2015 Sponsors - Entomological Society of America

The Encapsulated Program – 2015
Saturday, March 14
Evening
3:00-6:00
7:30-11:30
Event
Executive Committee Meeting
Ento-Movie Night: A Bug’s Life and The Fly
Location
Dolphin
Sanibel
Sunday, March 15
Morning
7:30-12:00
Event
Registration
Location
Pre-function area
10:00-3:00
8:00-6:00
Swan (B&C)
Sandpiper (B)
10:00-12:00
It’s a Bug’s World – Outreach
Silent Auction - Entomological Foundation
(“Buyers” announced at the Social prior to the banquet)
Student and Contributed Poster set-up
8:00-12:00
8:00-12:00
M.S. and Undergrad. Oral Presentation Competition
Symposium: Systematics, evolution and biodiversity
Sanibel
Crane
Afternoon
1:00-4:30
Event
Registration
Location
Pre-function area
10:00-3:00
12:00-7:30
1:00-5:00
It’s a Bug’s World – Outreach
Student and Contributed Posters
Ph.D. Oral Presentation Competition
Swan (B&C)
Swan (A)
Sanibel
1:00-5:00
Symposium: Arthropods and immune responses
Crane
Evening
5:30-7:30
Event
Eastern Branch ESA President Paula M. Shrewsbury’s
Reception, address from national ESA President, Phil
Mulder Presentation of ESA Awards, L.O. Howard, and
Herb Streu Awards, and Presentation by Lou Sorkin on
History of Entomophagy
Linnaean Games
Location
Swan (A&B)
7:30-9:30
Swan (A)
Sanibel
Monday, March 16
Morning
8:00-12:00
8:00-12:00
8:00-6:30
Event
Registration
Student and Contributed Posters
Silent Auction - Entomological Foundation
(“Buyers” announced at the Social prior to the banquet)
Location
Pre-function area
Swan (A)
Sandpiper (B)
8:00-12:00
IDEP Symposium: Recent outbreaks/ population
declines of historically important pests
Sanibel
8:00-12:00
3rd Annual Joint University and Industry Vegetable and
Field Crop Symposium
Crane
8:00-12:00
Submitted 10-minute papers
Dolphin
Afternoon
1:00-4:30
12:00-5:00
1:00-5:00
Event
Registration
Student and Contributed Posters
Symposium: Managing the ongoing threat posed by
invasive species in the Eastern U.S.
Industry symposium – New chemistries and new
technologies in insect management
Symposium: Painter’s legacy: current advances on
host-plant resistance
Location
Pre-function area
Swan (A)
Sanibel
Event
Social and cash bar
Banquet, President's Address, ESA Headquarters
Update from David Gammel, Student Awards,
Keynote Speaker (Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp, UMD)
Location
Pre-function area
Swan (B&C)
1:00-5:00
1:00-5:00
Evening
6:00-7:00
7:00-9:30
Crane
Dolphin
Tuesday, March 17
Morning
8:00-10:00
7:00-8:00
8:00-12:00
8:00-12:00
8:00-12:00
12:00
Event
Registration
Final Business Meeting
Student and Contributed Posters
Asa Fitch Award winner and other submitted papers
Symposium: Adoption of insect pest management
strategies: lessons learned from successes and
failures in applied entomology
Adjourn
Location
Pre-function area
Osprey
Swan (A)
Sanibel
Crane
Event Room Capacities and Floor Plans
2015 Sponsors
AMVAC
Charles Silcox
BASF CORPORATION
John O’Barr
BAYER CROPSCIENCE
Darren Unland
Dow AgroSciences
Olena Castello
DuPont Agricultural Products
Donald Ganske
ELSEVIER/ACADEMIC PRESS
Ofelia Chernock
FMC CORPORATION
David Wheeler
LABServices
Jim Steffel
Monsanto
Tom Clark
NICHINO AMERICA, INC.
Jim Adams
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION
Erin Hitchner
TRECE, INC.
Donna Lingren
UNITED PHOSPHORUS, INC.
Tony Estes
Thank you for your support of the Eastern Branch!
2015 Eastern Branch ESA President
Paula Shrewsbury
Dr. Paula Shrewsbury received her B.S. in Plant Science from
the University of Rhode Island, a M.S. in Entomology from the
University of California, Riverside, and a Ph.D. in Entomology
from the University of Maryland. Paula is an Associate
Professor and Extension Specialist in Entomology at the
University of Maryland. She has conducted applied research
and extension education programs towards furthering the
development and adoption of Integrated Pest Management for
pests of ornamental plants and turfgrass for over 20 years.
Paula’s program has focused on the development of
ecologically based measures to reduce and prevent pest insect
outbreaks, particularly in the area of biological control, to
create sustainable managed ecosystems. Paula has served in
various capacities for both the National and Eastern Branch Entomological Society of America.
She is an Associate Editor for Environmental Entomology, is currently an ESA Editorial Board
Representative to the Journal of IPM, has served on awards committees, and regularly reviews
for the ESA journals. For the Eastern Branch, Paula has served on the Program and Nomination
Committees, and as a Judge for student competitions and the Linnaean Games. Paula and her
graduate students regularly present at ESA National and Eastern Branch meetings. Paula is
currently President of the Eastern Branch ESA.
The Eastern Branch L.O. Howard Distinguished Achievement Award
Ann Hajek
Dr. Ann Hajek received her M.S. and Ph.D. in
the Department of Entomology and
Parasitology at the University of California,
Berkeley. Next, she worked as a postdoctoral
associate for the USDA, ARS, Plant Protection
Research Unit on Cornell campus for 5 years
and then transitioned to a Research Associate
position with the Boyce Thompson Institute for
Plant Research at Cornell for another 5 years.
Ann was then hired as an assistant professor
by the Department of Entomology at Cornell,
where she has been since 1994, being
promoted to Full Professor in 2005. Ann’s
professorial position at Cornell includes both research and teaching. Throughout her career,
Ann’s research has ranged from basic to applied studies with the predominant focus being
entomopathogens associated with invasive arthropods, emphasizing fungal pathogens killing
insects associated with trees as well as field and vegetable crops. In recent years, Ann’s
research has focused on fungal pathogens associated with Asian longhorned beetle and gypsy
moths as well as parasitic nematodes and fungal symbionts associated with Sirex noctilio. Ann
is an author or co-author of 203 publications, including writing an introductory text on biological
control, editing two books and putting together a catalogue of classical biological control
introductions of entomopathogens as well as writing many book chapters and review articles.
Ann’s research has included extensive international collaboration. In addition to her
collaborations with scientists in 20 countries, she has been an adjunct professor at the Anhui
Agricultural University in China and a visiting professor at the University of Copenhagen and is
presently an honorary professor in zoology at the University of Copenhagen. Ann has taught
numerous courses while at Cornell, including invertebrate pathology, biological control, invasive
species, microbe/insect interactions and the ecology and evolution of disease. At present, she is
leading the organization of a summer short course on insect pathology at Cornell. She has
served as an Associate Editor for BioControl, the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology and Fungal
Ecology. She has held administrative positions in the Society for Invertebrate Pathology and the
International Organization for Biological Control and has been an active member of the
Entomological Society of America for more than 35 years. Ann has presented invited talks at
many meetings and university departments. She received the SUNY Chancellor’s award for
excellence in scholarship, the distinguished scientist award from the Nearctic Region, IOBC is
exceptionally proud of receiving the L. O. Howard Distinguished Achievement Award, Eastern
Branch this year.
The Eastern Branch Herb T. Streu Meritorious Service Award
J. Chris Bergh
Dr. Bergh received a Ph.D. in 1988 from the Biology
Department at the University of New Brunswick in
Canada. Following Research Associate and Visiting
Scientist positions at universities or federal research
facilities in Kansas, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and
Florida, he joined the faculty of Virginia Tech in 2000,
where his research and extension programs at the
Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension
Center in Winchester, VA focus primarily on applied
ecology and behavior of pest and beneficial insects in
tree fruit and wine grapes. Dr. Bergh has been an
active member of the ESA for several decades. Since
2005, he has served the Eastern Branch as Program
Committee Co-Chair and Chair, and Branch President.
His current programs emphasize efforts toward
enabling growers to effectively monitor and manage
brown marmorated stink bug, biological control of grape
root borer, and the potential for introducing an aphidophagous hover fly to New Zealand to
assist with biocontrol of woolly apple aphid.
John Henry Comstock Ph.D. Graduate Student Award
Mia Park
Dr. Mia Park is currently an assistant professor in the
Department of Humanities and Integrated Studies at the
University of North Dakota. She recently received her Ph.D. from
the Department of Entomology at Cornell University. Mia’s
research is motivated by a passion for insect conservation and a
commitment to promote wise management of natural resources
with sound science. Her dissertation reveals that wild bees are
as important for apple production as honey bees and that their
contribution is driven by the combined effects of pesticide use
and landscape complexity. To forward her appreciation for wild
pollinators and their conservation, Mia has given talks around
New York State and produced a well-received handbook
entitled, “Wild Pollinators of Eastern Apple Orchards and How to
Conserve Them.” Mia has received several research awards
and fellowships, including a College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences Land Grant Extension Fellow. For the Entomological Society of America, she has
served as a national meeting volunteer, moderator, program symposium co-organizer and
journal reviewer. Service in her community includes supporting events that encourage women
in science and that engender appreciation of insects. At the bottom of all this study and
activity, Mia simply loves insects because of the boundless sense of discovery that comes from
studying them.
The Asa Fitch Memorial Award
Molly Steadfast
Molly Stedfast earned her Master’s degree in March 2014 from the
Department of Entomology at Virginia Tech. She received her Bachelor’s
degree in Biochemistry from Virginia Tech in 2010. As part of her Master’s
research, Molly developed her own Extension training program focused on
bed bug prevention in multi-unit housing. After validating the program in a
120-unit facility in Harrisonburg, VA, she expanded her program to more
facilities across the state and now provides hands-on training to apartment
managers and their staff. In addition, she presented a bed bug prevention
workshop to apartment residents focused on bed bug biology, behavior,
and management. She delivered over 25 extension and industry
presentations during her degree program, which is unprecedented for a
student at the Master’s level. Molly has unique experience working with
bed bugs as well as a practical knowledge of the implementation of bed
bug and urban integrated pest management strategies. Molly also was an active student leader
in the W. B. Alwood Entomological Society, the Department of Entomology’s graduate student
organization, where she worked to increase the outreach and fundraising efforts, and has
contributed to the success of the community-wide education event, Hokie BugFest.
Eastern Branch Nominee: ESA Distinguished Achievement
Award in Extension
Cerruti Hooks
Dr. Cerruti Hooks is an Associate Professor and
Extension Specialist in the Department of Entomology
at the University of Maryland. He received a MS
degree in Weed Science and a PhD in Entomology.
His program aims include developing and
disseminating farming tactics that befriend the
environment. His long term objectives include
providing producers information needed to transition
greater acreage of land from conventional to more
sustainable systems. An additional program aim is to
support small farmers. Organic research is also a
major part of his research program. The overall aim of
his organic research and extension program is to
develop and disseminate information on production tactics that reduces off farm inputs while
increasing profits. He specifically conduct research on lands going through organic transition
and in double-cropping organic production systems with the long term goal to provide producers
information that gives them greater confidence in transitioning land to organic production. To
accomplish his research and extension objectives, he employs a trans-disciplinary strategy that
includes collaboration with Agricultural Economists, Acarologists, Weed and Soil Ecologists,
Nematologists and Entomologists.
Eastern Branch Nominee: ESA Distinguished Achievement
Award in Teaching
Jeff Shultz
Dr. Jeffrey W. Shultz received his B.S. from Michigan State
University (1982), M.S. from Ohio University (1985) and PhD from
Ohio State University (1990). He conducted postdoctoral work as
an Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Studies of
Evolution. He has been a faculty member of the Dept of
Entomology at the University of Maryland since 1994, where he is
currently Director of Graduate Studies. For 20 years he has taught
Insect Diversity & Classification and Arthropod Form & Function,
which are required courses for all graduate students in the
program. In addition, he was co-designer and instructor of the
introductory course Principles of Biology III-Organismal Biology,
which is required for all biology majors at the University of Maryland. He has been the
Membership Secretary and member of the Executive Committee of the American
Arachnological Society for 10 years. His research deals with the evolutionary morphology and
systematics of arthropods, especially arachnids, and he has published over 50 papers. His
current research focuses on the systematics and evolutionary morphology of reproductive
structures in the leiobunine harvestmen (daddy longlegs) of eastern North America.
Eastern Branch Nominee: Entomological Foundation Award for
Excellence in IPM
Charles Vincent
Dr. Charles Vincent completed a B.Sc. in Agriculture
at Université Laval (Quebec City, Canada), a M.Sc.
and a Ph.D. (1983) in Entomology at McGill University
(Montreal, Canada). Since 1983, he worked as an
entomologist for the Horticultural Research and
Development Center (Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada) at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec,
Canada. In 1984, he has been appointed adjunct
professor at the Macdonald Campus of McGill
University. He has been appointed as adjunct at
Université du Québec à Montréal in 1992, and, since
2000, is invited professor at l’Université de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens, France). He cosupervised the work of 36 graduate students and 100 interns. His research focus on the
management of insect populations of horticultural importance with biological (including
biopesticides) and physical control methods. To date he published 173 scientific and more than
200 technical papers. He edited 24 books or technical bulletins. He received numerous awards,
notably the Gold Medal of the Entomological Society of Canada, the L. O. Howard Distinguished
Achievement Award from the Entomological Society of America (Eastern Branch). He is a
Fellow of the Entomological Society of America and the Royal Entomological Society (London,
U.K.). For more information visit: http://eduportfolio.org/6644
Saturday Evening, March 14, 2015
3:00-6:00
7:30-11:30
Executive Committee Meeting
Ento-Movie Night:“A Bug’s Life” and “The Fly”
Dolphin
Sanibel
Sunday Morning, March 15, 2015
7:30-12:00
10:00-3:00
10:00-12:00
8:00-6:00
Registration
It’s a Bug’s World – Outreach
Poster set-up: Student and contributed
Silent Auction - Entomological Foundation
Pre-function area
Swan (B&C)
Swan (A)
Sandpiper (B)
(“Buyers” announced at the Social prior to the banquet)
Undergraduate and Master’s 10-Minute Oral Paper Competition
8:30 am-12:00 pm
Sanibel
Moderator & Co-chair of the Competition: Yong-Lak Park (West Virginia University)
(Abstracts of talks for this session can be found on the Eastern Branch ESA Website)
8:30 Introductory Remarks
8:40 Effects of urban forest fragmentation on abundance, occupancy, and health of native
bees. David Gardner ([email protected]), University of Delaware, Newark, DE
8:52 Influence of partridge pea on arthropods and grain quality in organic field corn. Lauren
Hunt ([email protected]) and Cerruti Hooks, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
9:04 Differences in survivorship and growth of the European corn borer, Ostrinia
nubialis (Hübner), on a range of host plants. Kelsey Fisher ([email protected]) and Charles E.
Mason, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
9:16 Responses of the catalpa sphinx and its primary parasitoid to high and low levels of
iridoid glycosides. Jessica Bray ([email protected])1, M. Deane Bowers2 and Karen
Kester1, 1Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO
9:28 Understanding pheromone attraction and movement of cerambycids (Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae) in urban forest fragments. Emily Dunn ([email protected])1, Vincent D'Amico2,
Judith A. Hough-Goldstein1, Lawrence M. Hanks3 and Jocelyn G. Millar4, 1University of
Delaware, Newark, DE, 2USDA - Forest Service, Newark, DE, 3University of Illinois, Urbana,
IL, 4University of California, Riverside, CA
9:40 Effects of light and water availability on the performance of hemlock woolly adelgid
(Adelges tsugae). Mauri Hickin ([email protected]) and Evan L. Preisser, University of
Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
9:52 Inherent and learned responses to plant cues in males of Cotesia congregata (Say)
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with respect to host-plant complex origin. Megan
Ayers ([email protected]) and Karen Kester, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
VA
10:04 Break
10:30 An Integrated Program Using Non-Chemical Controls to Manage Parasites in Honey
Bee Colonies. Kathleen Evans ([email protected]), University of Delaware, Newark, DE
10:42 Impact of plant defense and the hemlock woolly adelgid on the preference and
performance of hemlock looper. Justin Vendettuoli1, Claire Wilson ([email protected])1,
Evan L. Preisser1 and David Orwig2, 1University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 2Harvard
University, Petersham, MA
10:54 Whole-farm spatial dynamics of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in
organic farming systems. Jakob Goldner ([email protected]) and Yong-Lak Park, West
Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
11:06 A revision of the subgenus Crioprora: Resolving a neoendemic species complex with
descriptions of five new species (Diptera: Syrphidae). Kevin Moran
([email protected]), NMNH, Washington, DC
Symposium: Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity
8:00 am-12:00 pm
Crane
Organizers: Jessica Ware (Rutgers University), John S. LaPolla (Towson University), and
Paul Frandsen (Smithsonian Institution, Herndon, VA)
8:00
Introductory Remarks
8:05 Discovering Boundaries: A Taxonomic Revision and Morphological Phylogeny of the Ant
Genus Prenolepis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Jason Williams ([email protected])1 and John
S. LaPolla2, 1Towson University, Towson, MD, 2Towson University, Baltimore, MD
8:35 Imposters Among Them: A new inquiline ant in the genus Nylanderia (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae). Steven Messer ([email protected])1 and John S. LaPolla2, 1Towson
University, Towson, MD, 2Towson University, Baltimore, MD
9:05 Counting the spots, a phylogenetic analysis of European dragonflies. Manpreet Kohli
([email protected]), Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
9:35 Discovery of a glowing millipede in California and the gradual evolution of
bioluminescence in Diplopoda. Paul Marek ([email protected]), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
10:05 Break
10:20 The 1KITE project: recent results and future directions. Karl M. Kjer
([email protected]), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
10:50 Dragonfly responses to climate change: a preliminary look at Swedish Aeshnidae.
Jessica Ware ([email protected]), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,
Newark, NJ
11:20 Caddisfly phylogenetics using targeted enrichment and high throughput sequencing.
Paul B. Frandsen ([email protected]), Smithsonian Institution, Herndon, VA
11:50 Concluding Remarks
Sunday Afternoon, March 15, 2015
1:00-4:30
10:00-3:00
Registration
It’s a Bug’s World – Outreach
Pre-function area
Swan (B&C)
Student Poster Competition
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Set-up
Swan
Master’s and Undergraduate Student Posters
Co-Chair of the Competition: Carlyle Brewster (Virginia Tech)
(Abstracts for this session can be found on the Eastern Branch ESA website)
1. Biology, prey, and rates of paralyzation by Cerceris fumipennis Say (Hymenoptera:
Crabonidae) for beetles in New Hampshire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Chrysomelidae).
Morgan Dube ([email protected]), University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2. Monitoring the Changes in Insect Community Abundance and Diversity When
Agricultural Land Crops Corn (Zea mays) and Soybean (Glycine max) are
Transitioned to Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). Megan
Maeang ([email protected]) and Glenn Stephens, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA
3. Utilizing citizen science to identify characteristics important to overwintering site
selection for brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål). Torri
Hancock ([email protected])1, Doo-Hyung Lee2 and Tracy C.
Leskey1, 1USDA - ARS, Kearneysville, WV, 2Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do, South
Korea
4. Herbivore impact on trans-seasonal induction of trichome defenses in Solanum
carolinense. Rebecca Kolstrom ([email protected]), Chad Nihranz and Andrew G.
Stephenson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
5. An investigation of the mechanics of mating in the praying mantis Tenodera a.
sinensis (Insecta: Mantodea). Sydney Brannoch ([email protected])1,2, Joshua
Martin3 and Gavin J. Svenson1, 1Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland,
OH, 2Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 3Case Western Reserve
Univerity, Cleveland, OH
6. Do cultivated traits affect the ecological value of native ornamental trees and shrubs?
Emily Baisden ([email protected]), University of Delaware, Newark, DE
7. Efficacy of Organic Insecticides Against Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs (Hemiptera:
Pentatomidae). John Morehead ([email protected]) and Thomas P. Kuhar, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, VA
8. Lethal Low Temperature in Harlequin Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): a polar vortex
takes its toll. Anthony S. DiMeglio ([email protected])1, Anna Wallingford2,
Thomas P. Kuhar1, Donald C Weber3 and Brennan Bathauer4, 1Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA, 2Cornell University, Geneva, NY, 3USDA - ARS, Beltsville, MD, 4USDA
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD
9. Biological control of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) using Podisus
maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). John Moredock ([email protected])
and Yong-Lak Park, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
PhD Student Posters
Co-chair of the Competition: Carlyle Brewster (Virginia Tech)
10. Can herbivore-induced plant volatiles enhance biological control services in
agroecosystems? Jordano Salamanca ([email protected])1, Brígida
Souza1 and Cesar Rodriguez-Saona2,1Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras,
Brazil, 2Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
11. Comparing Bt susceptibilities of host-strains of fall armyworm (Spodoptera
frugiperda Smith). David A. Ingber ([email protected]) and Charles Mason,
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
12. Can earthworms affect entomopathogenic fungal infections of white grubs? Sudan
Gyawaly ([email protected]), Curt A. Laub and Thomas P. Kuhar, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA
13. IPM decisions in the management of brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha
halys Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomide), using pheromone-baited pyramid traps in
vegetables. John D. Aigner ([email protected])1, James F. Walgenbach2, Joanne
Whalen3, Kevin Rice4 and Thomas P. Kuhar1,1Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2North
Carolina State University, Fletcher, NC, 3University of Delaware, Newark,
DE, 4Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
General Submitted Posters
14. Using harmonic radar to measure the retention capacity of trap crops for the invasive
brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in organic pepper plantings.
William R. Morrison ([email protected])1, Clarissa Mathews2,3 and Tracy C. Leskey1,
1
USDA - ARS, Kearneysville, WV, 2Redbud Farm, LLC, Inwood, WV, 3Shepherd
University, Shepherdstown, WV
15. Dispersal of the emerald ash borer parasitoid Tetrastichus planipennisi along a linear
Greenway in New York. Juli Gould ([email protected])1, Melissa K. Fierke2,
Gericke Cook3 and Michael Jones2, 1USDA - APHIS - PPQ - CPHST, Buzzards Bay,
MA, 2State University of New York, ESF, Syracuse, NY, 3USDA - APHIS - PPQ CPHST, Fort Collins, CO
16. Distinction of fly regurgitate from adults of Protophormia terreanovae from human blood.
Gillian Acca, David B. Rivers ([email protected]), Marc Fink, Rebecca Brogan and
Andrew Schoeffield, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD
17. Acer mono: A Sentinel Tree for Detection of Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora
glabripennis). Bruce Parker, Elisabeth Hodgdon ([email protected]) and Margaret
Skinner, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
18. Investigating Native Bee Diversity Across a Regional Network of Mid-Atlantic Forest
Fragments. Grace Savoy-Burke ([email protected])1, Deborah A. Delaney1 and Sam
Droege2, 1University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2USGS, Beltsville, MD
19. Parasitism of Halyomorpha halys by Indigenous Parasitoids: an Update. Kim A.
Hoelmer ([email protected])1, Christine Dieckhoff2, Ashley Colavecchio3 and
Kathleen Tatman1, 1USDA - ARS, Newark, DE, 2USDA, Agricultural Research Service,
Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit (BIIRU), Newark, DE, 3University of
Delaware, Newark, DE
20. Efficacy of Cyclaniliprole, a New Diamide Insecticide, on Coleopteran and Heteropteran
Pests. James Mason ([email protected]), Thomas P. Kuhar, John D. Aigner, Anthony
S. DiMeglio, John Morehead, Louis Nottingham and James M. Wilson, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA
21. Invasive kudzu bug (Megacopta cribraria) survives the harsh winter of 2014 in Maryland.
Jessica Grant ([email protected]) and William O. Lamp, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD
22. Impact of Invasive Pests on NJ Wine Grapes. Anne L. Nielsen
([email protected]), and Dean Polk, Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey, Bridgeton, NJ
23. A comparison of methods in detecting brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys)
and how wooded borders affect populations in soybeans. Benjamin L. Aigner
([email protected])1, Thomas P. Kuhar2, D. Ames Herbert3 and Jamie Hogue2, 1Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 2Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
VA, 3Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA
24. Using a Spatially Autoregressive Model to Identify Factors Influencing Clustering of
Halyomorpha halys. Noel Hahn ([email protected]), Cesar Rodriguez-Saona and
George C. Hamilton, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
25. Evaluating the attractiveness of Coreopsis (Coreopsis spp.) wild types and cultivars to
pollinators. Owen Cass ([email protected]) and Deborah A. Delaney, University of
Delaware, Newark, DE
26. Factors affecting dropping behavior in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum). Katharine
Harrison ([email protected]) and Evan L. Preisser, University of Rhode Island,
Kingston, RI
27. Survey of Mosquito Parasitism by Mites in Maine. Margret Welch
([email protected]), University of Southern Maine, Standish, ME
28. Water vapor uptake across the cocoon wall of the Introduced Pine Sawfly Diprion similis
(Hartig) Hymenoptera: Diprionidae. Elizabeth Henderson
([email protected]) and Joseph Staples, University of Southern Maine,
Portland, ME
29. Management of Redheaded Flea Beetles in Nurseries of the Mid-Atlantic. Kayla
Krenitsky ([email protected]) and Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
30. The role of insectary plants in promoting pest suppression by key generalist naturalist
enemies. Jermaine Hinds ([email protected]) and Mary Barbercheck, Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA
31. How destructive is brown marmorated stink bug in herbaceous Plants? Stanton Gill
([email protected])1, Brian Kunkel2, Karen Rane3, Suzanne Klick4 and Deborah SmithFiola5, 1University of Maryland, Ellicott City, MD, 2University of Delaware, Newark, DE,
3
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 4CMREC, NA, MD, 5IPM Consultant, NA, MD
Symposium: Arthropods and Immune responses
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Crane
Organizers: Hameeda Sultana and Girish Neelakanta, Center for Molecular Medicine, Old
Dominion University
1:00
Welcoming Remarks
1:10 Vector Modulation of Host Defenses: A Critical Factor in Pathogen Transmission.
Stephen Wikel ([email protected]), Frank H. Netter, MD, School of Medicine,
Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
1:40 Genetic background and/or immune status of the host influences tick gene expression.
Girish Neelakanta ([email protected]), Center for Molecular Medicine, Old Dominion
University, Norfolk, VA
2:10 Engineering transgenic resistance to dengue virus type 2 in Aedes aegypti. Alexander
W. E. Franz ([email protected]), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2:40 Diversity and function of salivary proteins from blood-feeding disease vectors. John
Andersen ([email protected]), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(NIAID), Bethesda, MD
3:10
Break
3:20 Antigenic Variation Equivalent Mechanism in Tick Feeding? Albert Mulenga
([email protected]), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
3:50 Deconstructing the malaria parasite-specific innate immune response in mosquitoes.
Rhoel Dinglasan ([email protected]), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Baltimore, MD
4:20 Tick immune molecules as anti-vector vaccine candidate(s). Hameeda Sultana
([email protected]), Center for Molecular Medicine, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
4:50
Concluding Remarks
PhD 10-Minute Oral Paper Competition
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sanibel
Moderator & Chair of the Competition: Yong-Lak Park (West Virginia University)
(Abstracts of talks for this session can be found on the Eastern Branch ESA Website)
1:00 Introductory Remarks
1:05 Genetic variation within gypsy moths, Lymantria dispar L. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), from
China and relatedness to gypsy moths from other world areas. Fang Chen ([email protected])1, Melody A. Keena2 and Juan Shi1, 1Beijing Forestry University, Beijing,
China, 2USDA - Forest Service, Hamden, CT
1:17 Non-native Trees Affect Lepidoptera Prey Items for an Insectivorous Bird. Desiree L.
Narango ([email protected])1, Peter P. Marra2 and Douglas W. Tallamy1, 1University of
Delaware, Newark, DE, 2Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC
1:29 Death Eaters of New Jersey: Initial observations of insect activity on pig carcasses under
diurnal and nocturnal conditions. Lauren M. Weidner ([email protected]) and
George C. Hamilton, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
1:41 Invasive Herbivores Dominate Arthropod Community Following Plant Invasion and
Drought. Adam Mitchell ([email protected])1 and Andrea Litt2, 1University of
Delaware, Newark, DE, 2Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1:53 Interspecific competition between Drosophila suzukii and Zaprionus indianus larvae in
rearing medium and grapes. Meredith Shrader ([email protected]) and Douglas G. Pfeiffer,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2:05 A method for nondestructive sampling of European corn borer, Ostrinia
nubilalis (Hübner), for determination of pheromone race. Holly Lynn
Walker ([email protected]) and Charles Mason, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2:17 The spatial behavior of the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) in peach
trees. John Cambridge ([email protected]) and George C. Hamilton, Rutgers,
The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
2:29 Influence of initial host diet on subsequent host choice of Halyomorpha
halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) nymphs. Angelita Acebes-Doria ([email protected])1, Tracy
C. Leskey2 and J. Christopher Bergh1, 1Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Winchester, VA, 2USDA - ARS, Kearneysville, WV
2:41 Impact of Solanum carolinense trichome consumption within Tobacco Hornworms
(Manduca sexta). Alexandra Serpi ([email protected])1, Rupesh Ram Kariyat2 and Andrew
G. Stephenson3, 1The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2ETH Zürich, Zürich,
Switzerland, 3Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2:53
Break
3:05 Olfactory mediated responses to host and non- host plant volatiles by female grape
berry moths (Paralobesia viteana). Michael Wolfin ([email protected]), Gregory M. Loeb
and Charles E. Linn, Cornell University, Geneva, NY
3:17 Potential effects of Chinese mantid predation on monarch caterpillar survival. Jamie L.
Rafter ([email protected]) and Evan L. Preisser, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
3:29 Transgenerational effect of inbreeding and Manduca sexta herbivory on physical
defenses in horsenettle (Solanum carolinense). Chad Nihranz ([email protected]) and Andrew
G. Stephenson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
3:41 Phenology and predators of the pine bark adelgid, Pineus strobi (Hemiptera: Adelgidae),
in southwestern Virginia. Holly Wantuch ([email protected]), Scott Salom and Thomas P.
Kuhar, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
3:53 Asymmetric intrinsic hybrid sterility among host-foodplant complex sources of Cotesia
congregata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Justin Bredlau ([email protected]) and Karen Kester,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
4:05 Chironomus (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae alter phosphorus dynamics in aquatic
sediments. Alan Leslie ([email protected]) and William O. Lamp, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD
4:17 Gryon pennsylvanicum Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae): An Overlooked Natural
Enemy in Mid-Atlantic Cucurbit Production? James M. Wilson ([email protected]), Troy D.
Anderson and Thomas P. Kuhar, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
4:29 Ground-dwelling and foliar arthropods in two soybean cropping systems. Rebecca
Whalen ([email protected])1, D. Ames Herbert2 and Sean Malone3, 1Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 2Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA, 3Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, Suffolk, VA
4:41 Assessing the use of antimicrobials to sterilize brown marmorated stink
bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) egg masses to prevent symbiont acquisition. Christopher
Taylor ([email protected]), Peter Coffey and Galen Dively, University of Maryland, College
Park, MD
Sunday Evening, March 15, 2015
President’s Reception and ESA President Phil Mulder’s Address
5:30 pm -7:30 pm
Swan A&B
“History of Entomophagy” presentation by Lou Sorkin
Presentation of ESA Awards, L.O. Howard, and Herb Streu Awards
Linnaean Games
7:30 pm -9:30 pm
Sanibel
Quiz Master and Moderator: Doug Pfeiffer (Virginia Tech)
Monday Morning, March 16, 2015
8:00-12:00
8:00-6:00
Registration
Silent Auction - Entomological Foundation
Pre-function area
Sandpiper (B)
(“Buyers” announced at the Social prior to the banquet)
Symposium: (IDEP) Recent outbreaks/ population declines of
historically important pests
8:00 am-12:00 pm
Sanibel
Organizers: Lisa Tewksbury, Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, and Robert
Trumbule, Maryland Dept. of Agriculture, Annapolis, MD
8:00 Introductory Remarks
8:10 Disasters by Design: Why Insects Outbreak in Urban Forests. Michael J. Raupp
([email protected])1, Paula M. Shrewsbury1 and Daniel A. Herms2, 1University of Maryland,
College Park, MD, 2The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
8:40 Bark Beetles: past, present, and possible future pests. James Young
([email protected]), USDA - APHIS - PPQ, Baltimore, MD
9:10 Return of San Jose scale as an emergent pest. Arthur Agnello ([email protected]),
Cornell University, Geneva, NY
9:40
Implications of pest history: investigating fluctuations in Mexican bean beetle severity.
Louis Nottingham ([email protected]) and Thomas P. Kuhar, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
10:10 Break
10:20 Declining European corn borer populations result in benefits to vegetable crops. Galen
Dively ([email protected]), University of Maryland, College Park, MD
10:50 Outbreaks and invasions: New pests on Long Island. Daniel Gilrein
([email protected]), Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, Riverhead, NY
11:20 Spotted lanternfly. Sven-Erik Spichiger ([email protected]), Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, PA
11:50 Discussion
Symposium: 3rd Annual Joint University and Industry Vegetable and
Field Crops Symposium
8:00 am – 11:00 am
Crane
Organizers: Joanne Whalen (Univ. Delaware) and Tom Kuhar (Virginia Tech)
8:00
Welcoming Remarks
8:10 Where were all the "bugs" in 2014? - Regional survey and discussion. Joanne Whalen
([email protected]), University of Delaware, Newark, DE
8:30 Neonicotinoid resistance issues and ramifications: Will uses and recommendations be
impacted? D. Ames Herbert ([email protected]), Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA
8:50 Pollinator pesticide labeling - updates and interpretation. Daniel Gilrein
([email protected]), Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, Riverhead, NY
9:10 Current status of EPA's actions regarding neonicotinoids - Industry and University
responses and opinions. Erin Hitchner, Syngenta Crop Protection, Elmer, NJ
9:30 Revisiting where we stand on insecticide premixes. Thomas P. Kuhar ([email protected]),
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
9:50 Use of entomopathogens for vegetable IPM - How they work and where they fit into
conventional insect control programs. Brett Highland ([email protected]), Certis USA,
Nokomis, FL
10:10
Open discussion
General Submitted Paper Session
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Dolphin
Moderator: Christine Dieckhoff (USDA-ARS Beneficial Insects Introduction Research)
8:30
Introductory Remarks
8:35 Enhance the efficacy and thermotolerance of Beauveria bassiana isolates for
management of Sunn Pest, Eurygaster integriceps Puton (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae). Agrin
Davari ([email protected]) and Bruce Parker, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
8:48 Attracticidal spheres as a tool for management of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila
suzukii (Matsumura). Brent Short ([email protected]) and Tracy C. Leskey, USDA ARS, Kearneysville, WV
9:01 Scymnus camptodromus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) larval development and predation
of hemlock woolly adelgid. Samita Limbu ([email protected]), Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
9:14 Factors affecting the establishment of emerald ash borer parasitoids in Maryland. David
E. Jennings ([email protected])1, Jian Duan2 and Paula M. Shrewsbury1, 1University
of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2USDA-ARS, Newark, DE
9:27 Developing Attract And Kill Strategies For The Spotted Wing Drosophila, Drosophila
Suzukii Matsumara (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Organic Raspberry Production Systems. Peter J.
Jentsch ([email protected]), Cornell University, Highland, NY
9:40 Impact of a mango-feeding fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae), on mango
production and trading in Senegal. Assa Balayara ([email protected]) and Douglas G. Pfeiffer,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
9:53
Break
10:03 Mapping of foliage damage index and monitoring of Pieris brassicae in Kashmir valley
on Cole crops. Barkat Hussain ([email protected])1 and Doug Pfeiffer2, 1Division of Entomology,
Shalimar, India, 2Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
10:16 Field efficacy of microbial control agents against Helicoverpa armigera Hübner
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on tomato. M. Jalal Arif ([email protected])1, Mirza Abdul
Qayyum1 and Waqas Wakil2, 1University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, 2University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
10:29 Insect growth regulatory bioactivities of essential oils of four medicinal plants towards
different strains of stored grain insect pests. Mansoor-ul-Hasan ([email protected]),
Shahzad Saleem and Wakas Wakil, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
10:42 Trapping for drosophilid parasitoids in different fruit crop environments. James C. E.
Wahls and Douglas G. Pfeiffer, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Monday Afternoon, March 16, 2015
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Registration
Pre-function area
Symposium: Painter’s legacy: Current advances on host-plant
resistance
1:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Dolphin
Organizers: Cesar Rodriguez-Saona and Elvira de Lange (Rutgers University)
1:10
Introductory Remarks
1:20 Reevaluating Painter in the era of genomics. Michael Stout ([email protected]),
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1:40 Crop domestication and its consequences for the development of sustainable
agriculture. Yolanda Chen ([email protected])1, Rieta Gols2, Chase Stratton1, Kristian
Brevik1 and Betty Benrey3, 1University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2Wageningen University,
Wageningen, Netherlands, 3University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2:00 Tradeoffs between plant tolerance and resistance to herbivory in different potato
varieties. Katja Poveda ([email protected])1, Etzel Garrido1, Jennifer Thaler1, Maria Diaz2
and C. Nustez2, 1Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota,
Colombia
2:20 Effects of selection for increased fruit size on insect resistance in apples. Susan
Whitehead ([email protected]) and Katja Poveda, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2:40 Host plant resistance of bentgrass species and cultivars (Agrostis spp) to annual
bluegrass weevil (Listronotus maculicollis) and its mechanisms. Olga Kostromytska
([email protected]), Cesar Rodriguez-Saona and Albrecht Koppenhöfer, Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
3:00
Break
3:10 Direct and indirect mediation of plant-herbivore interactions by gut symbionts. Gary
Felton ([email protected]), Michelle Peiffer and Seung Ho Chung, Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
3:30
"Volatile" defenses in plants: Multiple pathways and functions. Dorothea Tholl
([email protected]), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
3:50 About plants, pests, and bodyguards: Did domestication reduce indirect defenses of
maize? Elvira de Lange ([email protected])1,2 and Ted Turlings2, 1Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 2University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
4:10 Comparison of traditional host plant resistance and transgenic plant protection against
insects. Charles Mason ([email protected]), University of Delaware, Newark, DE
4:30 Turning the tables on invasive insect pests: Using wicked plant defenses in landscape
ecosystems. Michael Raupp ([email protected]), University of Maryland, College Park, MD
4:50
Concluding Remarks
Industry Symposium: New Chemistries and New Technologies in
Insect Management
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Crane
Organizers: Joe Argentine (AMVAC), Charles Silcox (AMVAC), and Jim Steffel
(LABServices)
1:30 Fluensulfone- a New Systemic, Non-Fumigant Nematicide. Herb Young
([email protected])1, Pavlo Navia2 and Diane Reynolds1, 1ADAMA, Raleigh, NC, 2NA,
Raleigh, NC
1:50 Cyclaniliprole 50SL: New Anthranilic Diamide Insecticide in the U.S. Sean Whipple
([email protected])1, Masayuki Morita2, Tohru Koyanagi3, Mel Grove4 and Max Parks1, 1ISK
Biosciences Corporation, Kearney, MO, 2Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd., Osaka, Osaka, Japan,
3
Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd., Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan, 4ISK Biosciences Corporation, Houston,
TX
2:10 Biological Characterization and Mode of Action of Triflumezopyrim, a Mesoionic
Insecticide for Rice. Daniel Cordova ([email protected])1, E. Benner1, M.
Schroeder2, C Holyoke2, W Zhang2, G. Lahm1, M Tong2, T Pahutski2, Daniel Vincent1 and
Robert M. Leighty1, 1DuPont Crop Protection, Newark, DE, 2Dupont, NA, DE
2:30 New Liquid In-Furrow Insecticide System. Rick Elkins ([email protected]),
Insecticide/Fungicide Portfolio Manager North America FMC Ag Solutions, Philadelphia, PA
2:50 Tolfenpyrad: A Unique Insecticide/Fungicide. James C. Adams ([email protected])1,
Botond Balogh2, Pedro Hernandez1, Scott W. Ludwig3 and Jessica Samler4, 1Nichino America,
Inc, Wilmington, DE, 2Nichino America, Inc, Apollo Beach, FL, 3Nichino America, Arp, TX,
4
Nichino America, Inc, Pasco, WA
3:10 Evil Weevils: Lessons Learned from the Pyrethroid-Resistant Annual Bluegrass Weevil
Mapping Project. Benjamin McGraw ([email protected]), Penn State University, University
Park, PA
3:30 Overview of the Bayer Biologics Product Portfolio. Dennis Warkentin
([email protected]), Nevada Smith, and Natalie Hummel, Bayer Cropscience, Lake
Placid, FL
Symposium: Managing the Ongoing Threat Posed by Invasive
Species in the Eastern U.S.
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Sanibel
Organizers: William Morrison (USDA-ARS AFRS), Brett Blaauw (Rutgers), and Brent
Short (USDA-ARS AFRS)
1:30
Introductory Remarks
1:35 Biological control of mile-a-minute weed, ten years in – so how’s it going? Judith A.
Hough-Goldstein ([email protected]), University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1:55 Dispersal of the beneficial insects used to control mile-a-minute, hemlock woolly adelgid
and Mexican bean beetle in NJ. Mark A. Mayer ([email protected]), New Jersey
Department of Agriculture, Trenton, NJ
2:15 Field colonization and reproduction in the lab of Laricobius osakensis, a predatory beetle
of the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae). Katlin Mooneyham ([email protected]), Donald
Mullins, and Scott Salom, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2:35 Short- and long-term approaches to managing the invasive species Drosophila suzukii in
the Northeast. Gregory M. Loeb ([email protected]) and Anna Wallingford, Cornell University,
Geneva, NY
2:55 Understanding dispersal behavior to enhance the sustainability of brown marmorated
stink bug management. Brett R. Blaauw ([email protected]) and Anne L. Nielsen,
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Bridgeton, NJ
3:15
Break
3:25 Laying the foundation for an attract-and-kill strategy to manage H. halys (Pentatomidae:
Hemiptera) in apple orchards in the mid-Atlantic. William R. Morrison
([email protected]) and Tracy C. Leskey, USDA - ARS, Kearneysville, WV
3:45 Improving detection tools for emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) and other
Buprestidae. Michael Domingue ([email protected]) and Thomas C. Baker, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA
4:05 Detection of longhorned beetles using semiochemicals. Kelli Hoover
([email protected])1 and Melody A. Keena2, 1Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
PA, 2USDA - Forest Service, Hamden, CT
4:25 Adding biological control to eradication of Asian longhorned beetles. Tarryn Goble
([email protected]) and Ann E. Hajek, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
4:45
Concluding Remarks
Monday Evening, March 17, 2014
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Social/Cash Bar
Pre-function area
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Banquet
Swan B&C
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ESA Branch President’s Address
ESA Headquarters Update from David Gammel
Student Paper Competition Awards Announced
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp
Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Assistant
Professor at the University of
Maryland, is interested in pollinator
health. The focus of his current work
involves the application of
epidemiological approaches to
understanding and (importantly)
improving honey bee health. Currently
Dennis is the lead PI and the director
of the Bee Informed Partnership
(BeeInformed.org), which attempts to
provide a platform to collect “big data”
on the state of health of managed
honey bee colonies. Analysis of these data are providing important insights into the role
beekeeper management practices and environmental factors (such as landscape and
climate) have on bee health.
Tuesday Morning, March 18, 2014
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Final Business Meeting
Osprey
Symposium: Adoption of insect pest management strategies: lessons
learned from successes and failures in applied entomology
8:30 am-12:00 pm
Crane
Organizers: Anna Wallingford and Greg Loeb (NYSAES, Geneva NY)
8:30
Introductory Remarks
8:35 A quarter century of developing IPM programs for field crops: what succeeded, what
failed and why. D. Ames Herbert ([email protected]), Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA
9:05 Processing vegetable IPM in the mid-Atlantic: current trends and what still works 30
years later. Joanne Whalen ([email protected])1 and Galen Dively2, 1University of Delaware,
Newark, DE, 2University of Maryland, College Park, MD
9:35 Tree fruit IPM hits and flops over the years. Arthur Agnello ([email protected]),
Cornell University, Geneva, NY
10:05 Bio-insecticides in pest management: heroes or zeroes, and what is the difference.
Timothy Johnson ([email protected]), Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc, Davis, CA
10:35 Development of a multi-lifestage behavioral strategy for management of plum curculio in
apple orchards. Tracy C. Leskey ([email protected])1, Torri Hancock1, Aijun Zhang2,
David Shapiro-Ilan3, Alan Eaton4, Kathleen Leahy5, Daniel Cooley6, Arthur Tuttle6 and Patrick
Drohan7, 1USDA - ARS, Kearneysville, WV, 2USDA - ARS, Beltsville, MD, 3USDA - ARS, Byron,
GA, 4University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 5Polaris Orchard Management, Colrain, MA,
6
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 7The Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, PA
11:05 Taking the bait: When is attract-and-kill technology appropriate? Donald C. Weber
([email protected]), USDA - ARS, Beltsville, MD
11:35 Diffusion of innovation in integrated pest management. Anna Wallingford
([email protected]), Cornell University, Geneva, NY
General Submitted Papers
8:00 am - 10:30 am
Sanibel
Moderator: James Wilson (Virginia Tech)
8:00 Introductory Remarks
8:10 Asa Fitch Award Winner – Presentation: Bed Bug Management for Multi-Unit
Facilities: Low Cost and Minimally Toxic Methods. Molly L. Stedfast ([email protected])1 and
Dini Miller2, 1Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
8:23 Parasitoids of brown marmorated stink bug eggs: Comparison of three egg mass types
in three Maryland habitats. Megan Herlihy ([email protected])1, Elijah Talamas2
and Donald C Weber3, 1USDA ARS, Beltsville, MD, 2USDA - ARS, Washington, DC, 3USDA ARS, Beltsville, MD
8:36 Field attraction of harlequin bug to aggregation pheromone combined with plants and
plant volatiles. Donald C. Weber ([email protected])1, Guillermo Cabrera Walsh2,
Anthony S. DiMeglio1 and Ashot Khrimian1, 1USDA - ARS, Beltsville, MD, 2Fundación para el
Estudio de Especies Invasivas, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
8:49 Developing Trap Crops for Organic Management of Native and Invasive Stink Bugs in
Peppers. Clarissa Mathews ([email protected])1,2, Brett R. Blaauw3, Galen Dively4,
Gladis Zinati5, Jennifer Moore6, James F. Walgenbach7, Celeste Welty8, Douglas G. Pfeiffer9,
James Kotcon10 and Anne L. Nielsen3, 1Redbud Farm, LLC, Inwood, WV, 2Shepherd University,
Shepherdstown, WV, 3Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Bridgeton, NJ, 4University
of Maryland, College Park, MD, 5Rodale Institute, Kutztown, PA, 6The University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN, 7North Carolina State University, Fletcher, NC, 8The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH, 9Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 10West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
9:02 What lies beyond traditional host range testing: a closer look at host choice in Trissolcus
japonicus. Christine Dieckhoff ([email protected])1 and Kim A. Hoelmer2,
1
USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit (BIIRU),
Newark, DE, 2USDA - ARS, Newark, DE
9:15 Abundance patterns of the invasive Halyomorpha halys in adjacent tree nurseries and
field crops. P. Dilip Venugopal ([email protected]), Holly M. Martinson, Paula M. Shrewsbury and
Michael J. Raupp, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
9:28 Lack of evidence for non-target effects of Bt corn on stream insects. William O. Lamp
([email protected]), Rebecca Eckert, Alan Leslie and Galen Dively, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD
9:41 Relating diet and morphology in adult carabid beetles. Joseph Ingerson-Mahar
([email protected]) and Jim Lashomb, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
9:54 Bug Recon and Bug Bomb: Drones for IPM. Yong-Lak Park ([email protected]), West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
10:07 Bad perfume for Brassica crops? Testing if phylogenetic distance influences repellency
to the invasive swede midge. Yolanda Chen ([email protected]), University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT
ESA EASTERN BRANCH COMMITTEES
The following is a list of the Entomological Society of America – Eastern Branch officers,
Executive, Standing and Ad Hoc Committees and their chairs, and ESA Standing Committees
with representatives from the Eastern Branch. The ESA Eastern Branch includes Society
members from (in the United States) Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and (in Canada) New Brunswick, Newfoundland and
Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario (east of 80° longitude), Prince Edward Island, and Quebec. The
Branch depends upon volunteers to perform the critical functions that keep our Branch and
Society active and productive. Without the participation of members in these committees we
would be unable to provide quality service to the Society and programming for our annual
meeting.
The next Eastern Branch annual meeting will be a Joint meeting with Northeastern Weed
Science Society, Northeast Division of the American Phytopathological Society, Northeastern
American Society of Agronomy, and Northeastern Branch of the American Society for
Horticultural Sciences. Scheduled for January 4-7, 2016, Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill
Hotel, Philadelphia, PA. If you are considering volunteering a portion of your time for committee
service this year, please contact either the current chair of the respective committee, the Branch
Secretary, Dr. Daniel Frank, or Eastern Branch President-Elect, Dr. Tracy Leskey. Check our
website (http://www.entsoc.org/Eastern) for details and more information about the meeting and
the Eastern Branch.
On behalf of the entire Eastern Branch membership, please accept my thanks for your
willingness to serve – Daniel Frank, Secretary.
Eastern Branch Executive Committee - 2015
Eastern Branch Executive Committee
Member Name
Dr. Paula M.
Shrewsbury
Dr. Tracy C. Leskey
Mr. Eric R. Day
Dr. Daniel L. Frank
Mr. Mark C. Taylor
Dr. Douglas G.
Pfeiffer
Dr. Melody A. Keena
Position
President
Start Date
03/18/2014
End Date
03/17/2015
E-Mail
[email protected]
President-Elect
Past President
Secretary
Treasurer
Governing Board
Representative
Member-at-Large
03/18/2014
03/20/2014
03/20/2013
03/15/2012
11/15/2012
03/17/2015
03/20/2015
03/20/2016
03/20/2015
11/14/2015
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
03/18/2014
03/17/2017
[email protected]
Eastern Branch ESA Standing Committees
Committee
Awards Committee
(L. O. Howard and Herbert
T. Streu)
Insect Detection,
Evaluation, and Prediction
(IDEP) Committee
Meeting Site Selection
Committee
Nominations Committee
Program Committee
Public Information
Committee
Rules Committee
Screening for ESA Awards
Committee (ESA
Distinguished Achievement
Awards in Teaching and in
Extension, and the
Entomological Foundation
Award for Excellence in IPM)
Student Affairs Committee
Chair
Eric Day
(2014-15)
[email protected]
Lisa Tewksbury
(2015-17)
[email protected]
Mark C. Taylor
(2013-15)
[email protected]
Greg Krawczyk (2015-17)
[email protected]
Tom Kuhar
(2014-15)
[email protected]
Faith B. Kuehn (2014-16)
[email protected]
Matthew Petersen (annual)
[email protected]
Andrei Alyokhin (2014-2015)
[email protected]
Members
Chris Bergh (to 2018) George C.
Hamilton (to 2017), Harvey Reissig
(to 2016), Lok Kok (to 2015)
Robert Trumbule, Dick Bean, Eric
Day, Mark Taylor, Karen Walker,
and Jim Young
James M. Wilson
(2014-2015)
[email protected]
Ryan Gott (Co-chair)
Don Weber, George Hamilton
Anne Nielsen (Co-chair), Tracy
Leskey (advisor)
John Losey (Co-chair), Yolanda
Chen, Geoffrey Atardo
National ESA Standing Committees – Eastern Branch Representatives
Committee
Student Affairs
Finance
Awards & Honors
Education & Outreach
Membership
Public Information
Committee
Rules Committee
Screening for ESA Awards
Committee (ESA
Distinguished Achievement
Chair
Ashley Kennedy
[email protected]
Susan McKnight, LLC
[email protected]
Donald Weber
[email protected]
Faith B. Kuehn
[email protected]
Louela A. Castrillo
[email protected]
Faith B. Kuehn (2014-16)
[email protected]
Matthew Petersen (annual)
[email protected]
Andrei Alyokhin (2014-2015)
[email protected]
Members
John Losey (Co-chair), Yolanda
Chen, Geoffrey Atardo
Awards in Teaching and in
Extension, and the
Entomological Foundation
Award for Excellence in IPM)
Student Affairs Committee
James M. Wilson
(2014-2015)
[email protected]
Ryan Gott (Co-chair)
Eastern Branch Ad Hoc Committees, 2014-2015
Committee
Archivist-Historian
Auditing
Board and Associate
Certified Entomologists
Corporate Support
Coordinator
Linnaean Games
Committee
Listserv and Website
Manager
Local Arrangements
Parliamentarian
Registration & Hospitality
Student Paper
Competition Committee
Chair
George C. Hamilton
[email protected]
Julie Byrd Hebert
Chris Stelzig
[email protected]
James E. Steffel
[email protected]
Douglas G. Pfeiffer
[email protected]
Daniel Frank
[email protected]
Judy Hough-Goldstein
[email protected]
Donald Weber
[email protected]
Joanne Whalen
[email protected]
Oral Competition
Chair: Yong-Lak Park
[email protected]
Poster Competition
Co-Chair: Carlyle Brewster
[email protected]
Members
Joanne Whalen, Bill Cissel, Brian
Kunkel