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Consolidated Minutes of the 107^th Annual Meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science................................1 

Presidential Address: Dr. Tim Mullican …………..……………..................................................................…...............................…………17                                                                                                                                                              

 

Full Papers Submitted for Presentation at the

107^th Annual Meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science

Data Signature of Surface and Underground Events—Continuous Environmental Monitoring in a Former Underground Gold Mine. Stephen Gabriel, Purushotham Tukkaraja, Srivatsan Jayaraman Sridharan, and Akash Adhikari………………………....………………………………………………..................................................…21

Microrhopala vittata (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Silphium perfoliatum (Linnaeus) (Asterales: Asteraceae). Paul J. Johnson and Arvid Boe..............................................................................................................41

Abstracts of Research Papers submitted for Presentation at the

107^th Annual Meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science

Semiconducting Polymer Dots L-lactate Transducer by Enzymatic Cascade Reaction System. Shuyi He and

StevenWu…………………………………… ………………………..…………………........................................63

Fate of Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) Seeds When Exposed to Seed-feeder Arthropods. Julienne Korst, Colin Sachen, Alexander Smart, Arvid Boe, and Lan Xu……………………….....................................….64

Extension of the CL&P Ionic Liquid Force Field to Pyrazolium Ionic Liquids. Adam Sturlaugson…....................65

Thirty-four Years of Chemistry Outreach and Chemical Education at the University of South Dakota. M. D. Koppang………………………………………………………………...……………………………......................66

Experimental Validation of a Wideband Hybrid Monopole. Thomas P. Montoya and Cherokee M. Winkler……………………………………………………………………………………………….................….67

Bumble bee (Bombus Latreille) Species Diversity in Native and Traditional Plantings at South Dakota State University. Max Miller, Jack Rabern, and Abigail P. Martens……………………………...……...........................68

Bumble bee (Bombus Latreille) Species Diversity in Mature and Recently-established Native Plantings in Brookings, SD. Jack Rabern, Max Miller, and Abigail P. Martens……………………………………...................69

Ever Changing Farm Crop Types and Practices in the North American Waterfowl Production Areas of North America are Presenting Some New Impacts on Nesting Ducks. Kenneth F. Higgins……….….............................70

Pathogenicity, Detection and Prevention of Pythium Seed Rot in Alfalfa. Oleksandra Rachynska, Travis

Rebstock, Conner Tordsen, Jennifer Giles, and Andrew Sathoff…………………………….…........................….72

Reviewers: 

Jared Heise

Brian Patrick