Contributed papers – Forestry and Agriculture
Moderator: Kevin Floate
13:00 — 17:00
C. J. K. MacQuarrie, B. J. Cooke |
Effect of forest management practices on mountain pine beetle population dynamics. |
13:00 |
L. Lachowsky, M. Reid |
Variation in sex ratio of mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae. |
13:15 |
J. Corrigan |
Protecting seed orchards from attack by the mountain pine beetle in the interior of British Columbia. |
13:30 |
C. I. Keeling, H. Henderson, M. Li, E. Clark, D. P. W. Huber, and J. Bohlmann |
Mountain Pine Beetle Genomics. |
13:45 |
R. Johns, K. Ozaki, D. T. Quiring, R. Lapointe, C. J. Lucarotti, D. Ostaff |
Effects of foliage-age variation within conifer on the feeding preference and performance of generalist caterpillars. |
14:00 |
T. Work, A. Hibbert |
Estimating species loss from deadwood under biomass harvesting scenarios. |
14:15 |
A. Rasoolizadeh, F. Dallaire, C. Béliveau, D. Stewart, M. Cusson |
Transcriptional analysis of polydnavirus rep and TrV genes in spruce budworm larvae parasitized by Tranosema rostrale. |
14:30 |
M. J. Wogin, M. M. Davidson, R. C. Butler |
Two odours are better than one; improving thrips lure trapping efficacy. |
14:45 |
Coffee break |
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15:00 |
J. Soroka, P. Dixon, L. Grenkow |
Relay Cropping for Control of Root Maggots Delia spp. (Diptera: Anthomyiidae): Preliminary Prairie Investigations. |
15:30 |
J. Soroka, J. Otani, H. Cárcamo |
Crucifer-feeding flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) species composition across the prairies. |
15:45 |
V. LeRoux, P. Giordanengo |
Glycoalkaloids of Solanum chomatophilum: toxic against aphids? |
16:00 |
L. Brunissen, C. Vincent, P. Giordanengo |
Host-plant mediated interactions between two aphids: Differential effects on M. euphorbiae. |
16:15 |
P. Giordanengo, S. Boquel, A. Ameline |
Potato plant acceptance by non-potato aphids: deciphering behaviour to assess potyvirus epidemic risk. |
16:30 |
C. Olivier, B. Galka |
Aster yellows disease in canola. |
16:45 |




