9:12 AM

0831

Conservation agriculture contributes to higher predator abundance in central Mexico

Ariel Rivers, Pennsylvania State University ; Mary Barbercheck, Pennsylvania State University ; Nele Verhulst, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) ; Bram Govaerts, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

9:24 AM

0832

Potential biological control agents of the Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) in continuous corn of West Central Nebraska

Camila F. de Oliveira, University of Nebraska ; Lance Meinke, University of Nebraska ; Julie Peterson, University of Nebraska

9:36 AM

Break

9:48 AM

0833

Characterization of long-legged fly (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) communities in Ohio agroecosystems

Andrea Kautz, The Ohio State University ; Mary M. Gardiner, The Ohio State University

10:00 AM

0834

Impact of natural enemies on Gynaikothrips ficorum (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) populations in southern California

Christopher Shogren, University of California

10:12 AM

0835

A potential push strategy involving native, hayed prairie

Wayne J. Ohnesorg, University of Nebraska ; Robert Wright, University of Nebraska ; Marion Ellis, University of Nebraska ; Thomas E. Hunt, University of Nebraska

10:24 AM

0836

The role of margins in herbivore and natural enemy abundance within Michigan celery fields

Jeremy Jubenville, Michigan State University ; Zsofia Szendrei, Michigan State University

10:36 AM

0837

Interactions among Ants (Formica montana), Aphids (Myzius persicae), Imported Cabbageworm (Pieris rapae) eggs, and Pink Lady Beetles (Coleomagilla maculata) and their implications for an Oilseed Crop (Brassica napus)

Marissa Layman, South Dakota State University ; Jonathan Lundgren, USDA - ARS

10:48 AM

0838

Trophic interactions and population persistence in the cherry fruit fly (Rhagoletis cingulata) and its natural enemy (Diachasma ferrugineum) in urban versus agricultural landcover

Amanda Nelson, University of Iowa ; Andrew Forbes, University of Iowa