Grad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Chemical Ecology

Moderator(s)

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  Benjamin Aigner (he/him/his)

  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Department of Entomology
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, Virginia
• BS

  Brent Short

  Trece Inc.
  Hedgesville, West Virginia

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  Do flood stressed maize plants offer better food for insect herbivores? A test for plant stress hypothesis
  

  Presenting Author: Satinderpal Kaur (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Esther N. Ngumbi – University of Illinois
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  Effects of intraspecific plant defense diversity on aphid population growth and predation
  

  Presenting Author: Rowda Altamimi (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Bijay Subedi – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Danilo Ferreira Borges dos Santos – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Monica Kersch-Becker – The Pennsylvania State University
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Insect herbivory induces plant volatile emissions to a greater extent aboveground than belowground, but both depend on plant-herbivore coexistence history
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan Thompson (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Zachary Cohen – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Danielle C. Merrell – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Anjel Helms – Texas A&M University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Multispecies lepidopteran trapping: Altered trap capture and exploration of uses in IPM
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly McIntyre (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Alejandro Del-Pozo – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Erin W. Hodgson (she/her/hers) – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Arash Rashed – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Kevin B. Rice – Virginia Tech
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Quantifying the active space of the repellent verbenone to enhance management of non-native ambrosia beetles
  

  Presenting Author: Delaney Frances Jones – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Matthew Ginzel – Purdue University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  Rapid induction and seasonal response of phenolic compounds in black walnut to Geosmithia morbida, the causal agent of thousand cankers disease
  

  Presenting Author: Scott Gula – Purdue University

  Co-Author: John Couture – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Matthew Ginzel – Purdue University
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  The smell of danger: The odor of a gall-inducing herbivore primes expression of defense genes in its host plant
  

  Presenting Author: Robert Witkowski – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Lily Sudol – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Eric C. Yipp – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: John F. Tooker – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Tanya Renner – The Pennsylvania State University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MST

  Timing is everything: Plant response to sequential and combinatorial stressors of herbivores and flooding
  

  Presenting Author: Erinn R. Dady (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Esther N. Ngumbi – University of Illinois
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MST

  Unveiling the role of cover crop mixtures: Implications for maize resistance to pests and pathogens
  

  Presenting Author: Alison Hayes Jennings (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Jared G. Ali – The Pennsylvania State University