Ph.D. Student Oral Presentation Competition I

Monday, March 3, 2014: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Greenbrier (Embassy Suites Greenville Golf & Conference Center)
Moderators:
Muhammad Haseeb
Ash Ahmad


10:30 AM
15
Differential host-seeking cues used by the filth fly parasitoids Spalangia cameroni and Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
Erika T. Machtinger, University of Florida ; Christopher J. Geden, USDA Agricultural Research Service ; Peter E. A. Teal, USDA Agricultural Research Service ; Norman Leppla, University of Florida
10:42 AM
16
OFF with their heads! In the competition for fire ant hosts, is Pseudacteon curvatus delivering the knock-out punch?
Kelly Palmer, Auburn University
10:54 AM
17
Evaluation of Trabulsiella odontotermitis; a termite gut bacterium, as a ‘Trojan horse’ for paratransgenesis based termite control
Chinmay Tikhe, Louisiana State University
11:06 AM
18
Comparing flight patterns of the native woodwasp, Sirex nigricornis F., with Sirex noctilio, a non-native threat to southeastern pine stands
Jessica Hartshorn, University of Arkansas ; Fred M. Stephen, University of Arkansas
11:18 AM
19
Sea level rise versus habitat enhancement for the Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly (Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus), a paradox?
Jaeson Clayborn, Florida International University
11:30 AM
20
Task allocation of Asian Needle Ant, Pachycondyla chinensis (Emery) workers during nest emigrations
Hamilton R. Allen, Clemson University ; Patricia Zungoli, Clemson University ; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University
11:42 AM
21
Cascade effect of laurel wilt disease on the palamedes swallowtail butterfly
John P. Formby, Mississippi State University ; Kelly Oten, North Carolina Forest Service ; Adam Chupp, Southern Illinois University ; John Riggins, Mississippi State University
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