Session: Student Three-Minute Presentation Competition B (Entomology 2015)

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Student Three-Minute Presentation Competition B

Monday, November 16, 2015: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

208 D (Convention Center)

Moderators:

Ashley P. G. Dowling
Troy D. Anderson

12:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

12:35 PM

0844

Trichomes: The first line of defense against herbivores (Trichoplusia ni)

Fhallon Ware-Gilmore, The University of West Alabama ; Michelle Peiffer, Pennsylvania State University ; Ketia Shumaker, The University of West Alabama ; Dawn Luthe, Pennsylvania State University ; Gary Felton, Pennsylvania State University

12:39 PM

0845

Antimicrobials: A stomach ache for both people and pentatomids

Christopher Taylor, University of Maryland ; Galen Dively, University of Maryland

12:43 PM

0846

Withdrawn

12:47 PM

0847

Phylogenetic patterns in wild bee response to land use

Tina Harrison, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

12:51 PM

0848

Do human-induced land-use changes affect the sexually selected signal within Pieris rapae?

Anne Espeset, University of Nevada, Reno ; Matthew L. Forister, University of Nevada, Reno

12:55 PM

0849

Duration of plant damage by host larvae affects attraction of two parasitoid species (Microplitis croceipes and Cotesia marginiventris) to cotton: Implications for interspecific competition

Tolulope Morawo, Auburn University ; Henry Fadamiro, Auburn University

12:59 PM

0850

Determining the susceptibility of the southern house mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus) to pesticides that target mosquito larvae

Nicholas DeLisi, Louisiana State University

1:03 PM

0851

Alternative control methods for spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii)

Haley Butler, Oklahoma State University

1:07 PM

0852

First record of Banasa euchlora (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Minnesota

Ryan Lumen, University of Minnesota Duluth

1:11 PM

0853

Accurately monitoring an insect population is hard

John Cambridge, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; George C. Hamilton, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

1:15 PM

Break

1:20 PM

0854

Withdrawn

1:24 PM

0855

Utilizing the power of the masses to examine invasive insect migration

Noel Hahn, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; George C. Hamilton, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

1:28 PM

0856

Withdrawn

1:32 PM

0857

Tolerance as a mechanism of Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor) control

Kirsten Roe, Purdue University ; Richard Shukle, USDA-ARS, Purdue University ; Jeffrey Holland, Purdue University ; Brandon Schemerhorn, Purdue University

1:36 PM

0858

Solving (phallic) complex problems (Acrididae: Melanoplus: The Puer Group)

Derek Woller, Texas A&M University ; Hojun Song, Texas A&M University

1:40 PM

0859

Dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) susceptibility to insect infestation

Mahsa Fardisi, Purdue University ; Linda J. Mason, Purdue University ; Klein Ileleji, Purdue University

1:44 PM

0860

The spread of the fungus Aspergillus flavus by the navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella) via frass

Daniel Bush, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Joel Siegel, USDA - ARS ; May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign