Grad Competition P-IE: Biocontrol - Pathogens

Moderator(s)

• RA

  Rajendra Acharya

  University of Georgia
  Tifton, Georgia
• 

  Kelli Hoover (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  Entomology
  Pennsylvania State University
  University Park, Pennsylvania

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM ET

  An assessment of tritrophic interactions among Beauveria bassiana, western corn rootworm larvae and corn
  

  Presenting Author: Abigail Lee Kropf (she/her/hers) – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Aaron J. Gassmann – Iowa State University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM ET

  Biological control of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) using entomopathogenic nematodes
  

  Presenting Author: Arden R. Lambert – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Larry Duncan – University of Florida
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM ET

  Entomopathogenic fungi as biological control agents of beetle pests in stored rice
  

  Presenting Author: Ethan Doherty – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Aaron R. Ashbrook – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Qian Sun – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Blake Wilson – Louisiana State University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM ET

  Evaluating entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana, against wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in the mid-Atlantic
  

  Presenting Author: Mika Pagani (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Tom P. Kuhar – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Stefan Jaronski – USDA
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM ET

  Field testing commercially available Beauveria bassiana biopesticides against overwintering spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)
  

  Presenting Author: Jason Tyler Bielski (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Stefan Jaronski – USDA

  Co-Author: Douglas G. Pfeiffer – Virginia Tech
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM ET

  Selective control of fall armyworm in turfgrass
  

  Presenting Author: Janiyah Cotton – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Jazmine Carroll – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Richard Orion Murphy – Auburn University

  Co-Author: John Frederick Beckmann – Auburn University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM ET

  (1st Place) Sustainable corn leafhopper management: Experience from Brazil
  

  Presenting Author: Bruna Wojahn (she/her/hers) – Federal University of Santa Maria

  Co-Author: Giulian R. da Luz – Federal University of Santa Maria

  Co-Author: Pedro B. Parisi – Federal University of Santa Maria

  Co-Author: André L. S. S. Brum – Federal University of Santa Maria

  Co-Author: Jonas A. Arnemann – Federal University of Santa Maria
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM ET

  (2nd Place) Using soil extracellular enzymes to quantify shifts in lifestyle function of Metarhizium anisopliae after exposure to varying qualities of organic matter
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan Swoboda (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Kyle Wickings – Cornell University