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

Moderator(s)

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  Stefan Jaronski (Me/Me/Mine)

  Retired
  Entomology
  USDA-ARS
  Blacksburg, Virginia
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  Aline Tassi

  Tropical Research and Education Center
  University of Florida
  Homestead, Florida

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  Efficacy of field-collected pathogens against chewing and sucking insects
  

  Presenting Author: Kimberly Okpah – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Tigist A. Tolosa – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Kayla Waters (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland Eastern Shore

  Co-Author: Jocelyn Elliott – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Simon Zebelo – University of Maryland
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Evaluating diverse approaches to enhance the sustainability of rootworm management
  

  Presenting Author: Wyatt J. Bailey – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Marshall D. McDaniel – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: David I. Shapiro-Ilan – USDA-ARS

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

  Co-Author: Clinton D. Pilcher – Corteva Agriscience

  Co-Author: Aaron J. Gassmann – Iowa State University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Evaluation of cotton immune genes treated with Beauveria bassiana (GHA) as endophyte
  

  Presenting Author: Hadi Farrokhzadeh (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Gholamhossein Moravvej – Ferdowsi University of Masshad

  Co-Author: Javad Karimi – Ferdowsi University of Masshad

  Co-Author: Arash Rashed – Virginia Tech
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Improvements to the use of entomopathogenic biocontrol agents against the vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret)
  

  Presenting Author: Alexander Maxwell Butcher – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Vaughn Walton – Oregon State University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Incorporating a variant of HzNv2 into IPM programs against corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) in Hawai'i
  

  Presenting Author: Mathew A. Price – University of Hawaii

  Co-Author: Zhiqiang Cheng, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Hawaii

  Co-Author: Julia Coughlin – University of Hawaii

  Co-Author: zhening zhang, Ph.D. – University of Hawaii

  Co-Author: Bruce Webb, Ph.D. – Lepidex Inc.
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Investigation of the bioinsecticide Beauveria bassiana as a fungal endophyte in peach (Prunus persica) seedlings
  

  Presenting Author: Sabrina A. Elgar (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: David I. Shapiro-Ilan – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Caterina Villari – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Dario Chavez – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Brett R. Blaauw – University of Georgia
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Relationship between corn earworm feeding and corn ear fungi contamination
  

  Presenting Author: Kendall Christine Walton – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Thomas Isakeit – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: David L. Kerns – Texas A&M University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Soil abiotic factors impact Metarhizium spore movement and biological control capacity
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan H. Swoboda (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Brian Lovett – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Kyle Wickings – Cornell University
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM MST

  Synergy of a trap crop and entomopathogenic nematodes for multi-generational management of flea beetles in high tunnel Brassica crops
  

  Presenting Author: Julia Clare Wooby – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Samantha A. Willden (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Laura L. Ingwell (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Ian Kaplan – Purdue University