Grad P-IE: Biocontrol 1

Moderator(s)

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  Muhammad Haseeb

  Associate Professor and IPM Coordinator
  Department of Entomology/Center for Biological Control
  Florida A&M University
  Tallahassee, Florida
• JR

  John Ruberson

  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, Nebraska

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT

  Activity level of NPV following application and characteristics of infected Helicoverpa zea
  

  Presenting Author: Judge T. Fortenberry – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Angus Catchot – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Don Cook – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Whitney Crow – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Gore – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Beverly Catchot – Mississippi State University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT

  Assessing interspecific competition between two specialist predators of hemlock woolly adelgid, Laricobius spp. and Leucotaraxis spp.
  

  Presenting Author: Olivia K. Andrews (she/her/hers) – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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

  Co-Author: Scott S. Salom – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Chin-Cheng Yang – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Mark Whitmore – Cornell University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT

  Birds biting bad bugs: Using community science to learn about predators of spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in North America
  

  Presenting Author: Anne E. Johnson – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Allison E. Cornell – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Sara Hermann – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Fang Zhu – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Kelli Hoover – Pennsylvania State University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT

  Insect abundance and community composition differs among habitats and along edges
  

  Presenting Author: Magdeline E. Anderson – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Tania N. Kim – Kansas State University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT

  Synchrony of larval parasitoids of the emerald ash borer with susceptible stages
  

  Presenting Author: Angela M. S Saenz – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Daniel S. Gruner – University of Maryland
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT

  Synthetic pheromone from a generalist predator (Podisus maculiventris) elicits non-consumptive effects on prey and impacts yield of solanaceous crops in upstate New York
  

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

  Co-Author: Jennifer Thaler – Cornell University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT

  Understanding stakeholder perspectives to increase IPM adoption in pear
  

  Presenting Author: Molly Sayles (she/her/hers) – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Robert Orpet – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Louis B. Nottingham – Washington State University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT

  Using the fungus among us as biocontrol against wireworms: Examining the susceptibility of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) to Beauveria bassiana infection
  

  Presenting Author: Mika Pagani (she/her/hers) – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Thomas P. Kuhar – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Stefan Jaronski – Virginia Tech University
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT

  Working towards more sustainable vegetable production in protected agriculture
  

  Presenting Author: Garima Kohli – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  Co-Author: Kacie Jo Athey – University of Illinois