Entomology Section

Section Abstracts: Entomology

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS; NATURAL ENEMIES AND POLLINATORS IN VIRGINIA CUCURBIT PRODUCTION. James M. Wilson & Thomas P. Kuhar, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061. Cucurbit production in Virginia provides the commonwealth with melons, pumpkins, summer squashes, and cucumbers, all of which are dependent upon adequate pollination for fruit set and development. Growers ...

Entomology.

Entomology.

Program and Application Information Director: Dr. Frank Casey, School of Natural Resource Sciences Program Leader:: Dr. Jason Harmon Email: [email protected] Department Location: 202 Hultz Hall Department Phone: (701) 231-7582 Department Web Site: www.ndsu.edu/entomology/ Application Deadline: International applications are due May 1 for fall semester and August 1 for spring and summer seme...

Applied Entomology

Neotropical Entomology

The many other insects with a restricted diet, the citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, the vector Causing Which agent of the HLB , the bacterium Candidatus spp Liberibacter., is intimately Associated with symbiotic microorganisms. These mutualistic symbionts play a key role on Their host nutritional ecology, and are vertically Transmitted to the progeny. However, Despite The role symbiont...