Grad P-IE: Ecology 2

Moderator(s)

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  Shelby Fleischer

  Professor of Entomology
  Department of Entomology
  Pennsylvania State University
  University Park, Pennsylvania

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MT

  Effects of insect opportunists on a four-level trophobiotic system involving nectar-producing galls of the cynipid wasp Disholcaspis quercusmamma (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Stephanie Eskew – University of Idaho
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MT

  Impacts of hedging and thinning on arthropod pest populations in the upper and lower canopies of 25-year-old pecan trees
  

  Presenting Author: Kate Phillips – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Angelita Acebes-Doria – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Jason M. Schmidt – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: William Hudson – University of Georgia
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MT

  Individual and combined effects of simulated drought stress and nitrogen deposition on red maple (Acer rubrum) genotypes and their insect herbivores
  

  Presenting Author: Jane Petzoldt – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Steven Frank – North Carolina State University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MT

  Invaders in the concrete jungle: Effects of urban environments on elm defoliators
  

  Presenting Author: Jacqueline H. Buenrostro – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Ruth A. Hufbauer – Colorado State University
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MT

  Landscape composition influences the abundance of asparagus beetles
  

  Presenting Author: Jen Zavalnitskaya – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Elias Harrison Bloom – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Zsofia Szendrei – Michigan State University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MT

  Spotted lanternfly cohort development on tree of heaven, cultivated grape, black walnut, and red maple
  

  Presenting Author: Katarzyna Madalinska – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  Co-Author: Anne Nielsen – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MT

  The secret life of sorghum aphids: How genetic variation and microbial composition shape this agricultural pest
  

  Presenting Author: Jocelyn R. Holt – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Raul F. Medina – Texas A&M University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MT

  Comparative performance of drill and broadcast winter cover crops in nursery production and their impact on arthropod communities
  

  Presenting Author: Axel D. Gonzalez Murillo – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Paul O'Neal – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MT

  Effects of cover crops on the structure and function of soil arthropod communities
  

  Presenting Author: Dane C. Elmquist – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Sanford D. Eigenbrode – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Bronte M. Sone – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Michael Strickland – University of Idaho
• 12:18 PM – 12:30 PM MT

  How do root-knot nematodes influence the preference and performance of Colorado potato beetles?
  

  Presenting Author: Kayleigh Courard Hauri – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Zsofia Szendrei – Michigan State University
• 12:30 PM – 12:42 PM MT

  Phylogeny, diet, and geography influence microbiome composition in two Diabrotica species
  

  Presenting Author: Kyle Paddock – University of Missouri

  Co-Author: Kyung Seok Kim – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Thomas W. Sappington – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Deborah Finke – University of Missouri

  Co-Author: Bruce Hibbard – USDA-ARS