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Student 10-Minute Presentation Competition

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Student Competition

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Grad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Predators

Monday, November 10, 2025
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, D137-138, OCC

Oral Presentation Student Competition

Presentations:

  • 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM Pacific
    Oxycarenus hyalinipennis: Newly described cotton seed bug predators

    Presenting Author: Theodore L. Adams – University of California

    Co-Author: Mark Hoddle, Ph.D. D.Sc. (he/him/his) – University of California

    Co-Author: Christina Hoddle (she/her/hers) – University Of California Riverside

  • 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM Pacific
    Developing management strategies for Bulimulus bonariensis using predatory snails and row crop natural enemies

    Presenting Author: Kathi Lorraine Malfa – University of Florida

  • 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM Pacific
    Environmental factors shaping generalist ground beetle communities and populations of associated slug prey

    Presenting Author: Thabu Mugala – University of Delaware

    Co-Author: David Owens – University of Delaware

    Co-Author: Michael Crossley (he/him/his) – University of Delaware

  • 11:06 AM - 11:18 AM Pacific
    Integrated disease and vector management of alfalfa mosaic virus in Chile peppers

    Presenting Author: Lara Maria Amiri-Kazaz – Colorado State University

    Co-Author: Adrianna Szczepaniec – Colorado State University

    Co-Author: Punya Nachappa – Colorado State University

    Co-Author: Michael Bartolo – Colorado State University

    Co-Author: Ana Pastrana – UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

    Co-Author: Oleg Daugovish – UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

  • 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific
    It's not just aphids that get nervous: The effects of predator odor cues on aphid parasitism

    Presenting Author: Ayax Del Valle (he/him/his) – Montana State University

    Co-Author: Jessica Kansman (she/her/hers) – Montana State University

    Co-Author: Sara Hermann – Pennsylvania State University

  • 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Pacific
    Life-stage specific predatory efficiency of two generalist predators of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) on contrasting vegetable host plants

    Presenting Author: Itohan Aigbedion-Atalor (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Alvin Simmons – USDA-ARS

    Co-Author: Jason Schmidt – University of Georgia

  • 11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Pacific
    Podisus maculiventris Say pest age-specific predator preference

    Presenting Author: Anjana Duwal (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University

    Co-Author: Jeffrey Davis – Louisiana State University AgCenter

  • 11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Pacific
    Predator-prey interactions between Pterostichus melanarius and Sitona lineatus: Implications for conservation biological control

    Presenting Author: Maggie MacDonald (she/her/hers) – University of Alberta

    Co-Author: Chulantha Diyes – University of Alberta

    Co-Author: Maya Evenden (she/her/hers) – University of Alberta

    Co-Author: Boyd Mori – University of Alberta

  • 12:06 PM - 12:18 PM Pacific
    The impact of predator diversity and phenology on alfalfa weevil suppression

    Presenting Author: Luis Alberto Ochoa Cadena (he/him/his) – New Mexico State University

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

  • 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific
    The influence of prey availability on predator-prey food webs in high tunnels

    Presenting Author: Eleanor L. Meys – University of Illinois

    Co-Author: Kacie Athey – University of Illinois