Cotton Insect Research & Control - Wednesday Early Afternoon - PhD Student Paper Competition

Wednesday, January 9, 2019: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Galerie 3 (New Orleans Marriott)
Presiding:
Benjamin C Thrash
1:30 PM
Relating Rice Stink Bug, Oebalus Pugnax, Sampling to Direct and Indirect Yield Loss in Rice
Aaron Cato, University of Arkansas; Gus Lorenz, The University of Arkansas; Nick R. Bateman, University of Arkansas - RREC; Jarrod Hardke, University of Arkansas-RREC; Benjamin C Thrash, University of Arkansas; Tara Clayton, University of Arkansas-RREC; Nichole Taillon, University of Arkansas CES; Andrew Plummer, University of Arkansas CES; Kevin McPherson, University of Arkansas; Layton D McCullars, University of Arkansas
1:45 PM
Landscape and Climatic Factors Affecting Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris) Infestations in Mid-Atlantic Cotton Systems
Seth Dorman, Virginia Tech University; Sally Taylor, Virginia Tech University; Roger Schuerch, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2:00 PM
Interplay between Cotton, Native Bees, and the Surrounding Landscape: Reciprocal Benefits to Cotton and Bee Pollinators
Isaac L. Esquivel, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Department of Entomology; Karen W. Wright, Texas A&M University Insect Collection; Michael J. Brewer, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Department of Entomology; Robert Coulson, Texas A&M
2:15 PM
Rearing Climate Can Alter Predator Foraging Rates in Novel Environments
Cori Speights, Mississippi State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; Brandon Barton, Mississippi State University
2:30 PM
Identification of Resistance Alleles to Bt Proteins in Helicoverpa zea
Jose C. Santiago Gonzalez, Texas A&M University; Fei Yang, Texas A&M University; David Kerns, Texas A&M University
2:45 PM
Landscape Level Contributions of Helicoverpa Zea in Mississippi Corn
Tyler B Towles, Mississippi State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University; Don Cook, Mississippi State University; Mike Caprio, Mississippi State University; Chris Daves, Monsanto
3:00 PM
Fungal Endophyte Seed Treatments Enhance Defensive Volatile Emissions and Alter Stink Bug Olfactory Preference
Cody Gale, Texas A&M University; Charles P.-C. Suh, USDA-ARS ICCDRU; Michael V Kolomiets, Texas A&M Plant Pathology Department; Gregory A. Sword, Texas A&M University