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

Moderator(s)

• AN

  Anne Nielsen

  Associate Extension Specialist
  Rutgers University
  Bridgeton, New Jersey
• ET

  Elijah Talamas

  Florida State Collection of Arthropods
  Gainesville, Florida

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  Application of molecular techniques to track foraging and dispersal of a parasitoid wasp (Trissolcus japonicus)
  

  Presenting Author: Emma O. Waltman (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Emma O. Waltman (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Ann Rucker – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Anne Nielsen – Rutgers University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Developing application methods of Steinernema carpocapsae for biological control of mushroom phorid flies on mushroom farms
  

  Presenting Author: Malachi Brought – The Pennsylvania State University

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

  Co-Author: Justin Riedhammer – The Pennsylvania State University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Effect of timing of natural enemy arrival on suppression of the sorghum aphid, Melanaphis sorghi
  

  Presenting Author: Pius A. Bradicich, MSc – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Michael J. Brewer, Ph.D. – Texas A&M University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Egg parasitoid complex of Leptoglossus zonatus Dallas (Hemiptera: Coreidae) in Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Md Tafsir Nur Nabi Rashed – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Elijah Talamas – Florida State Collection of Arthropods

  Co-Author: Adam Dale – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nicole D. Benda – Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  Co-Author: Amanda C. Hodges – University of Florida
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Harnessing molecular tools to craft biological control strategies for X-disease vectors in cherries and stone fruit
  

  Presenting Author: Cesar A. Reyes Corral (he/him/his) – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Peter Smytheman – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Rodney Cooper – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: David Horton – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Scott Harper – Washington State University

  Co-Author: William B. Walker, III – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Skevington – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Abigail Clarke – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Adrian Marshall – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Tobin Northfield – Washington State University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Rice stink bug parasitoid diversity in the Florida Everglades agricultural area
  

  Presenting Author: Carolina Tieppo Camarozano (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Julien Beuzelin – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Elijah Talamas – Florida State Collection of Arthropods
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  The impact of salinity stress on plant-insect interactions
  

  Presenting Author: Sahil Vinod Pawar – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Gary Felton (he/him/his) – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Jared G. Ali – The Pennsylvania State University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  The role of introduced biocontrol on an invasive forest pest: Life table analysis of the population dynamics of the emerald ash borer in Maryland
  

  Presenting Author: Angela M. Saenz (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Daniel S. Gruner – University of Maryland
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Unraveling the parasitoid complex of soybean gall midge
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Lisak – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Amelia Lindsey – University of Minnesota

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

  Co-Author: Anthony J. McMechan – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Robert L. Koch – University of Minnesota