Category: Lab News (Page 3 of 6)

A new paper by Ronald Batallas, and Dr. Maya Evenden titled “Influence of Host Plant Species and Fertilization Regime on Larval Performance and Feeding Preference of the Redbacked Cutworm and the Pale Western Cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)”, has been published in The Journal of Economic Entomology.

The paper evaluates the influence of annual crop species (canola, field peas, and spring wheat) and host fertilization on the larval performance and feeding preference of the redbacked cutworm and the pale western cutworm.

This paper can be found here.

The Evenden Lab at their annual Secret Santa exchange and potluck last week to celebrate the end of the semester and the beginning of the holidays. What we weren’t expecting was a visit from Santa Claus!

Congratulations to Maggie MacDonald for receiving a Student Travel Award to attend the Western Forum on Pest Management in Kelowna, BC.

This forum consists of a widely-based group of pest management experts and researches who meet annually to determine best practices for integrated pest control in Western Canada. The goal is to determine the integrated pest management methods that are cost-effective and do not adversely affect the health of individuals, livestock, wildlife or the environment.

Congratulations to all the Evenden lab members who presented this year at the ESAB & ESS JAM in Cypress Hills, AB.

L-R: Asha Wijeratha, Sharavari Kulkarni, Katie Schulze, Antonia Musso, Maggie MacDonald, Maya Evenden, Flavio Preti, Siena Achal.

Congratulations to Antonia Musso, Siena Achal, and Maggie MacDonald on receiving travel awards to attend this years EsaB!

Congratulations to Asha for receiving a fellowship for the winter semester.

Congratulations Asha!

This weekend the Evenden Lab will head to Cypress Hills for 6th Joint Meeting: Entomological Societies of Alberta and Saskatchewan! Stay tuned for photos of presenters.

We kicked off the end of the summer (almost) with a BBQ at Maya’s hosted by her and Steve. We celebrated Boyd Mori’s new position at the U of A and his family’s return to Edmonton, Kelsey Jones’ job offer in Winnipeg, the launch of Bugs 101 and the (almost) completion of the 2019 field season.

Congratulations to everyone!

The CSEE, ESC & AES join annual meeting took place in Fredericton NB from August 18-21st. Maya and Maggie attended and  gave talks in the “Agriculture – Insects” session and the “Ecology and Systematics” session.

Congratulations to Maggie MacDonald, Flavio Preti, and Kelsey Jones on participating in the annual R.E. Peter Biology Conference.

Special congratulations to Kelsey Jones for receiving a R.E. Peter Presentation Award!

Evenden lab members attended the 2018 ESA, ESC, and ESBC joint annual meeting in Vancouver in November 2018.

Congratulations to Kelsey Jones for winning the Entomological Society of America President’s Prize for her oral presentation on MPB flight.