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Student 10-Minute Presentation Competition

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Student Competition

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Undergrad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Behavior, Biocontrol, and Ecology

Monday, November 10, 2025
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, A105, OCC

Oral Presentation Student Competition

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM - 8:12 AM Pacific
    Analyzing ant aggression in an ant-treehopper mutualism

    Presenting Author: Susana G. Martin – University of Illinois

  • 8:12 AM - 8:24 AM Pacific
    Comparison of Aphidius ervi behavior on Medicago sativa stems with and without glandular trichomes

    Presenting Author: Yasmine Helbling – University of Maryland

    Co-Author: Bill Lamp – University of Maryland

  • 8:24 AM - 8:36 AM Pacific
    Diameter matters, but what about length? Host selection by bark beetles

    Presenting Author: Aochi Mai – Tokyo Metropolitan University

    Co-Author: Etsuro Takagi – Tokyo Metropolitan University

  • 8:36 AM - 8:48 AM Pacific
    Frightened feeding: Assessing the impact of parasitic wasps on aphid feeding using the electrical penetration graph technique

    Presenting Author: Karli Brianna Gowen – Montana State University

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

  • 8:48 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific
    To wash or not to wash: How variable washing methods impact the mycobiome present on ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Platypodinae and Scolytinae) prior to dilution plating

    Presenting Author: Connor Biser – Brigham Young University

    Co-Author: Jiri Hulcr – University of Florida

  • 9:00 AM - 9:12 AM Pacific
    Using historical data to inform the future: A retrospective analysis of cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni) activity in Oregon

    Presenting Author: Kyleah Rabe – Oregon State University

    Co-Author: Jessica Green – Oregon State University

  • 9:12 AM - 9:24 AM Pacific
    Wood-boring insect communities in young, top-killed western larch (Larix occidentalis)

    Presenting Author: Emma Lianna Eakins (She/they) – University of Idaho

    Co-Author: Katelyn Rau – University of Idaho

    Co-Author: Brett Bohnert (they/them/theirs) – University of Idaho

    Co-Author: Stephen Cook – University of Idaho