Session: PhD (2016 Pacific Branch Meeting)

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PhD

Monday, April 4, 2016: 1:50 PM-5:00 PM

Ahi (Pacific Beach Hotel)

Moderators:

Erica Tassone
Joe Hull

1:50 PM

Largus than life: Ancient and persistent environmental symbiont reacquisition in bordered plant bugs (Pyrrhocoroidea: Largidae)

Eric Gordon, University of California ; Quinn McFrederick, University of California ; Christiane Weirauch, University of California

2:02 PM

Ecological modelling of the effects of water hyacinth nutrient composition on the performance of a biological control agent

Emily Bick, University of California Davis ; Christian Nansen, University of California Davis

2:14 PM

Biology of a new bee species that nests in sandstone, Anthophora pueblo (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Michael Orr, Utah State University ; Frank Parker, USDA-ARS ; Terry Griswold, USDA - ARS ; James P. Pitts, Utah State University

2:26 PM

Management of ovicidal miticides resistance in the two-spotted spider mites Tetranychus urticae Koch on hops

Adekunle Adesanya, Washington State University ; Douglas Walsh, Washington State University ; Laura C. Lavine, Washington State University ; Fang (Rose) Zhu, Washington State University

2:38 PM

Population growth and reproduction of Galendromus flumenis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Banks grass mite eggs

Fatemeh Ganjisaffar, University of California ; Thomas M. Perring, University of California

2:50 PM

Can you smell me? Identifying the semiochemicals associated with the Western Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, and their effect on the oviposition behavior of the Western Encephalitis mosquito, Culex tarsalis.

Adena Why, University of California ; William E. Walton, University of California

3:02 PM

Molecular systematic analysis of nihoa Hyposmocoma reveals cryptic diversity

Jonathan Bradley Reil, University of Hawai'i ; William Haines, University of Hawai'i ; Daniel Rubinoff, University of Hawai'i

3:14 PM

Break

3:34 PM

Detectability of habitat influence on wild bee communities varies by collection technique

Paul Raymond Rhoades, University of Idaho ; Sanford D. Eigenbrode, University of Idaho ; Lisette Waits, University of Idaho ; Nilsa A. Bosque-P�rez, University of Idaho

3:46 PM

An integrated approach towards Asian citrus psyllid management: Ant baiting and biological control

Kelsey Schall, University of California ; Mark S. Hoddle, University of California

3:58 PM

Going over the edge: Erradicating little fire ants (Wasmannia auropunctata Roger) from Kauai, phase II

Michelle Montgomery, University of Hawai`i

4:10 PM

Functional response of Chrysoperla rufilabris (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) to Klamabothrips myopori (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) under laboratory conditions

Christopher Shogren, University of California

4:22 PM

Population dynamics of Erythroneura ziczac in Californian vineyards

Cindy Preto, University of California Davis