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Section Symposium

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Conservation Biological Control Through Habitat Management: Bridging Challenges and Innovations

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, D135, OCC

Oral Presentation

Discover how habitat management can enhance conservation biological control by supporting natural enemies of pests. This symposium explores innovative strategies and cutting-edge research to optimize pest suppression through ecological approaches. Attendees will gain practical insights and recent advances in designing sustainable ecosystems that balance pest control, biodiversity, and agricultural productivity.

Presentations:

  • 9:30 AM - 9:35 AM Pacific
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Pragya Kiju (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

  • 9:35 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    Enhancing conservation biological control through cropping system diversifications

    Presenting Author: Subodh Adhikari – Utah State University

  • 9:50 AM - 10:05 AM Pacific
    No-till, cover crops, and IPM combine to make conservation biological control possible in field crops

    Presenting Author: John Tooker – Pennsylvania State University

  • 10:05 AM - 10:20 AM Pacific
    The effects of conservation agricultural management practices on the pollinator nutritional landscape

    Presenting Author: Giovanni Tundo – United States Department of Agriculture

  • 10:20 AM - 10:35 AM Pacific
    Trade-offs of cover crops for arthropod pest regulation, a meta-analysis

    Presenting Author: Elizabeth Rowen – University of California

    Co-Author: Carmen Blubaugh – University of Illinois

  • 10:35 AM - 10:50 AM Pacific
    How landscape composition modulates natural enemy attraction to a common plant volatile

    Presenting Author: Yahel Ben-Zvi (he/they) – Rutgers University

    Co-Author: Cesar Rodriguez-Saona (he/him/his) – Rutgers University

  • 10:50 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific
    Break
  • 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Pacific
    Prairie strips as a source of ground beetles for biological control in adjacent crops

    Presenting Author: Matthew E O’Neal – Iowa State University

    Co-Author: Andreas Vargas – University of Idaho

    Co-Author: Lisa Schulte Moore – Iowa State University

  • 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific
    Does creating habitat for natural enemies control pests?

    Presenting Author: Heather Grab (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University

    Co-Author: Gregory Loeb – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Katja Poveda – Cornell University

  • 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific
    An evaluation of semi-arid landscape effects on pest and predator communities in alfalfa

    Presenting Author: Evangelina Carabotta – New Mexico State University

    Co-Author: Ricardo Ramirez (he/him/his) – New Mexico State University

  • 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
    Predator communities and predation in adjacent row crops and conservation grasslands

    Presenting Author: Hannah Stowe – University of California

    Co-Author: Julie A. Peterson – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Pacific
    Flowering plants and conservation biological control

    Presenting Author: Kaushalya Amarasekare – Tennessee State University

    Co-Author: Yuna Gaire – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Binita Sigdel – Tennessee State University

    Co-Author: Manju Yogi – Tennessee State University

  • 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific
    Mitigating pollinator decline with habitat enhancements

    Presenting Author: Garima Gupta – University of Minnesota

    Co-Author: Vera Krischik – University of Minnesota