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Student Three-Minute Presentation Competition A

Monday, November 16, 2015: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
208 C (Convention Center)
Moderators:
Lee Cohnstaedt
Jana C. Lee


12:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
12:35 PM
0824
Lycopene counters certain negative consequences of paraquat induced oxidative stress
Cody Champion, New Mexico State University ; Jiannong Xu, New Mexico State University
12:39 PM
0825
Predatory mutualisms: The association between Melissotarsus ants and armored scale insects
Scott Schneider, University of Massachusetts Amherst ; Benjamin B. Normark, University of Massachusetts
12:43 PM
0826
Prey selection of an insect omnivore in a changing High Plains environment
Joe Krauska, Kansas State University ; Sarah Zukoff, Kansas State University ; James R. Nechols, Kansas State University
12:47 PM
0827
Analysis of DNA from Wolbachia infected Folsomia candida (Collembola: Isotomidae): Evidence for a nucleolytic activity
Yang Li, University of Minnesota ; Ann M. Fallon, University of Minnesota
12:51 PM
0828
Sampling of adult wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus Norton) to predict larval infestation
Christopher McCullough, University of Nebraska ; Jeffrey Bradshaw, University of Nebraska ; Gary Hein, University of Nebraska
12:55 PM
0829
Development of trapping methods to control stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Jenny Finitzer, Washington State University
12:59 PM
0830
Assessing the role of onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) in bacterial leaf blight of onion
Ari Grode, Michigan State University ; Prissana Wiriyajitsomboon, Michigan State University ; Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University ; Zsofia Szendrei, Michigan State University
1:03 PM
0831
Evaluation of biouptake of total mercury and methyl-mercury in terrestrial invertebrates
Chelsea Standish, University of Tennessee ; Jerome F. Grant, University of Tennessee ; John K. Moulton, University of Tennessee ; Teresa Mathews, Oak Ridge National Laboratory ; John Smith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1:07 PM
0832
Withdrawn
1:11 PM
0833
Mechanisms of carbohydrate-fueled ecological dominance in a tropical rainforest canopy-foraging ant
Erica Parra, California State University Dominguez Hills ; Terrence P. McGlynn, California State University, Dominguez Hills
1:15 PM
Break
1:20 PM
0834
Ionotropic and Gustatory Receptors Expressed in the Haller’s Organ of Male and Female Ixodes scapularis Ticks (Acari:Ixodidae)
Tanya Josek, University of Illinois ; Hugh M. Robertson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Brian F. Allan, University of Illinois ; Marianne Alleyne, University of Illinois ; Kimberly K. O. Walden, University of Illinois
1:24 PM
0835
Comparing the rate of parasitism in the striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum) in organic versus conventional cucurbits in Kentucky
Amanda Skidmore, University of Kentucky
1:28 PM
0836
Is pan trapping an effective method for estimating hymenopteran diversity in grasslands?
Morgan P. Rondinelli, University of Michigan ; Sam Droege, U.S. Geological Survey ; Abigail A.R. Kula, Mount St. Mary's University ; David R. Smith, USDA - ARS ; Robert Kula, USDA - ARS
1:32 PM
0837
Bumble bees do it better: The importance of wild bees for the pollination of Haskap crops
S. Frier, Royal Saskatchewan Museum ; Christopher Somers, University of Regina ; Cory Sheffield, Royal Saskatchewan Museum
1:36 PM
0838
Sub-lethal effects of v-ATPase-A and Snf7 dsRNAs on adult emergence, head capsule width, and dry weight in southern corn rootworm
Adriano Pereira, University of Nebraska ; Blair Siegfried, University of Florida
1:40 PM
0839
Herbicide induced effects on oviposition of the rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus)
Emily Kraus, Louisiana State University ; Michael Stout, Louisiana State University AgCenter
1:44 PM
0840
Elucidating the molecular action of tick saliva in the induction of a-galactose in red meat allergy
Gary Crispell, University of Southern Mississippi ; Shahid Karim, University of Southern Mississippi
1:48 PM
0841
Population characteristics of an introduced bee (Anthophora plumipes) in the N East USA and their successful use of portable adobe nesting blocks
Lisa Kuder, University of Maryland
1:52 PM
0842
Withdrawn
1:56 PM
0843
Transcriptome analysis and validation for potential marker genes of mycorrhizal rice plants in response to feeding with fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda
Lina Bernaola, Louisiana State University ; Michael Stout, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; Hong Ma, Texas A&M University ; Yanbing Chen, Texas A&M University ; Joshua Yuan, Texas A&M University
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