Cotton Insect Research and Control - Thursday Early Afternoon - Ph.D. Student Paper Competition A

Thursday, January 5, 2017: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Reunion F (Hyatt Regency Dallas)
Ph.D. Student Competition A
Presiding:
Fred Musser
1:30 PM
Boll Weevil (Anthonomus grandis) Population Genomics As a Tool for Monitoring and Management
Tyler Jay Raszick, Texas A&M University; Gregory A. Sword, Texas A&M University; Charles P.-C. Suh, USDA-ARS; Raul Ruiz-Arce, USDA-APHIS
1:45 PM
Sugarcane Aphid, Melanaphis Sacchari and Grain Sorghum: Implications for Honeybees, Apis Mellifera
Whitney Crow, Mississippi State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University; Scott D. Stewart, The University of Tennessee; Sandy Steckel, The University of Tennessee
2:00 PM
Planting Date and Its Effects on Management Strategies in Mississippi Soybean
Nick R Bateman, Mississippi State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University; Don Cook, Mississippi State University; Fred Musser, Mississippi State University; Trent Irby, Mississippi State University
2:15 PM
The Evaluation of New Bt Technologies for the Control of Thrips and Tarnished Plant Bugs
Scott Hester Graham, The University of Tennessee; Scott D. Stewart, The University of Tennessee
2:30 PM
Winter Cover Crop-Soybean Systems: An Entomological Perspective
Adam Whalen, Mississippi State University; Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; Don Cook, Mississippi State University; Fred Musser, Mississippi State University
2:45 PM
Spatial Relationships of Cotton Pests in the South Texas Landscape
Isaac L. Esquivel, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Department of Entomology; Michael J. Brewer, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Department of Entomology; Robert Coulson, Texas A&M