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13 - Graduate Poster Competition: P-IE - Biological Control

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


Surveying parasitoids of cucurbit pests in conventional and organic cucurbits in Kentucky
Amanda Skidmore, University of Kentucky ; Ric Bessin, University of Kentucky
Withdrawn
Engineering a host defense regulatory gene, phytoalexin DEFICIENT4 (PAD4), for enhancing resistance to soybean aphid
Patrick Selig, Indiana University-Purdue University ; Kumud Joshi, Indiana University-Purdue University ; Punya Nachappa, Indiana University-Purdue University ; Vamsi Nalam, Indiana University-Purdue University
Predatory arthropods in two soybean cropping systems
Rebecca Whalen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; D. Ames Herbert, Virginia Tech ; Sean Malone, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Effect of soybean trichome density on soybean aphid and its natural enemies
Shelby Pritchard, Iowa State University ; Adam Varenhorst, Iowa State University ; Arti Singh, Iowa State University ; Asheesh Singh, Iowa State University ; Ivair Valmorbida, Iowa State University ; Matt O'Neal, Iowa State University
Parasitization of drosophilids in Virginia fruit crop environments
James C. E. Wahls, Virginia Tech ; Douglas G. Pfeiffer, Virginia Tech ; Scott Salom, Virginia Tech
Withdrawn
Influence of alternative cover cropping on ground dwelling predators in a cotton agroecosystem
Marissa Verdi, University of Georgia ; Michael Toews, University of Georgia ; Nicholas Hill, University of Georgia ; Jason M. Schmidt, University of Georgia
Do diverse endosymbiont compositions affect parasitism rates of different parasitoids?
James Kopco, North Dakota State University ; Jason P. Harmon, North Dakota State University ; Aleix Valls, North Dakota State University