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Student Competition Winners

Student Competition Winners

133 results found

  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    1st Place: Diversity patterns of leaf litter weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) along an elevational gradient in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve of northeastern Mexico
    Presenting Author: Damian Villasenor-Amador – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
    Co-Author: Juan J. Morrone – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
    Co-Author: Milan Janda – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    1st Place: Interaction between landscape complexity and local management influences pest management and yield services in ecologically intensified farms in Kenya
    Presenting Author: Timothy Luttermoser – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Bester T. Mudereri – International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (icipe)
    Co-Author: Yann Clough – Lund University
    Co-Author: Wilhelm May – Lund University
    Co-Author: Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman – International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (icipe)
    Co-Author: Zeyaur R. Khan – International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (icipe)
    Co-Author: Charles Midega – Poverty and Health Integrated Solutions
    Co-Author: Dickens Nyagol – International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (icipe)
    Co-Author: Katja Poveda – Cornell University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    1st Place: Predators under spotlights! Behavioral responses of Orius insidiosus to artifical light spectra and intensities combinations
    Presenting Author: Morgane Canovas (she/her/hers) – Université Laval
    Co-Author: Jonathan Levesque – Optical National Institute
    Co-Author: Tigran Galstian – Université Laval
    Co-Author: Paul K. Abram – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Co-Author: Martine Dorais – Université Laval
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    1st Place: Structural and functional characterization of a delta-class glutathione S-transferase in the European honey bee, Apis mellifera
    Presenting Author: Sonu Koirala B K (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Fang Zhu – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Timothy W. Moural – Pennsylvania State University
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    2nd Place: Evaluation of larval movement and survival for western corn rootworm and European corn borer in blended refuges of short-stature corn
    Presenting Author: Devin L. Radosevich – Iowa State University
    Co-Author: Graham P. Head – Bayer Crop Science
    Co-Author: Matthew W. Carroll – Bayer Crop Science
    Co-Author: Aaron J. Gassmann – Iowa State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    2nd Place: Fluctuating temperatures as a predictor of eastern spruce budworm defoliation
    Presenting Author: Emily Black (she/her/hers) – The University of British Columbia
    Co-Author: Katie Marshall – The University of British Columbia
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    2nd Place: Indirect effects of invasive insect management on forest insect abundance and biodiversity
    Presenting Author: Alyssa L. Lucas (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri
    Co-Author: Lauren L. Sullivan – University of Missouri
    Co-Author: Kevin B. Rice – University of Missouri
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    2nd Place: Multigenerational insecticide exposure reduces tolerance to multiple stressors in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
    Presenting Author: Erika Bueno (she/her/hers) – University of Vermont
    Co-Author: Yolanda H. Chen (she/her/hers) – University of Vermont
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT
    1st Place: Dynamic distribution modeling of the swamp tigertail dragonfly, Synthemis eustalacta, over a 20-year bushfire regime
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 207
    Presenting Author: Aaron M. Goodman – American Museum of Natural History
    Co-Author: Jamie Kass – Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
    Co-Author: Jessica L. Ware – American Museum of Natural History
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT
    2nd Place: A peek at how different oyster mushroom (Pleurotus spp.) hunting strategies can impact fungus gnat (Lycoriella spp.) management
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 208/209
    Presenting Author: Grace Sward – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Christopher M. Ranger – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Andy Michel – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Valerie M. Anderson (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Luis A. Cañas – The Ohio State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT
    2nd Place: Ants in agriculture: Their diversity, ecological role, and utility as a model soil organism for ecotoxicological studies
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Aaron D. Fairweather – University of Guelph
    Co-Author: Nigel E. Raine – University of Guelph
    Co-Author: Jonathan Schmidt – University of Guelph
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT
    2nd Place: Characterization of a female specific reductase in cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis in Drosophila melanogaster
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 204
    Presenting Author: Taylor Hori – Michigan State University
    Co-Author: Zinan Wang – Michigan State University
    Co-Author: Henry Chung – Michigan State University
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT
    2nd Place: Characterizing the multi-modal host cue complex that attracts stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Miele McGowan – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Tandeep Brar – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT
    2nd Place: In search of lost types: Adventures in European Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 110
    Presenting Author: Jessica Awad – State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart
    Co-Author: Elijah Talamas – Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
    Co-Author: Lars Krogmann – State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    1st Place: Assessing interspecific competition between two specialist predators of hemlock woolly adelgid, Laricobius spp. and Leucotaraxis spp.
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 217/218/219
    Presenting Author: Olivia K. Andrews (she/her/hers) – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Albert E. Mayfield – USDA-Forest Service
    Co-Author: Scott S. Salom – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Chin-Cheng Yang – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Mark Whitmore – Cornell University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    1st Place: Canada's food guide for farmed crickets: Lifetime macronutrient intake of Gryllodes sigillatus
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Matthew J. Muzzatti – Carleton University
    Co-Author: Sarah J Harrison – Carleton University
    Co-Author: Caelyn T Brittain – Carleton University
    Co-Author: Hunter Brzezinski – Carleton University
    Co-Author: Cassandra C Stabile – Carleton University
    Co-Author: Sue M Bertram – Carleton University
    Co-Author: Heath A. MacMillan – Carleton University
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    1st Place: Conductive and convective heat, but not infrared radiation, mediate stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, and horn fly, Haematobia irritans, alighting and probing responses on thermally different targets
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Eve P. Meyer – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Nelson Lee – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    1st Place: Differences in detrital resource availability for Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens mosquitoes along socioeconomic gradients and implications for competition
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Sarah Rothman (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Shannon LaDeau – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
    Co-Author: Amanda Rockler – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Hubert Montas – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Sacoby Wilson – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Adel Shirmohammadi – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Victoria Chanse – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Paul T. Leisnham – University of Maryland
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    1st Place: Diverse microbes promote mosquito development in nutrient-poor environments
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 206
    Presenting Author: Derek T. Huck – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Michael R. Strand – University of Georgia
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    1st Place: Evaluating a combo lure system for apple IPM
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 302/303
    Presenting Author: Chloe Weingarten – Mayo High School
    Co-Author: Sally G. Nelson – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Erin W. Hodgson – Iowa State University
    Co-Author: William D. Hutchison – University of Minnesota
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    2nd Place: Butterflies and bees in unlikely landscapes: Patterns of roadside pollinator diversity in southern Idaho
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 119/120
    Presenting Author: Thomas Meinzen – Montana State University
    Co-Author: Diane Debinski – Montana State University
    Co-Author: Laura Burkle – Montana State University
    Co-Author: Rob Ament – Western Transportation Institute
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    2nd Place: Hitting the mark: Precision pesticide applications for the control of aphids in California lettuce
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 210
    Presenting Author: Adelaine Abrams – University of California
    Co-Author: Daniel K. Hasegawa – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Ian Grettenberger – University of California
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    2nd Place: Immune defense and the unfolded protein response in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Dominique Magistrado (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Sarah M. Short – The Ohio State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT
    1st Place: Developing localized keys for NEON ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) identification
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 306
    Presenting Author: Evan S. Waite (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT
    1st Place: Do surface semiochemicals mediate object recognition and ensuing behavioral decisions by ants?
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 111/112
    Presenting Author: Jenelle C. Breen – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Asim Renyard – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Regine Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT
    1st Place: Gene expression profiling of diapausing Euschistus stink bugs
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 304/305
    Presenting Author: Frederico Hickmann – Universidade de São Paulo
    Co-Author: Jelmer W Poelstra – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Andy Michel – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Megan Meuti – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Alberto Correa – Universidade de São Paulo
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT
    2nd Place: Exposure of Diamesa mendotae, a cold-adapted chironomid, to short-term high temperature
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Hannah M. Bodmer – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Corrie Nyquist – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Bruce Vondracek – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Leonard Ferrington, Jr. – University of Minnesota
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT
    2nd Place: Hymenoptera from a new Canadian amber deposit close to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Elyssa Loewen (she/her/hers) – University of Regina
    Co-Author: Caelan Libke – University of Regina
    Co-Author: Christopher Somers – University of Regina
    Co-Author: Ryan C. McKellar – Royal Saskatchewan Museum
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT
    1st Place: Effects of a pulsed electromagnetic field on limb regeneration in Coleomegilla maculata
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 204
    Presenting Author: Noelle Gamett (she/her/hers) – Brigham Young University
    Co-Author: Paul B. Frandsen – Brigham Young University
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT
    1st Place: Exposure to the common fungicide chlorothalonil for a field-realistic duration does not disturb bumblebee fecal microbiotas
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 213
    Presenting Author: Michelle Z. Hotchkiss – University of Ottawa
    Co-Author: Alexandre J. Poulain – University of Ottawa
    Co-Author: Jessica R K Forrest – University of Ottawa
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT
    1st Place: Is Vip3Aa binding altered in resistant corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea)?
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 210
    Presenting Author: Dawson Kerns – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: Fei Yang – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: David L. Kerns – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Juan Jurat-Fuentes – University of Tennessee
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT
    2nd Place: Corn silk fly (Diptera: Ulidiidae) distribution across crop and weedy habitats on a research farm in Florida
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 116/117
    Presenting Author: Larissa Pereira Lima – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Julien M. Beuzelin – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Donna Larsen – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Mariana Monteiro de Souza Barros – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Dakshina R. Seal – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Sandra A. Allan – USDA-ARS
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT
    2nd Place: Insect abundance and community composition differs among habitats and along edges
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 217/218/219
    Presenting Author: Magdeline E. Anderson – Kansas State University
    Co-Author: Tania N. Kim – Kansas State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT
    2nd Place: Interactions among diet density and resource levels for Drosophila suzukii and its associated larval parasitoids
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 302/303
    Presenting Author: Grace Wang – The University of British Columbia
    Co-Author: Warren Hung Leuk Wong – The University of British Columbia
    Co-Author: Joshua M. Milnes – Washington State Department of Agriculture
    Co-Author: Judith M. Stahl – University of California
    Co-Author: Kent Daane – University of California
    Co-Author: Juli Carrillo – The University of British Columbia
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT
    2nd Place: Parthenogenesis inducing Wolbachia proteins alter eukaryotic cell function
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 122
    Presenting Author: Laura Fricke – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Amelia Lindsey – University of Minnesota
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    1st Place: Intergenerational patterns of microbiota acquisition in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Holly L. Nichols – University of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Kerri L. Coon – University of Wisconsin
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    1st Place: Nutrient balancing and regulation in insects: A geometric framework comparison
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Christopher Brennan – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Spencer Behmer – Texas A&M University
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    1st Place: Eating for winter – diet macronutrients affect caterpillar diapause
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 114/115
    Presenting Author: Clancy A. Short – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Izailda B. santos – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Carrie Deans – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Spencer Behmer – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Silvana Paula-Moraes – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Daniel A. Hahn – University of Florida
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    1st Place: Hybrid Coptotermes colonies shed light on symbiosis in lower termites
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Joseph F. Velenovsky, IV – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Francesca De Martini – Mesa Community College
    Co-Author: Jonathon Hileman – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Gillian Gile – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Thomas P. Chouvenc – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    1st Place: Investigation of a novel allergen from the common bed bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: Johnalyn Gordon (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Zachary DeVries – University of Kentucky
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    1st Place: Physical exclusion of apple pests using hail-netting in Minnesota orchards
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 121
    Presenting Author: Sally G. Nelson – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Annie Klodd – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: William D. Hutchison – University of Minnesota
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    1st Place: Screening a novel symbiont-mediated antibacterial mechanism from the termite gut
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 122
    Presenting Author: Emma R. Chilcoat – Southern Illinois University
    Co-Author: Kamila Lopez-Duque – Southern Illinois University
    Co-Author: Jordan Robinson – Southern Illinois University
    Co-Author: Brittany Peterson – Southern Illinois University
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    1st Place: Systematic revision of the obscure ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), reciprocally informed by phylogenomic inference and morphological data
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Zachary H. Griebenow – University of California
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    1st Place: The evolution of bark beetle–fungus mutualisms: Insights from a hardwood system
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 212
    Presenting Author: Debra Wertman – The University of British Columbia
    Co-Author: Allan Carroll – The University of British Columbia
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    2nd Place: Fungicide exposure reduces learning performance and homing ability in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 213
    Presenting Author: Nicole S. DesJardins – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Adrian L. Fisher II, II – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Jon F. Harrison – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Brian H. Smith – Arizona State University
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    2nd Place: Physiological and behavioral mechanisms of age-based host selection in Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 111/112
    Presenting Author: Julia C. Wooby – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Co-Author: George C. Hamilton – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Co-Author: Chloe Hawkings – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    2nd Place: Sex-specific interactions of doublesex in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 304/305
    Presenting Author: Daniel Heschuk – University of Manitoba
    Co-Author: Kousha Kamal – University of Manitoba
    Co-Author: Steve Whyard – University of Manitoba
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    2nd Place: Taiwan bees: A checklist and status of the fauna
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 306
    Presenting Author: Rin Krichilsky (they/them/theirs) – Columbia University / American Museum of Natural History
    Co-Author: Wen-Chi Yeh – Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
    Co-Author: I-Hsin Sung – National Chiayi University
    Co-Author: Sheng-Shan Lu – Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    1st Place: Monitoring pyrethroid susceptibility in rice stink bug
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 208/209
    Presenting Author: Mary Jane Lytle – Mississippi State University
    Co-Author: Jeffrey Gore – Mississippi State University
    Co-Author: Whitney Crow – Mississippi State University
    Co-Author: Angus Catchot – Mississippi State University
    Co-Author: Don Cook – Mississippi State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    1st Place: The biology and phylogeny of Brachininae: A new hope
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 110
    Presenting Author: Raine M. Ikagawa – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Wendy Moore – University of Arizona
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    2nd Place: Quit bugging me: The influence of phorid flies on foraging and immunity in fire ant workers
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Joanie T. King – New Mexico State University
    Co-Author: Jesse Starkey – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Valerie R. Holmes (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Robert Puckett – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Edward L. Vargo – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    2nd Place: The role of berry injuries and Drosophila fruit flies in sour rot disease development
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 212
    Presenting Author: Rekha Bhandari – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Stephen Hesler – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Kaitlin Gold – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Greg M. Loeb – Cornell University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    2nd Place: Three-dimensional analysis of vitellogenesis in Aedes aegypti using synchrotron x-ray microCT
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Lindsey K. Mack – University of California
    Co-Author: Immo A. Hansen – New Mexico State University
    Co-Author: Dula Parkinson – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Geoffrey M. Attardo (he/him/his) – University of California
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    1st Place: Optimization of monitoring strategies and biopesticide efficacy for the control of Euproctis chrysorrhoea in Maine
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 118
    Presenting Author: Sadia Crosby (she/her/hers) – University of Maine
    Co-Author: Philip Fanning – University of Maine
    Co-Author: Angela M. Mech – University of Maine
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    1st Place: Think of the children! Female host preference and offspring performance of mountain pine beetle in lodgepole and jack pines
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 116/117
    Presenting Author: Antonia Elizabeth Musso – University of Alberta
    Co-Author: Allan Carroll – The University of British Columbia
    Co-Author: Maya L. Evenden – University of Alberta
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    2nd Place: Onion thrips host plant preference and performance are mediated by plant disease
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Natalie Constancio – Michigan State University
    Co-Author: Doug Higgins – Michigan State University
    Co-Author: Zsofia Szendrei – Michigan State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    2nd Place: The perfect meal: Determining how aging affects cockroach gel bait performance
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: Isabelle M. Lucero (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Sudip Gaire (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Zachary DeVries – University of Kentucky
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    2nd Place: The proportion of foraging Coptotermes workers in relation to the number of foraging sites
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 301
    Presenting Author: Alina Lorenzo – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    2nd Place: Using frass to estimate lepidopteran biodiversity and biomass across an urban gradient
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 207
    Presenting Author: Lillian Khristina Hendrick – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Michael W. Belitz – Florida Museum of Natural History
    Co-Author: Asia Sawyer – Florida Museum of Natural History
    Co-Author: Robert Guralnick – Florida Museum of Natural History
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    2nd Place: Using synthetic diets to examine how the gut microbiome responds to dietary carbohydrate source in the omnivorous cockroach Periplaneta americana
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 206
    Presenting Author: Rachel Dockman – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Elizabeth A. Ottesen – University of Georgia
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    2nd Place: V410L kdr mutations in Aedes aegypti populations from Harris County, TX, USA, and their influence in survivorship after exposure to Permanone 31-66 in field cage tests
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Jonathan R. Hernandez – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Shuling Liu – Oregon Health & Science University
    Co-Author: Chris Fredregill – Harris County Public Health
    Co-Author: Patricia V. Pietrantonio – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    1st Place: Spatial and temporal analysis of iris yellow spot virus (IYSV; Peribunyaviridae) in New York onion fields
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Lidia Komondy – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Marc Fuchs – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Brian Nault – Cornell University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    1st Place: The mechanism behind beneficial effects of bee-associated fungi on bumble bee health
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 119/120
    Presenting Author: Danielle Rutkowski – University of California
    Co-Author: Makena Weston – University of California
    Co-Author: Rachel L. Vannette – University of California
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    1st Place: Uncovering the genetic architecture of locust phase polyphenism using the locust Schistocerca piceifrons and grasshopper Schistocerca serialis cubense
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 301
    Presenting Author: Alyssa Canova – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Bert Foquet – Illinois State University
    Co-Author: Drew Little – University of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Jorge H. Medina Duran – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Hojun Song – Texas A&M University
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    1st Place: Under your nose: How olfactory cues influence recognition and preference of fungal symbionts
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Alison H. Jennings (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Alissa R. Geisse – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Olivia Kuethe – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Rachelle M. Adams – The Ohio State University
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    2nd Place: Identifying repellents for spotted-wing drosophila from anthracnose-infected fruits
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 211
    Presenting Author: Amanda Quadrel – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Co-Author: Cesar R. Rodriguez-Saona – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    2nd Place: Investigating chemoreception and behavioural responses of Tetranychus urticae koch to naturally-based repellents and Acaricides
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 114/115
    Presenting Author: Kayla H. Gaudet – Acadia University
    Co-Author: N. Kirk Hillier – Acadia University
    Co-Author: Nicoletta Faraone – Acadia University
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    2nd Place: Using urban grasslands to explore constraints of soil microarthropod biodiversity and function
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 121
    Presenting Author: Hayden Bock – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Kyle Wickings – Cornell University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    1st Place: Do the locomotion: Bimodal alarm signals of Western carpenter ants alter locomotory responses of nestmates
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 211
    Presenting Author: Asim Renyard – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Regine Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    2nd Place: Quantifying asiatic garden beetle damage in commercial mint
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 118
    Presenting Author: Connor Sturr (he/him/his) – Purdue University
    Co-Author: Douglas Richmond – Purdue University
    Co-Author: Elizabeth Long – Purdue University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT
    1st Place: Context dependent benefits of melanism explain phenotypic plasticity
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 301
    Presenting Author: Sarah E. Britton (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Goggy Davidowitz – University of Arizona
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT
    1st Place: Determining the relationship between Asiatic garden beetle larval density and damage to field corn
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 210
    Presenting Author: Kyle Akred – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Amy Raudenbush – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Adrian Pekarcik – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Suranga Basnagala – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Kelley J. Tilmon – The Ohio State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT
    1st Place: Does tolerance to metal pollution facilitate the dominance of the wolf spider Pardosa milvina in cities?
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 121
    Presenting Author: Lucy Guarnieri – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Leo Taylor – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Mary Margaret Gardiner – The Ohio State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT
    1st Place: Generating fluorescent blow fly strains to aid in validation of postmortem interval estimates
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Amber MacInnis (she/her/hers) – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Andre Costa-da-Silva – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Anthony Bellantuono – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Matthew DeGennaro – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Jeffrey Wells – Florida International University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT
    2nd Place: Determining Minagenia (Hymenoptera:Pompilidae) phylogeny and biogeography using ultra-conserved elements
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 207
    Presenting Author: Brenna L. Decker – Utah State University
    Co-Author: Emily Sadler – Utah State University
    Co-Author: James P. Pitts – Utah State University
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT
    1st Place: Phylogeny of Appalachian Trechus (Coleoptera: Carabidae), a speciose high elevation endemic
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 306
    Presenting Author: Patricia L. Wooden – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Michael S. Caterino – Clemson University
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT
    2nd Place: Examining two Dicyphus species (Hemiptera: Miridae) for their potential use as biological control agents on greenhouse tomato
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 122
    Presenting Author: Carly A. Demers – University of Windsor
    Co-Author: Sherah VanLaerhoven, BCE – University of Windsor
    Co-Author: Roselyne Labbé – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    1st Place: Evaluating bee communities along an urban gradient in squash production
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 119/120
    Presenting Author: Jennifer Zavalnitskaya – Michigan State University
    Co-Author: Zsofia Szendrei – Michigan State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    1st Place: Friend, foe, or acquaintance? Interactions between Pterostichus melanarius (Ill.) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and the pea leaf weevil L. (Sitona lineatus) in pulse agroecosystems
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 122
    Presenting Author: Maggie MacDonald – University of Alberta
    Co-Author: Boyd A. Mori – University of Alberta
    Co-Author: Maya L. Evenden – University of Alberta
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    2nd Place: Reevaluating relationships within Australasian endemic dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 306
    Presenting Author: Natalie A. Saxton – Cleveland Museum of Natural History
    Co-Author: Nicole L. Gunter – Cleveland Museum of Natural History
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    2nd Place: Repeated evolution of morphological characters in ecomorphs of avian feather lice
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 301
    Presenting Author: Aswaj Punnath – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Stanislav Kolencik (he/him/his) – University of Nevada, Reno
    Co-Author: Kevin P. P. Johnson – Illinois Natural History Survey
    Co-Author: Avery Grant (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada
    Co-Author: Julie M. M. Allen – University of Nevada
    Co-Author: Edward L. Stanley – Florida Museum of Natural History
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    2nd Place: Investigating spatiotemporal distributions of West Nile virus in sentinel chicken coops during an active transmission season in Florida
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Yasmin Tavares – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Jonathan Day – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Bryan Giordano – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Bradley H. Eastmond – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Lindsay P. Campbell – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT
    2nd Place: Optimizing a trapping scheme to detect and characterize the flight period of baldcypress leafroller
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 121
    Presenting Author: Kristy M. McAndrew – Mississippi State University
    Co-Author: Samuel F. Ward – Mississippi State University
    Co-Author: Brian Sullivan – USDA-Forest Service
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT
    2nd Place: Seeing what’s not there: 3D printing as a tool to improve invasive species detection and identification
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Olivia Lang – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Ashley Leach – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Andy Michel – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Suranga Basnagala – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Luis A. Cañas – The Ohio State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT
    2nd Place: Surveying insect biodiversity of bogs and orchids in northern British Columbia
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 119/120
    Presenting Author: Genevieve van der Voort (she/her/hers) – University of Northern British Columbia
    Co-Author: Jasmine K. Janes – Vancouver Island University
    Co-Author: Dezene P. Huber – University of Northern British Columbia
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    1st Place: Phylogeography of the Mojave giant tiger beetle
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 207
    Presenting Author: Rachel Glynn (she/they) – Northern Arizona University
    Co-Author: Grey T. Gustafson – Northern Arizona University
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    1st Place: The community composition of La Crosse virus vectors varies with urbanization intensity in Knox County, TN, USA
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Corey Day – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    2nd Place: Seasonal dynamics of soybean gall midge cocoons in soil from infested soybean fields
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 210
    Presenting Author: Mikaelison da Silva Lima – University of Nebraska
    Co-Author: Justin Justin McMechan – University of Nebraska
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT
    1st Place: Aedes aegypti preference between canines and humans volatile skin compounds
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Melissa B. Rosalez (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
    Co-Author: Christopher J. Vitek – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
    Co-Author: Rupesh Kariyat – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT
    1st Place: Antisense oligonucleotides as a novel tool for reducing Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus acquisition by Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) in citrus groves
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 304/305
    Presenting Author: Erik L. Roldan, Sr. (he/him/his) – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Kirsten S. Pelz-Stelinski (she/her/hers) – University of Florida CREC
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT
    1st Place: Butterfly community response to grazing management in Wisconsin
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 114/115
    Presenting Author: Anna Skye Bruce (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin–Madison
    Co-Author: Claudio Gratton – University of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Karen S. Oberhauser – University of Wisconsin
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT
    2nd Place: Assessing resistance of various southern highbush blueberry cultivars to blueberry gall midge
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 110
    Presenting Author: Marice Lopez – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Patricio R. Munoz – University of Florida
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT
    2nd Place: Companion plants enhance the benefits of syrphid flies for vegetable production
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: Leah Gastonguay – University of Missouri
    Co-Author: Deborah Finke – University of Missouri
    Co-Author: Terry L. Woods – University of Missouri
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT
    2nd Place: An evaluation of contact and topical toxicity of fluralaner on culicoides biting midges
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Blythe E. Lawson – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: Emily Gray McDermott – University of Arkansas
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT
    2nd Place: Evaluation of sweet potato IPM using organic methods
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 206
    Presenting Author: Claire Schloemer – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Scott H. Graham – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Kathy Lawrence – Auburn Univeristy
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT
    2nd Place: Growth of Bt-resistant western corn rootworm reduced by soil microbes from cover crop fields
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 213
    Presenting Author: Kyle Paddock – University of Missouri
    Co-Author: Kristen Veum – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Deborah Finke – University of Missouri
    Co-Author: Aaron Ericsson – University of Missouri
    Co-Author: Bruce Hibbard – USDA-ARS
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT
    1st Place: Blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, sense and avoid ant-frequented areas
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Claire E. Gooding (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Regine Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    1st Place: Screening for salvation: QTL-based screening for virus resistance in honey bees
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 204
    Presenting Author: Robert X. Lu – University of Alberta
    Co-Author: Shilpi Bhatia – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
    Co-Author: Prashant Waiker – University of North Carolina
    Co-Author: Michael Simone-Finstrom – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Olav Rueppell – University of Alberta
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    1st Place: Sexually dimorphic flicker fusion and wing flash frequencies in stable flies and horn flies: A potential basis for augmenting light traps
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gunisha Sanghera – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Adam J. Blake – University of Washington
    Co-Author: Megan MacGregor – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    2nd Place: Enhancement of feeding and dispersal ability in the bean bug, Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae) mediated by environmentally-transmitted gut symbionts
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 304/305
    Presenting Author: Minhyung Jung – Gachon University
    Co-Author: Doo-Hyung Lee – Gachon University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    2nd Place: Evaluating the accuracy and sensitivity of a DNA-based assay for discriminating spotted-wing drosophila from common drosophilids in Indiana
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 118
    Presenting Author: Zihan Hong – Purdue University
    Co-Author: Andy Michel – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Elizabeth Long – Purdue University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    2nd Place: Investigating the impacts of cover crop soil legacies on belowground multitrophic interactions in maize
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Olivia Trase – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Jared G. Ali – Pennsylvania State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    2nd Place: Moth assemblage occurrence across urban community gardens
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 116/117
    Presenting Author: Nicole E. Wonderlin (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    2nd Place: Novel technology for mating disruption of diamondback moth in southern Virginia
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 212
    Presenting Author: Taylore Sydnor – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Tom P. Kuhar – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Alejandro Del-Pozo – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: James Walgenbach – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Ashley Edwards – Virginia Cooperative Extension
    Co-Author: Brent Short – Trécé Inc.
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    1st Place: Long-read sequencing is revolutionizing silk research: Comparing repetitive heavy fibroin silk genes in new moth and caddisfly genomes
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Amanda Markee – Florida Museum of Natural History
    Co-Author: Amanda Markee – Florida Museum of Natural History
    Co-Author: Paul B. Frandsen – Brigham Young University
    Co-Author: Jacqueline Heckenhauer – LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics
    Co-Author: David Plotkin – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Akito Y. Kawahara – University of Florida
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    1st Place: Natural enemy community responds to management in pecan orchards: Implications of hedging and pesticides
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: Pedro Toledo – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Clive Bock – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Jason M. Schmidt – University of Georgia
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    1st Place: Phenology of flight and number of generations of Helicoverpa zeaBoddie (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in a migratory region
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 213
    Presenting Author: Izailda B. santos – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Silvana Paula-Moraes – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Julien M. Beuzelin – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Daniel A. Hahn – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Clyde W. Fraisse – University of Florida
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    1st Place: Reclaiming vacant land to support stormwater management and bee habitat
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 111/112
    Presenting Author: Michelle A. Pham – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: MaLisa R. Spring – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Frances S. Sivakoff – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Mary Margaret Gardiner – The Ohio State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    2nd Place: Pesticide-induced reduction of natural enemies leads to outbreak of soybean looper, Chrysodeixis includens (Walker), in Louisiana soybean, Glycine max (L.)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 217/218/219
    Presenting Author: Scott T. Lee – Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
    Co-Author: Jeffrey A. Davis – Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    2nd Place: Population genetics of the soybean aphid voltage-gated sodium channel gene
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 302/303
    Presenting Author: Rosa E. Lozano (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Amelia Lindsey – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Debora Paula – Embrapa Genetic Resources
    Co-Author: David Andow – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Robert L. Koch – University of Minnesota
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    2nd Place: Scent-sational snares: Optimizing and evaluating pheromone-baited traps as tools for monitoring Contarinia brassicola on the Canadian prairies
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 211
    Presenting Author: Kyle A. Van Camp – University of Alberta
    Co-Author: Boyd A. Mori – University of Alberta
    Co-Author: Meghan Vankosky (she/her/hers) – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Co-Author: Daniel Bray – University of Greenwich
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT
    1st Place: Factors influencing establishment success of predator and parasitoid biological control introductions in Hawaiʻi
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 118
    Presenting Author: Michelle Garwei Au – University of Hawai'i
    Co-Author: Mark G. Wright – University of Hawai'i
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT
    1st Place: Pollinator abundance and diversity across varying populations of Lupinus perennis in Pennsylvania
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 116/117
    Presenting Author: Isabella Petitta – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Autumn Sabo – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT
    2nd Place: Seasonal incidence of larvae of the corn earworm and tobacco budworm, and their parasitoids, on hemp in Tennessee
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Julian B. Cosner – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: Jerome F. Grant (he/him/his) – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: Mitchell Richmond – University of Tennessee
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT
    2nd Place: The reclamation history of formely mined land affects present-day plant-insect interactions
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 111/112
    Presenting Author: Anna N. Starkey – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Andrew C. McCall – Denison University
    Co-Author: Frances S. Sivakoff – The Ohio State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    1st Place: Potential use of acoustic playbacks for pear psylla IPM through mate disruption
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Dowen Jocson – Washington State University
    Co-Author: Mark Gonzales – Washington State University
    Co-Author: Tobin Northfield – Washington State University
    Co-Author: Louis B. Nottingham – Washington State University
    Co-Author: Elizabeth H. Beers – Washington State University
    Co-Author: David Crowder – Washington State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    1st Place: Reproductive potential of soybean gall midge
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 212
    Presenting Author: Pheylan A. Anderson – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Amelia Lindsey – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Robert L. Koch – University of Minnesota
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    1st Place: Taking root: Plant-herbivore coexistence history alters belowground plant defense
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 211
    Presenting Author: Morgan Thompson – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Danielle C. Merrell – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Anjel Helms – Texas A&M University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    1st Place: The larvicidal efficiency of photosensitive insecticides against Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 302/303
    Presenting Author: Cole J. Meier – Vanderbilt University
    Co-Author: Julian F. Hillyer – Vanderbilt University
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    1st Place: Understanding natural history of the red headed flea beetle to inform more sustainable pest management practices
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 206
    Presenting Author: Eleanor L. Lane – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Alejandro Del-Pozo – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    2nd Place: Investigating bumble bee (Bombus) nesting in three different habitat types
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 114/115
    Presenting Author: Chan Dolan (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Zach Portman – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Daniel Cariveau – University of Minnesota
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    2nd Place: Multimodal signaling by queens regulates mating behavior in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Sarah K. Spence – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Etya Amsalem – Pennsylvania State University
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    12:06 PM – 12:18 PM PT
    1st Place: The heat is on: Elm pests and their parasitoids have unique relationships with urban habitats
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Jacqueline H. Buenrostro (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Ruth A. Hufbauer – Colorado State University
    Co-Author: Crystal Cooke – Colorado State University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    12:06 PM – 12:18 PM PT
    1st Place: Using herbivore-Induced plant volatiles to improve sugarcane aphid management in sorghum
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 110
    Presenting Author: Emily M. Russavage (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Jeremy A. Hewlett – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Adrianna Szczepaniec – Colorado State University
    Co-Author: Anjel Helms – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: William L. Rooney – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Micky D. Eubanks – Texas A&M University
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    12:06 PM – 12:18 PM PT
    2nd Place: The relationship between Aedes albopictus host preference and feeding patterns around the world
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Kara M. Fikrig – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Noah Rose – Princeton University
    Co-Author: Nathan Burkett-Cadena – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Basile Kamgang – The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases
    Co-Author: Paul T. Leisnham – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Alongkot Ponlawat – Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences
    Co-Author: Sarah Rothman (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Tanise Stenn – Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
    Co-Author: Lindy McBride – Princeton University
    Co-Author: Laura C. C. Harrington – Cornell University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    12:18 PM – 12:30 PM PT
    1st Place: Polyandry in the common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) and its implications for conservation
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Sydney A. Bird – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Nathaniel Pope – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Carley McGrady – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Shelby J. Fleischer – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    12:18 PM – 12:30 PM PT
    1st Place: Quantifying predation rates on soybean gall midge, a new pest of soybean in the upper Midwest
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 217/218/219
    Presenting Author: Sarah Lisak – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Amelia Lindsey – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Robert L. Koch – University of Minnesota
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    12:18 PM – 12:30 PM PT
    2nd Place: The evolution of ant-plant specialization in the Neotropical ant genus Myrmelachista: A phylogenomic approach
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Rodolfo S. Probst – University of Utah
    Co-Author: Michael G. Branstetter – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: John T. Longino – University of Utah
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    12:30 PM – 12:42 PM PT
    2nd Place: Understanding the mechanisms of pesticide exposure events: Can the honey bee represent native bee exposure?
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 204
    Presenting Author: Emily A. Carlson – Oregon State University
    Co-Author: Ramesh Reddy Sagili (he/him/his) – Oregon State University
    Co-Author: Andony Melathopoulos – Oregon State University
    Physiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT
    1st Place: Phylosymbiosis in fungus-gardening ants Trachymyrmex
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Elizabeth D. Boshers (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Tyler
    Co-Author: Jon N. Seal – University of Texas
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    1st Place: Improving the management of western bean cutworm, Striacosta albicosta, in edible dry beans
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 208/209
    Presenting Author: Josée Kelly – University of Guelph
    Co-Author: Jocelyn L. Smith – University of Guelph
    Co-Author: Chris Gillard – University of Guelph
    Co-Author: Yasmine Farhan – University of Guelph
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    2nd Place: The phoretic mite (Arachnida: Acari) assemblage of the Douglas-fir beetle, Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Laura-Anne Browning – University of Northern British Columbia
    Co-Author: Dezene P. Huber – University of Northern British Columbia
    Systematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    12:18 PM – 12:30 PM PT
    2nd Place: Planting date and an at-plant insecticide as management strategies for soybean gall midge
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 208/209
    Presenting Author: Natasha H. Umezu – University of Nebraska
    Co-Author: Gabriela Inveninato Carmona – University of Nebraska
    Co-Author: Justin Justin McMechan – University of Nebraska
    Plant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
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