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11 - Graduate Poster Competition: P-IE - Insect Control, Ecology, and Ecosystems

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


Relative importance of plant quality and habitat structure on consumptive and non-consumptive effects
Margaret Lund, Michigan State University ; Zsofia Szendrei, Michigan State University
Natural enemy biodiversity in urban gardens
David Lowenstein, University of Illinois at Chicago ; Emily Minor, University of Illinois
Effects of fire-generated disturbance on insect abundance
Laurel C. Cepero, University of Denver ; Shannon M. Murphy, University of Denver
Sampling of adult wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus Norton) to predict larval infestation
Christopher McCullough, University of Nebraska ; Jeffrey Bradshaw, University of Nebraska ; Gary Hein, University of Nebraska
Arthropod community patterns and associations along soil environmental gradients in a fine-scale northern grassland habitat
Bryon Deal, University of North Dakota ; Brett Goodwin, University of North Dakota ; Brian Darby, University of North Dakota ; Kathryn Yurkonis, University of North Dakota
The effect of ecosystem simplification on arthropod predation in southeastern Minnesota
Hannah Gray, University of Minnesota ; David A. Andow, University of Minnesota
Estimating non-target effects to better assess the risk of biological weed control
Madison Olson, Oregon State University ; Peter McEvoy, Oregon State University
Cattle grazing practices influence dung beetle communities on rangeland
Patrick Wagner, University of Nebraska ; Jeffrey Bradshaw, University of Nebraska ; Martha Mamo, University of Nebraska
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Tolerance as a potential method for hessian fly control
Kirsten Roe, Purdue University ; Jeffrey Holland, Purdue University ; Richard Shukle, USDA-ARS, Purdue University ; Brandon Schemerhorn, Purdue University
Turnabout is fair play: Maize chitinase in fall armyworm frass induces pathogen defenses in maize
Swayamjit Ray, Pennsylvania State University ; Patrick Alves, Universidade Federal de Lavras ; Imtiaz Ahmad, Quaid-i-azam University ; Michelle Peiffer, Pennsylvania State University ; Shan Jin, Pennsylvania State University ; Gary Felton, Pennsylvania State University ; Dawn Luthe, Pennsylvania State University
One ant's trash is another plant's treasure: How the canopy ant Azteca trigona connects above- and below-ground processes in a wet tropical forest
Jane Lucas, University of Oklahoma ; Natalie Clay, Louisana Tech University ; Adam Kay, University of St. Thomas ; Michael Kaspari, University of Oklahoma