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08 - Graduate Poster Competition: MUVE - Bed Bugs, Urban Pests, and Field Populations

Monday, November 16, 2015: 8:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall BC (Convention Center)


Chlorfenapyr susceptibility monitoring in bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.) field populations from the United States
Aaron Ashbrook, Purdue University ; Michael E. Scharf, Purdue University ; Gary Bennett, Purdue University ; Ameya D. Gondhalekar, Purdue University
RNAi mediated gene silencing in bed bugs (Cimex lectularius L.)
Sanjay Basnet, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Shripat Kamble, University of Nebraska
Laboratory and field efficacy of granular baits against the Asian cockroach, Blattella asahinai, and German cockroach, B. germanica
Yvonne Matos, North Carolina State University ; Coby Schal, North Carolina State University
Evaluating the prevalence and effects of within-nest colonies of the odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile) on nestling survivorship and success in five species of midwestern birds
Josh Gibson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Loren Merrill, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Andrew Suarez, University of Illinois ; Thomas Benson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Scott Chiavacci, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Prevalence of non-O157 shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in house flies (Musca domestica L.) from cattle feedlots and dairies
Rukmini Puri Giri, Kansas State University ; Anuradha Ghosh, Kansas State University ; Jessica Thomson, Kansas State University ; Ludek Zurek, Kansas State University
The possibility of selecting pesticide-resistant strains of natural enemies
Takahiro Nishimori, Hiroshima Univercity ; Kazuki Miura, NARO Western Region Agricultural Research Center
Survey of anthophilous insects in managed wildflower habitat and lightly managed wildflower-free habitat along interstates in North Carolina
Jennifer O'Brien, North Carolina State University ; Danesha Seth Carley, North Carolina State University ; Thomas Rufty, North Carolina State University ; David Tarpy, North Carolina State University ; Rich McLaughlin, North Carolina State University ; Margarita M. López-Uribe, North Carolina State University