Grad P-IE: Chemical Ecology

Moderator(s)

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  Lina Bernaola

  Entomologist
  Department of Entomology
  Louisiana State University
  Pearland, Texas
• AB

  Arun Babu

  Postdoctoral Associate
  Department of Entomology
  University of Georgia
  Athens, Georgia

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MT

  Evaluation of a push-pull system for managing the silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia tabaci(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), in organic squash
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph Gonsiorek – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Xavier Martini – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Thomson Paris – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MT

  Go with the phlo(em): Tamarack terpenes and potential attractants to eastern larch beetle
  

  Presenting Author: Emily R. Althoff – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: David Wakarchuck – Synergy Semiochemicals Corporation

  Co-Author: Tom O'Loughlin – Synergy Semiochemicals Corporation

  Co-Author: Brian Aukema – University of Minnesota
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MT

  Identification of plant volatiles for integrated pest management of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in strawberry in Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Gagandeep Kaur – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Lukasz L. Stelinski – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Xavier Martini – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Rachel E. Mallinger – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nathan Boyd – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Sriyanka Lahiri – University of Florida
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MT

  Interactions between pine host volatile 4-allylanisole (4AA) and other semiochemicals on southern pine beetle behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Sara K. O'Shields – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Brian Sullivan – USDA-Forest Service

  Co-Author: Holly Munro – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Brittany Barnes – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: John Nowak – USDA-FPL

  Co-Author: Kamal Gandhi – University of Georgia
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MT

  Investigating the role of soil legacies on root volatile emissions and belowground herbivory in maize
  

  Presenting Author: Olivia Trase – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Jared G. Ali – Pennsylvania State University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MT

  Pilot studies on mating disruption for grape mealybug, Pseudococcus maritimus (Ehrhorn) in Washington State
  

  Presenting Author: Stephen O. Onayemi – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Doug Walsh – Washington State University
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MT

  Quantifying effect of Xylosandrus sp. attacks on mortality of apple trees
  

  Presenting Author: Sean D. Gresham – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: James Walgenbach – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Sara D. Villani, n/a – North Carolina State University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MT

  Sugar beet wireworm (Limonius californicus (Coleoptera: Elateridae)) host preference: Quantifying wireworm response to CO2 and root volatiles
  

  Presenting Author: Atoosa Nikoukar – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Rohollah Sadeghi – University of Idaho

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

  Co-Author: Arash Rashed – University of Idaho
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MT

  How fine-scale plant chemical diversity shapes specialist herbivore communities.
  

  Presenting Author: Devon Picklum – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Lora Richards – University of Nevada