Grad P-IE: Biocontrol 2

Moderator(s)

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  Ann Hajek

  Professor
  Department of Entomology
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York
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  Patricia Prade

  Postdoctoral Associate
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  New Brunswick, New Jersey

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT

  Aestivation studies and the effect of imidacloprid on the subterranean life cycle of Laricobius spp., biological control agents for the hemlock woolly adelgid
  

  Presenting Author: Ashleigh P. Hillen – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Jeremiah R. Foley, IV – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Aaron D. Gross – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Sheldon S. Hilaire – PPD Laboratories

  Co-Author: Albert E. Mayfield – USDA-Forest Service

  Co-Author: Mary K. Salcedo – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Jake J. Socha – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Kang Xia – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Scott S. Salom – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT

  All surf, no turf: mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) as a biological control agent for tadpole shrimp (Triops longicaudatus)
  

  Presenting Author: Madison Hendrick – University of California

  Co-Author: Luis Espino – University of California

  Co-Author: Whitney Brim-Deforest – University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources

  Co-Author: Ian Grettenberger – University of California
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT

  Assessment of entomopathogenic fungi for endophytism in corn and as a mortality factor for western corn rootworm larvae
  

  Presenting Author: Abigail L. Kropf (she/her/hers) – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Aaron J. Gassmann – Iowa State University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT

  Management of hatching spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) with overwintering applications of Beauveria bassiana
  

  Presenting Author: Jason T. Bielski – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Douglas G. Pfeiffer – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Stefan Jaronski – Virginia Tech University
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT

  Microbial monsters: Using entomopathogenic fungi to manage white grubs in turfgrass
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan Swoboda – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Alan Taylor – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Kyle Wickings – Cornell University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT

  Pesticide-induced reduction of natural enemies leads to outbreak of soybean looper, Chrysodeixis includens (Walker), in Louisiana soybean, Glycine max (L.)
  

  Presenting Author: Scott T. Lee – Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

  Co-Author: Jeffrey A. Davis – Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT

  Phenology of Leucotaraxis argenticollis, a specialist predator of the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, in the eastern US
  

  Presenting Author: Carrie Preston – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Nicholas Dietschler – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Mark Whitmore – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Scott S. Salom – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT

  Plant-insect-entomopathogen interactions: Do host plants have a role in the outcome of mixed pathogen infection and successful pathogen transmission?
  

  Presenting Author: Pauline S. Deschodt – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Jenny S. Cory – Simon Fraser University
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM PT

  Predation efficacy of commercially available Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) on strawberry pest Tetranychus urticae Koch (Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Allan Busuulwa – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Sriyanka Lahiri – University of Florida
• 12:18 PM – 12:30 PM PT

  Quantifying predation rates on soybean gall midge, a new pest of soybean in the upper Midwest
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Lisak – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Amelia Lindsey – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Robert L. Koch – University of Minnesota
• 12:30 PM – 12:42 PM PT

  Understanding the distribution of insecticidal activity across the genus Pseudomonas
  

  Presenting Author: Daniela Lizbeth Yanez Ortuno – The University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Cara Haney – The University of British Columbia