@misc{prade_sandhi_elzay_arnold_pickens_freedman_dillard_gresham_morris_pezzini_et al._2023, title={Transforming entomology to adapt to global concerns: 2021 student debates}, volume={23}, ISSN={["1536-2442"]}, DOI={10.1093/jisesa/iead064}, abstractNote={Abstract
               The 2021 Student Debates of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) were held at the Annual Meeting in Denver, CO. The event was organized by the Student Debates Subcommittee (SDS) of the Student Affairs Committee (SAC). The theme of the 2021 Student Debates was “Transforming Entomology to Adapt to Global Concerns”, with 3 topics. Each topic had an unbiased introduction and 2 teams. The debate topics were (i) Nonnative insect introduction is an ethical approach for counteracting proliferation and overpopulation of consumers, (ii) What is the best technology to control undesirable insect pests in urban and agricultural settings? and (iii) Compared to other solutions, like plant-based diets, insect farming is the best method to address rising human global food and nutrient supply demands. Unbiased introduction speakers and teams had approximately 6 months to prepare for their presentations.}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE}, author={Prade, Patricia and Sandhi, Ramandeep Kaur and Elzay, Sarah DePaolo and Arnold, Katherine and Pickens, Victoria and Freedman, Andrew and Dillard, DeShae and Gresham, Sean and Morris, Ashley and Pezzini, Daniela and et al.}, year={2023}, month={Jul} }
 @article{ranger_parajuli_gresham_barnett_villani_walgenbach_baysal-gurel_owen jr_reding_2023, title={Type and duration of water stress influence host selection and colonization by exotic ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)}, volume={3}, ISSN={["2673-8600"]}, DOI={10.3389/finsc.2023.1219951}, abstractNote={Fungus-farming ambrosia beetles in the tribe Xyleborini tunnel into plants and trees to establish chambers for cultivating their nutritional fungal mutualists and rearing offspring. Some xyleborine ambrosia beetles preferentially infest and perform better in living but weakened trees. Flood stress predisposes horticultural tree crops to infestation, but the impact of drought stress has not been well studied. Our objectives were to compare the effects of flood stress vs. drought stress on host selection and colonization by xyleborine ambrosia beetles and to assess the duration of flooding. Container-grown Cornus florida L. trees were flood stressed using a pot-in-pot system to submerge the roots in water while drought-stressed conditions were imposed by withholding irrigation and precipitation. When experimental trees were held under field conditions for 14 days, 7.5 × more ambrosia beetles landed on stems of the flood-stressed than on the drought-stressed trees. During two additional experiments over 14 and 22 days, ambrosia beetles tunneled into the flood-stressed trees but not the drought-stressed or standard irrigation trees. By simultaneously deploying trees that were flood stressed for varying lengths of time, it was found that more tunnel entrances, and xyleborine adults and offspring were recovered from trees that were flooded for 1–16 days and 7–22 days than from trees that were flooded for 14–29 days and 28–43 days. These results indicate that acute and severe drought stress does not predispose C. florida to infestation, but flood stress and the duration of flooding influence ambrosia beetle host selection and colonization. Understanding the role of host quality on ambrosia beetle preference behavior will assist with predicting the risk of infestation of these opportunistic insects in horticultural tree crops.}, journal={FRONTIERS IN INSECT SCIENCE}, author={Ranger, Christopher M. and Parajuli, Madhav and Gresham, Sean and Barnett, Jenny and Villani, Sara and Walgenbach, James and Baysal-Gurel, Fulya and Owen Jr, James S. and Reding, Michael E.}, year={2023}, month={Jul} }