Department of Entomology

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Entomological Society of America 2012 Student Results

The ISU Entomology Department had seven students compete at the the recent Entomological Society of America meetings in Knoxville, TN:

Kelly Gill Insect pollinators in soybean fields: Community identification and sampling method analysis;
Michael Dunbar Effects of Rye Cover Crop on Arthropod Communities;
Eric Clifton Impact of conventional versus organic agriculture on entomopathogenic fungi;
Jessie Sun Gene flow and genetic structure of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) E- and Z- pheromone races in the northeastern US: Greater isolation of E-race populations;
Amanda Hoffmann Effects of entomopathogens on fitness costs of Bt resistance in western corn rootworm;
Aaron Gross Functional characterization of a putative octopamine/tyramine receptor from the southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus;
Michael McCarville Is pyramiding resistance the answer for soybean aphid management?.

Eric Clifton won second place and Mike McCarville won first place; both presentations were in the Plant-Insect Ecosystem Section.


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ISU Entomology graduate students won first and second place at the 2012 Entomological Society Annual Meeting.