Undergrad 10-min Competition: P-IE, IPM and Ecology

Moderator(s)

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  Ramandeep Sandhi

  Global R & D scientist
  Insecticides
  FMC Corporation
  Newark, Delaware
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  Sally Nelson (she/her/hers)

  Extension Educator & Program Manager
  Pesticide Safety and Environmental Education
  University of Minnesota Extension
  St. Paul, Minnesota

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  Applying technology to wing patterns and morphometrics to improve Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) species identification
  

  Presenting Author: Karina M. Torres (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Silvana V. Paula-Moraes – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Allan H. Smith-Pardo – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Kayla Mollet – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Rui Xu – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Charlie Li – University of Florida
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Aquatic insect faunal changes along Mill Creek (OR-WA): Insight into causative factors
  

  Presenting Author: Quinn Erik Miller (he/him/his) – Whitman College

  Co-Author: Heidi Dobson – Whitman College

  Co-Author: Lucien Rochelois – Whitman College
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Assessing resistance to spotted-wing drosophila across populations of wild and domesticated blueberries
  

  Presenting Author: Toviah T. Bass (he/him/his) – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Jae E. Kerstetter (they/them/theirs) – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Cesar R. Rodriguez-Saona (he/him/his) – Rutgers University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Does plant diversity predict soil arthropod diversity? A preliminary assessment using long-term monitoring plots at the University of Mississippi field station
  

  Presenting Author: Caden Noonan – University of Mississippi

  Co-Author: Ryan Garrick – University of Mississippi

  Co-Author: Marjorie Holland – University of Mississippi
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Effectiveness of biobased and chemical insecticide in controlling hemipteran pests in California almond orchards
  

  Presenting Author: Chang Vue – University of California

  Co-Author: Mahesh Ghimire – University of California

  Co-Author: Jhalendra P. Rijal (he/him/his) – University of California
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Impact of pollinator habitat on yield and fruit quality of 'Early Girl' tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) and ‘Early Jalapeno’ (Capsicum annuum) in urban community vegetable gardens
  

  Presenting Author: Julian Jose Cordo (he/him/his) – Indiana Wesleyan University

  Co-Author: Jennifer Noseworthy – Indiana Wesleyan University

  Co-Author: Margaret Martens – Indiana Wesleyan University

  Co-Author: Taryn Van Wyngarden – Indiana Wesleyan University

  Co-Author: Jacob Buck – Indiana Wesleyan University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  Individual and colony-level impacts of systemic pesticide contamination on bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) foraging behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Emma Knezevic – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Paige Myers – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Autumn Smart – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Judy Wu-Smart – University of Nebraska
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Phytochemical changes in maples induced by overspray from two commonly applied herbicides and resulting effects on Chrysobothris sp. preference
  

  Presenting Author: Melanie Amber Eichler – Ashland University

  Co-Author: Cynthia L. Perkovich, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Ashland University

  Co-Author: Karla Michele Addesso – Tennessee State University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  The behavioral influence of fungal endophytes on yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti)
  

  Presenting Author: Sofia Isabel Ayala (she/her/hers) – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Emily Medelez – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Christopher J. Vitek – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Pushpa Soti – University of Texas