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

Thursday, January 5, 2017: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Pegasus A (Hyatt Regency Dallas)
Ph.D. Student Competition B
Presiding:
Nathan S. Little
1:30 PM
Plant Volatile Organic Compounds Associated with Fungal Endophyte Seed Treatment of Cotton
Cody Gale, Texas A&M University; Gregory A. Sword, Texas A&M University; Charles P.-C. Suh, USDA-ARS; Jose L. Perez, USDA-ARS; Michael V Kolomiets, Texas A&M Plant Pathology Department
1:45 PM
Germplasm Screening and Dissecting Growth Components Contributing to Thrips Tolerance in Cotton
Baljinder Kaur, North Carolina State University; Linglong Zhu, North Carolina State University; Hui Fang, North Carolina State University; Vasu Kuraparthy, North Carolina State University
2:00 PM
Impact of Early Season Management Decisions on Soybean Yield
John H. North, Mississippi State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University; Don Cook, Mississippi State University; Trent Irby, Mississippi State University; John Orlowski, Mississippi State University
2:15 PM
Macronutrient Intake Alters the Susceptibility of Noctuid Pests to Bt Cotton
Ashley Tessnow, Texas A&M University; Tom Walsh, CSIRO; Spencer Behmer, Texas A&M University; Gregory A. Sword, Texas A&M University
2:30 PM
Improved Understanding of Seed Treatment Performance through Knowledge of Local Levels of Neonicotinoid Resistance
Damon A. D'Ambrosio, North Carolina State University; Anders S. Huseth, North Carolina State University; George G. Kennedy, North Carolina State University
2:45 PM
Impact of Defoliation on Mid-South Soybeans
Benjamin C Thrash, 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; Jason Krutz, Mississippi State University
3:00 PM
Assessment of Rice Stink Bug, Oebalus pugnax, Damage to Grain Sorghum
Aaron Cato, University of Arkansas; Gus Lorenz, The University of Arkansas; Nick Seiter, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture; Glenn Studebaker, University of Arkansas; Andrew Plummer, University of Arkansas CES; Nichole Taillon, University of Arkansas CES; Michael Chaney, University of Arkansas CES; Joseph Black, University of Arkansas CES