136
13 - Graduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE - Biocontrol

Monday, November 16, 2015: 7:55 AM-12:30 PM
205 B (Convention Center)
Moderator:
Ted Cottrell


7:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:00 AM
The effect of floral intercropping on beneficial insects in cucumbers
Nicole F. Quinn, Michigan State University ; Daniel Brainard, Michigan State University ; Zsofia Szendrei, Michigan State University
8:12 AM
A food-for-protection mutualism alters the aggressiveness and predatory behavior of two dominant ant species
Robert Clark, Wesleyan University ; Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University
8:24 AM
Grass-feeding gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and their parasitoids in Eastern South Dakota
Manuel Perilla Lopez, South Dakota State University ; Paul J. Johnson, South Dakota State University ; Arvid Boe, South Dakota State University
8:36 AM
Next generation sequencing approach to molecular gut content analysis of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta)
MacKenzie Kjeldgaard, Texas A&M University ; Jason Wulff, Texas A&M University ; Gregory Sword, Texas A&M University ; Micky Eubanks, Texas A&M University
8:48 AM
Manipulation of natural enemies of key arthropod pests in Oklahoma vineyards
Shane McMurry, Oklahoma State University ; Eric Rebek, Oklahoma State University
9:00 AM
Biological control and intraguild predation by generalist predators in cucurbits: implications for organic production
Kacie J. Athey, University of Kentucky ; Jamin Dreyer, University of Kentucky ; Mark A. Williams, University of Kentucky ; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky
9:12 AM
Recruitment of Diabrotica speciosa and an entomopathogenic nematode to aboveground application of elicitors: applications for biocontrol
Camila Filgueiras, Universidade Federal de Lavras ; Denis Willett, University of Florida ; Martin Pareja, Universidade Estadual de Campinas ; Alcides Moino Junior, Universidade Federal de Lavras
9:24 AM
Identifying predators of Halyomorpha halys using molecular gut content analysis
John Pote, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Anne Nielsen, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Dina M. Fonseca, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Rafael Valentin, Rutgers University
9:36 AM
Effects of landscape structure on abundance of cereal leaf beetle Oulema melanopus and its parasitoid, Tetrastichus julis
Arash Kheirodin, University of Manitoba ; Alejandro Costamagna, University of Manitoba ; Héctor A. Cárcamo, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
9:48 AM
Damaged goods: How Cotesia glomerata responds to hosts parasitized by its competitor, C. rubecula
Dhaval Vyas, Colorado State University ; Ryan Paul, Colorado State University ; George Heimpel, University of Minnesota ; Paul Ode, Colorado State University
10:00 AM
Break
10:36 AM
Cover crops as a tool for cutworm management
R.W.M.Udari Wanigasekara, University of Manitoba ; Alejandro Costamagna, University of Manitoba ; Yvonne Lawley, University of Manitoba ; Barbara Sharanowski, University of Manitoba
10:48 AM
Host range studies with Scymnus coniferarum, a potential biological control agent of HWA
Molly Darr, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Scott Salom, Virginia Tech ; Loke T. Kok, Virginia Tech
11:00 AM
Does Pterostichus melanarius (Coleopera: Carabidae) induce fear in slugs: relevance for biological control
Anna Busch, Pennsylvania State University ; John Tooker, The Pennsylvania State University
11:12 AM
Impact of switchgrass cultivar and cropping system on natural enemy communities and biological control services
Marissa Schuh, Michigan State University ; Douglas A. Landis, Michigan State University
11:24 AM
Natural enemy and herbivore response to the inclusion of floral resources in intermountain west alfalfa systems
Makenzie Benander, University of Wyoming ; Randa Jabbour, University of Wyoming
11:36 AM
The impact of a squash bug egg parasitoid and its sensitivity to selective insecticides
James M. Wilson, Virginia Tech ; Troy D. Anderson, Virginia Tech ; Thomas P. Kuhar, Virginia Tech
11:48 AM
Molecular identification of arthropod predators of cucumber Beetles
Molly Dieterich, The Ohio State University ; Mary M. Gardiner, The Ohio State University ; Celeste Welty, The Ohio State University
12:00 PM
Withdrawn
12:12 PM
One beetle's prey is another beetle's poison: Differential fitness effects of toxic prey among coccinellid species
Kelly Jackson, University of Kentucky ; Joshua McCord, University of Kentucky ; Jennifer A. White, University of Kentucky