Session: 13 - Graduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE

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

0556

Manipulation of natural enemies of key arthropod pests in Oklahoma vineyards

Shane McMurry, Oklahoma State University ; Eric Rebek, Oklahoma State University

9:00 AM

0557

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

0558

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

0559

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

0560

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 ; H�ctor A. C�rcamo, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

9:48 AM

0561

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

10:12 AM

0562

Dispersal and predation of a Neotropical pioneer tree species, Zanthoxylum ekmanii, by a common ground dwelling ant, Ectatomma ruidum

Selina Ruzi, University of Illinois ; Andrew Suarez, University of Illinois

10:24 AM

0563

Optimizing host: Parasitoid ratios and photoperiods for more efficient mass rearing of Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of the citrus greening disease vector Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psylloidea)

Xulin Chen, University of Florida ; Monica Triana, University of Florida ; Philip A. Stansly, University of Florida

10:36 AM

0564

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

0565

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

0566

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

0567

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