Grad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Biocontrol - Predators

Moderator(s)

• BH

  Bill Hendrix

  Valent Biosciences Corporation
  Pam Springs, California
• EM

  Erica Moretti (she/her/hers)

  Biological Science Technician
  USDA-ARS
  Wapato, Washington

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  Alternative food source attractiveness to predatory augmentative biological control agents
  

  Presenting Author: Amber Stiller (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Jeremy Slone – Bartlett Tree Experts

  Co-Author: Kevin Daniel Chase – Bartlett Tree Experts

  Co-Author: Samuel F. Ward (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  Assessing natural enemy and life-stage diversity on alfalfa aphid suppression
  

  Presenting Author: Luis Alberto Ochoa Cadena (he/him/his) – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Ricardo A. Ramirez – New Mexico State University
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Ecological interactions of the predatory warehouse pirate bug, Xylocoris flavipes (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), and prey, Liposcelis decolor (Psocodea: Liposcelididae), under different thermo-hygrometric regimes
  

  Presenting Author: Augustine Bosomtwe (he/him/his) – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: George Opit – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Kristopher Giles – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Brad Kard – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Carla Goad – Oklahoma State University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Evaluating the ecological impact of synthetic predator pheromone on pest and non-target species in a potato field
  

  Presenting Author: Laura K. Martinez (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Jennifer Thaler – Cornell University
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Interactive effects of cover crops and native plantings on beneficial and pest insects in soybean
  

  Presenting Author: Leah Gastonguay (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri

  Co-Author: Deborah Finke – University of Missouri

  Co-Author: Tim Reinbott – University of Missouri

  Co-Author: Robert Pierce – University of Missouri
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  Investigating the functional roles of ants in no-till agricultural systems
  

  Presenting Author: Adegboyega Oluwamayowa Fajemisin – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: John F. Tooker – The Pennsylvania State University
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  Multi-trophic interactions and niche partitioning of the hemlock woolly adelgid predator-prey community in their native western North American range
  

  Presenting Author: Nicholas J. Dietschler – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Anurag Agarwal, Ph.D. – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Fangzhou Liu – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Sabrina L. Celis (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Tonya Bittner, Ph.D. – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Mark Whitmore – Cornell University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MST

  Non-target effects of a novel insect growth regulator, novaluron, on beneficial arthropods in cool-season turfgrass ecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Stokes A. Aker – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Ben A. McGraw – The Pennsylvania State University
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MST

  Operation bug drop: In-field drone releases of natural enemies to control lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) and western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentallis) in California lettuce
  

  Presenting Author: Adelaine Abrams – University of California

  Co-Author: Daniel Hasegawa – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Ian Grettenberger – University of California
• 12:18 PM – 12:30 PM MST

  Predator population and predation in adjacent row crop and grassland fields
  

  Presenting Author: Hannah Stowe – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Julie Ann Peterson – University of Nebraska