Session: 07 - Graduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE - Biology/Behavior A (Entomology 2015)

Angelita Acebes-Doria, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Tracy C. Leskey, USDA - ARS ; J. Christopher Bergh, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

9:48 AM

0436

How blueberry attributes influence oviposition behavior of the invasive spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)

Lindsy Iglesias, University of Florida ; Oscar Liburd, University of Florida

10:00 AM

Break

10:12 AM

0437

Gall insects: Plant mediated interactions impact insect preference and performance

Paul Ode, Colorado State University ; Dan W. Bean, Colorado Dept. of Agriculture ; Theresa Barosh, Colorado State University

10:24 AM

0438

The effect of clubroot disease infection on oviposition preference of bertha armyworm, Mamestra configurata Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Chaminda De Silva Weeraddana, University of Alberta ; Maya L. Evenden, University of Alberta ; Stephen Strelkov, University of Alberta ; Victor Manolii, University of Alberta

10:36 AM

0439

An insight into the antioxidant responses to exogenous oxidative stress agents and a glimpse into the role of catalase in the reproductive fitness of the Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum)

Deepak Kumar, University of Southern Mississippi ; Shahid Karim, University of Southern Mississippi

10:48 AM

0440

The relative importance of emerald ash borer-caused tree mortality and abundance of the invasive shrub Amur honeysuckle on tree seedling survival and recruitment in Midwestern deciduous forests

Brian Hoven, Miami University ; David Gorchov, Miami University ; Kathleen S. Knight, USDA - Forest Service ; Valerie Peters, Miami University

11:00 AM

0441

Fungal endophytes can affect plant-herbivore interactions above and belowground

Wenqing Zhou, Texas A&M University ; Terry Wheeler, Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center ; James Starr, Texas A&M University ; Gregory Sword, Texas A&M University

11:12 AM

0442

A glimpse of changes to come: effects of elevated CO₂on a tri-trophic system

Ryan Paul, Colorado State University ; Paul Ode, Colorado State University ; Dhaval Vyas, Colorado State University ; Dan Lecain, USDA - ARS ; Dana Blumenthal, USDA - ARS

11:24 AM

0443

Hyperspectral soybean reflectance to predict soybean aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) feeding under greenhouse conditions

Tavvs Alves, University of Minnesota ; Zach Marston, University of Minnesota ; Ian MacRae, University of Minnesota ; Robert Koch, University of Minnesota

11:36 AM

0444

Assembling the draft Reticulitermes flavipes CYPome to enhance the understanding of cytochrome P450 functions in relation to xenobiotic metabolism

Mary Kubiszak-Rushton, Purdue University ; Michael E. Scharf, Purdue University

11:48 AM

0445

Mortality from soil insecticides among Bt-resistant populations of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Kenneth E. Masloski, Iowa State University ; Joel R. Coats, Iowa State University ; Aaron J. Gassmann, Iowa State University

12:00 PM

0446

Finding the mechanism for female bias caused by a Rickettsia bacterial endosymbiont (nr R. bellii) in the sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)

Elizabeth Bondy, University of Arizona ; Martha Hunter, University of Arizona