Grad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Biocontrol - General 1

Moderator(s)

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  Kaushalya Amarasekare (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Agricultural Sciences and Engineering
  Tennessee State University
  Nashville, Tennessee
• 

  Kumar Shrestha

  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, Nebraska

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  Aerial release of Galerucella calmariensis using drone for the biological control of purple loosestrife
  

  Presenting Author: Kushal Naharki – West Virginia University

  Co-Author: Yong-lak Park – West Virginia University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Evaluating several entomopathogenic fungi for control of soybean gall midge
  

  Presenting Author: Pheylan Alan Anderson – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Colin Peters – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Robert Blanchette – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Robert L. Koch – University of Minnesota
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Exploring natural allies: identifying larval parasitoids for sustainable management of grape berry moth in vineyards
  

  Presenting Author: Neetu Khanal – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Jesus H. Gomez-Llano – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Flor Edith Acevedo – The Pennsylvania State University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Impact of seed imbibition on seed preferences by carabid beetles
  

  Presenting Author: Daniella Canon-Rubio – University of Saskatchewan
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Interactive effects of abiotic stress and salicylate-mediated plant resistance on aphid performance and natural enemy response
  

  Presenting Author: Bijay Subedi – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Monica Kersch-Becker – The Pennsylvania State University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Optimizing biological control of the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella): Evaluating the seasonality of its parasitoids and their impact in the Southeastern United States
  

  Presenting Author: Amna Ghani (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Tom Bilbo – Clemson University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  Searching for parasitoids of hibiscus mealybug, Nipaecoccus viridis Newstead (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae): A factitious host and yellow pan trap survey
  

  Presenting Author: Hyojin Jeong – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Robert L. Kresslein – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Michael W. Gates (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Nicole F. Quinn – University of Florida
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Survey of slug-associated nematodes to control a key soybean seedling pest in the Eastern US
  

  Presenting Author: Thabu Mugala – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Michael Crossley – University of Delaware
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Understanding how applications of the predatory mite Stratiolaelaps scimitus to control Megaselia halterata on mushroom farms affect the transmission of fungal disease
  

  Presenting Author: Luke Christopher Reynolds (he/him/his) – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Caitlyn Dionysius – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Fatima Diarra – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Ryan Gladwin – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Mike S. Wolfin (he/him/his) – The Pennsylvania State University