Grad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Horticulture

Moderator(s)

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  Kelly Hamby (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Entomology
  University of Maryland
  College Park, Maryland
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  Justin Renkema

  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM Pacific

  Assessment of the damage caused by dual presence of two invasive drosophilids (Drosophila suzukii and Zaprionus indianus) in raspberries and blackberries
  

  Presenting Author: Ellie McCabe – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Nicholas Teets – University of Kentucky
• 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM Pacific

  Do mothers know best? Testing the preference-performance hypothesis of beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) in post-flooded tomato plants
  

  Presenting Author: Minxing Zhu – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Esther Ngumbi – University of Illinois
• 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM Pacific

  Environmental effects on populations of spotted wing drosophila across Missouri’s small fruit farms
  

  Presenting Author: Bishal Pandey (he/him/his) – Lincoln University of Missouri

  Co-Author: Waana Kaluwasha (she/her/hers) – Lincoln University of Missouri

  Co-Author: Tianqi Yao – University of Missouri

  Co-Author: Jianfeng Zhou – University of Missouri

  Co-Author: Maciej Pszczolkowski – Missouri State University

  Co-Author: Clement Akotsen-Mensah – Lincoln University

  Co-Author: Sarah Turner (she/her/hers) – Lincoln University of Missouri
• 11:06 AM - 11:18 AM Pacific

  Feeding vibrations of Liriomyza trifolii on tomato plants and Diglyphus isaea host searching behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Stefano Galvagni (he/him/his) – University of Trento

  Co-Author: Rachele Nieri (she/her/hers) – University of Trento

  Co-Author: Michele Perazzolli – University of Trento

  Co-Author: Valerio Mazzoni – Fondazione Edmund Mach (Edmund Mach Foundation)

  Co-Author: Giacomo Moretti – University of Trento
• 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  Improving ipm strategies by monitoring and identifying Plum curculio strains in Illinois
  

  Presenting Author: Karuna Kafle (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Kacie Athey – University of Illinois
• 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Pacific

  Monitoring an invasive species, Thrips parvispinus population in southern Florida pepper
  

  Presenting Author: Adrian I. Chavez – University of Florida

  Co-Author: De-Fen Mou (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Anna Meszaros – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Julien Beuzelin – University of Florida
• 11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Pacific

  Resistance of ornamental lilies to feeding by the invasive lily leaf beetle, Lilioceris lilii (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Michigan
  

  Presenting Author: Mikaela Shutter-Trexell – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Marianna Szucs – Michigan State University
• 11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Pacific

  Seasonal population patterns of the invasive crape myrtle bark scale (Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae) in South Carolina
  

  Presenting Author: Samantha Michele Kennett – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Emily Mueller – Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Grounds and Arboretum

  Co-Author: Nilesh Timilsina – Clemson University

  Co-Author: David Coyle – Clemson University
• 12:06 PM - 12:18 PM Pacific

  Sniffing out stress: Behavioral responses of Xylosandrus germanus to stressed apple trees
  

  Presenting Author: Sandra Lizarraga – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Monique Rivera – Cornell University