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Video Livestream ViewAttendees 135

P-IE

Section Symposium

Early Career Professionals Promoting Biological Control in a Changing World

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
11:30 AM - 2:15 PM EST

Livestream

Speakers will present research on biological control that will result in more environmentally and economically sustainable food production in the USA and globally. The presentations will aim to motivate early-career researchers working on biologicoal control of insect pests to explore new ideas and approaches in their own studies.

Presentations:

  • 11:30 AM - 11:33 AM EST
    Introductory remarks
  • 11:33 AM - 11:48 AM EST
    Coccinellid contribution to biological control in Brassica agroecosystems revealed by diet analysis

    Presenting Author: Hannah Louise Gray – The University of Texas at Austin

    Co-Author: Debora Pires Paula – Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology

    Co-Author: Dave Andow – University of Minnesota

  • 11:48 AM - 12:03 PM EST
    Next generation biocontrol: Using experimental evolution to increase the effectiveness of native parasitoids at attacking invasive pests

    Presenting Author: Marianna Szucs – Michigan State University

    Co-Author: Benjamin Jarrett – Michigan State University, Department of Entomology

    Co-Author: Shelley Linder – Michigan State University

  • 12:03 PM - 12:18 PM EST
    Challenges and opportunities for enhancing biological control of cucumber beetles

    Presenting Author: Anjel Helms

    Co-Author: John Michael Grunseich

    Co-Author: Allison Hay – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Morgan Thompson – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Jared G. Ali – Penn State University

    Co-Author: Natalie Aguirre – Texas A&M University

  • 12:18 PM - 12:23 PM EST
    Break
  • 12:23 PM - 12:38 PM EST
    Community-wide impacts of induced plant defenses in the tropical plant Trichogoniopsis adenantha (Asteraceae)

    Presenting Author: Monica Kersch-Becker – University of Alabama

    Co-Author: Guilherme Pinheiro – University of Campinas

    Co-Author: Thais Silveira – University of Campinas

    Co-Author: Martin Pareja – Universidade Estadual de Campinas

    Co-Author: Gustavo Romero – University of Campinas

  • 12:38 PM - 12:53 PM EST
    The African citrus psyllid honeydew as a carbohydrate and protein source for its specific parasitoid Tamarixia dryi

    Presenting Author: Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat

    Co-Author: Joel González-Cabrera – Universitat de València

    Co-Author: Estrella Hernández-Suárez – Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias

    Co-Author: Cesar R. Rodriguez-Saona – Rutgers University

    Co-Author: Alberto Urbaneja – Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias

    Co-Author: Alejandro Tena

  • 12:53 PM - 1:08 PM EST
    Management through manipulation: Improving biological control while considering abiotic and biotic stressors

    Presenting Author: Jessica Kansman

    Co-Author: Sara Hermann – Penn State University

  • 1:08 PM - 1:13 PM EST
    Break
  • 1:13 PM - 1:28 PM EST
    Host recognition by Rhinocyllus conicus of floral scents from invasive and threatened thistles

    Presenting Author: Ikju Park – USDA-ARS

    Co-Author: David C. Thompson – New Mexico State University

  • 1:28 PM - 1:43 PM EST
    Robert O’Neil Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Student in Biological Control: Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought: A graduate student's look at the Laricobius spp. system

    Presenting Author: Jeremiah Robert Foley, IV

  • 1:43 PM - 1:58 PM EST
    Early Career Outstanding Scientist Award Presentation: Weeding around the edges of the science of invasive plant management: Biological control agent hybridization, apparent competition, and biotic resistance

    Presenting Author: Ellen Lake – USDA-ARS

    Co-Author: Melissa Smith – USDA ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory

    Co-Author: Carey Minteer – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Allen Dray – USDA ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory

    Co-Author: Paul Madeira – USDA ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory

    Co-Author: Min Rayamajhi – USDA-ARS

    Co-Author: Lisa Tewksbury – University of Rhode Island

    Co-Author: Aaron S. David – USDA ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory

    Co-Author: Ashley Goode – USDA ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory

    Co-Author: Greg Wheeler – USDA-ARS

    Co-Author: William Overholt – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Alana Russell – University of Rhode Island

    Co-Author: Jeremiah R. Foley, IV – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    Co-Author: Richard Casagrande – University of Rhode Island

    Co-Author: Philip Tipping – USDA ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory

  • 1:58 PM - 2:03 PM EST
    Closing remarks