Grad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Host-Plant Resistance

Moderator(s)

• JL

  Joe Louis

  Professor
  Entomology
  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, Nebraska
• HF

  Hillary Fischer

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  Entomology and Plant Pathology
  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, Michigan

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  Characterization of cool- and warm-season turfgrass host suitability to annual bluegrass weevil (Listronotus maculicollis Kirby)
  

  Presenting Author: Audrey Simard – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Ben A. McGraw – The Pennsylvania State University
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  Characterization of the relationship between whiteheads and yield loss at different seeding rates in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
  

  Presenting Author: Maria Luiza Mimbu Osako (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Lina Bernaola – Texas A&M University
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Determining the yield loss/injury relationship between the rice billbug (Sphenophorus pertinax Olivier) and rice (Oryza sativa L.) as influenced by rice cultivar
  

  Presenting Author: Tyler Ray Tagle Musgrove – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: James Villegas – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Michael Stout (he/him/his) – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Blake E. Wilson – Louisiana State University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization and entomopathogenic nematode exposure on plant systemic defenses in Cucurbita pepo
  

  Presenting Author: Skai Peterson – Texas A&M University
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Effects of intermittent and sequential herbivory on herbivore traits and plant fitness in soybean (Glycine max)
  

  Presenting Author: Insha Shafi – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Rupesh Kariyat – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Manish Gautam – University of Arkansas
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  CANCELLED: Invasive fall armyworm herbivory upregulates maize defense genes relative to resident stemborers Busseola fusca and Chilo partellus
  

  Presenting Author: Johnstone Mutiso Mutua, II – International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology

  Co-Author: Daniel Mutyambai, Ph.D. – International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology

  Co-Author: Sevgan Subramanian – International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology

  Co-Author: George Asudi – Kenyatta University
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  Investigating plant defenses on Lepidopteran pests: The impact of maysin on fall armyworm in early corn growth stages
  

  Presenting Author: Solo Arman Peralta Mercene (he/him/his) – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Aytug Ulutas – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Omar Alejandro Posos-Parra, Sr. – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Christina DiFonzo – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Erich Grotewold – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: David Mota-Sanchez, Ph.D. – Michigan State University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MST

  Population dynamics of the Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar), in commercial Louisiana sugarcane
  

  Presenting Author: Schyler Lee Thibodeaux – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Schyler Lee Thibodeaux – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Blake E. Wilson – Louisiana State University
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MST

  The differential effects of pulsating drought and insect herbivory on soybean (Glycine max)
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica Ayala (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Rupesh Kariyat – University of Arkansas
• 12:18 PM – 12:30 PM MST

  Treating rice (Oryza sativa) with atmospheric cold plasma alters plant traits and negatively affects the growth and development of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Deepak Dilip – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Nikitha Modupalli – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Mahfuzur Rahman – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Rupesh Kariyat – University of Arkansas