Session: Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE Section: Biological Control (Entomology 2015)

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Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE Section: Biological Control

Tuesday, November 17, 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

200 J (Convention Center)

Moderator:

Dakshina Seal

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:32 PM

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The effect of neighbor identify on biocontrol agent (Galerucella spp.) choice in visitation, oviposition, and feeding on purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Gina Quiram, University of Minnesota ; Alyssa Hakes, Lawrence University

1:44 PM

1397

Biological control in high tunnel agriculture: An effective pest management tool?

Laura Ingwell, Purdue University ; Rick Foster, Purdue University ; Ian Kaplan, Purdue University

1:56 PM

1398

Evaluating the efficacy of non-crop flowering plants for conservation biocontrol in an organic field cropping system

T. Aurora Toennisson, North Carolina State University ; Hannah Burrack, North Carolina State University ; Joana Klein, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

2:08 PM

1399

Assessing the relative influence of field and landscape factors on the stability of biological control of the alfalfa weevil

Tatyana Rand, USDA - ARS

2:20 PM

1400

Classical biological control in Montana for wheat midge Sitodiplosis mosellana (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) using Macroglenes penetrans (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Gadi V. P. Reddy, Montana State University ; Brian Thompson, Montana State University ; Daniel Picard, Montana State Unviersity

2:32 PM

1401

Withdrawn

2:44 PM

1402

Are parasitoids limiting the efficacy of the biological control agent (Neomusotima conspurcatalis) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on (Lygodium microphyllum), Old World climbing fern?

Ellen Lake, USDA - ARS ; Michael Gates, USDA - ARS ; Melissa Smith, USDA-ARS ; Alexander Chapman, USDA-ARS ; Philip Tipping, USDA-ARS

2:56 PM

1403

Predicting parasitoid accumulation in biological control agents of the invasive weed Brazilian pepper

Gregory S. Wheeler, USDA - ARS ; Fernando Mc Kay, FuEDEI

3:08 PM

1404

Green eggs and cam: Video-observed host-acceptance behavior by Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) in multiple-species host-specificity tests for potential classical biological control of the brown marmorated stink bug

Paul Botch, Michigan State University ; Ernest Delfosse, Michigan State University

3:20 PM

1405

Brown marmorated stink bug predation by native natural enemies: a game of do-or-die in the laboratory and take-it-or-leave-it smorgasbord in organic vegetable production

Clarissa Mathews, Redbud Farm, LLC ; William R. Morrison, USDA - ARS ; Tracy C. Leskey, USDA - ARS

3:32 PM

Break

3:42 PM

1406

Progress of monitoring and biological control research of the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys, in southern California

Jesus R. Lara, University of California ; Mark S. Hoddle, University of California ; Charles H. Pickett, California Department of Food and Agriculture

3:54 PM

1407

The novel use of an introduced biological control agent, Megamelus scutellaris (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) as host for a native parasitoid

Carey Minteer, USDA - ARS ; Philip Tipping, USDA-ARS

4:06 PM

1408

Withdrawn

4:18 PM

1409

Withdrawn

4:30 PM

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