Session: 09 - Graduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE

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09 - Graduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE - Ecology A

Monday, November 16, 2015: 7:55 AM-12:30 PM

200 I (Convention Center)

Moderators:

Megha N. Parajulee
Diane G. Alston

7:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:00 AM

0468

Urbanization in mesic environments increases the frequency of terrestrial invertebrate water stress

Jamie Becker, Bowling Green State University ; Nadejda Mirochnichenko, Bowling Green State University ; Haley Ingram, Bowling Green State University ; Kevin McCluney, Bowling Green State University

8:12 AM

0469

Evidence for grassland and agriculture in the landscape suppressing soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) abundance and improving field-scale soybean yields

Kaitlin Stack Whitney, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Timothy D. Meehan, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Christopher Kucharik, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Phil Townsend, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin-Madison

8:24 AM

0470

Characterization of a unique genetic strain of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) across the landscape of northern Minnesota

Marissa Streifel, University of Minnesota ; Patrick Tobin, University of Washington ; Brian Aukema, University of Minnesota

8:36 AM

0471

Sampling for brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) in soybeans: a new visual plant inspection method

Benjamin L. Aigner, Virginia Tech ; D. Ames Herbert, Virginia Tech ; Thomas P. Kuhar, Virginia Tech ; Jamie Hogue, Virginia Tech ; Galen Dively, University of Maryland ; P. Dilip Venugopal, USEPA ; William Cissel, University of Delaware ; Joanne Whalen, University of Delaware

8:48 AM

0472

The resurgence of larch casebearer in the Great Lakes region: are natural enemies still present?

Allastacia Gebauer, University of Minnesota ; Brian Aukema, University of Minnesota

9:00 AM

0473

Effectiveness of entomopathogenic nematode-induced systemic resistance against selected pests and pathogens of tobacco

Julia Ferguson, University of Tennessee ; Parwinder Grewal, University of Tennessee Knoxville ; Ruisheng An, The Ohio State University

9:12 AM

0474

How insects handle thermal variation: constant opposed to fluctuating temperatures

Aleix Valls, North Dakota State University ; James Kopco, North Dakota State University ; Jason P. Harmon, North Dakota State University

9:24 AM

0475

Influence of host plant species and plant nutrition on larval development of cutworms (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Ronald Batallas, University of Alberta ; Maya L. Evenden, University of Alberta

9:36 AM

0476

Interaction of kudzu, Pueraria lobata var. montana, with the kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria, as a pest of soybeans

Joni L. Blount, University of Georgia ; G. David Buntin, University of Georgia ; Phillip M. Roberts, University of Georgia ; Wayne Gardner, University of Georgia

9:48 AM

0477

Differences in fitness traits between E and Z pheromone races of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, on different host plants

Holly Lynn Walker, University of Delaware ; Charles Mason, University of Delaware

10:00 AM

Break

10:12 AM

0478

Influence of partridge pea on arthropods and grain quality in organic field corn

Lauren Hunt, University of Maryland ; Cerruti Hooks, University of Maryland

10:24 AM

0479

Trickle-up economics: effects of resource availability on herbivores, enemies and ecological networks

Moria Robinson, UC Davis

10:36 AM

0480

Phenological shifts in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) one year after defoliation by the forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria)

Michael Falk, The University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Jack Donaldson, Living Biography ; Michael T. Stevens, Utah Valley University ; Kenneth Raffa, University of Wisconsin ; Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin-Madison

10:48 AM

0481

Process of disruption: invasive flowering shrub density shifts bee communities and mutualisms throughout the year

Michael Minnick, Miami University ; Thomas O. Crist, Miami University

11:00 AM

0482

Sub-cortical interactions between Monochamus titillator and Ips grandicollis in a laboratory setting: does arrival time affect survival?

Matthew Ethington, University of Arkansas ; Larry D. Galligan, University of Arkansas ; Fred M. Stephen, University of Arkansas

11:12 AM

0483

Dispersal capacity of European gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar) larvae from host vegetation to hardwood log piles

Rachael Nicoll, University of Minnesota ; Scott W. Myers, USDA - APHIS - PPQ ; Brian Aukema, University of Minnesota