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Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM |
Room A17, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center) |
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section IPMIS2. Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems |
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| Moderator(s): | Marianne Alleyne
Neil J Vickers
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| 8:00 AM | | | | Introductory Remarks |
| 8:05 AM | | 0344 | | Functional characterization of the bHLH family transcription factors from the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum
Kavita Bitra, Anjiang Tan, Ashley P. G. Dowling, Subba Reddy Palli |
| 8:17 AM | | 0345 | | Macronutrient regulation of a polymorphic insect differing in morphological, physiological and life history traits
Ashley S. McConnell, Spencer T. Behmer, Karl A. Roeder, Anthony J. Zera |
| 8:29 AM |  | 0346 | | Constitutive phloem proteins, phenolics, and lignin in ash species resistant and susceptible to the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)
Justin G. A. Whitehill, Daniel A. Herms, Pierluigi Bonello |
| 8:41 AM | | 0347 | | Gene structure of phospholipase A2 associated with cellular immune responses in Tribolium castaneum
Sony Shrestha, Yonggyun Kim |
| 8:53 AM | | 0348 | | Insect herbivore stoichiometry: Why macronutrient balance matters
Andrew Boswell, Spencer T. Behmer |
| 9:05 AM | | 0349 | | Lure and kill: A novel approach to controlling the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)
Elizabeth Morris, Parwinder Grewal |
| 9:17 AM | | 0350 | | Comparative responses to essential oils by the obliquebanded leafroller (Choristoneura rosaceana) and the rosy apple aphid (Dysaphis plantaginea)
Cristina Machial, Murray B. Isman |
| 9:29 AM | | | | Break |
| 9:41 AM | | 0351 | | Investigations of insecticide tolerance allele frequencies in Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
Raphael Ndondo Abanja, Lambert H. B. Kanga |
| 9:53 AM | | 0352 | | Role of heat shock proteins during thermal stress in the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus
Nicholas M Teets, David L Denlinger |
| 10:05 AM | | 0353 | | Prevalence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in different populations of Amblyomma americanum in the Southeastern United States
Sherri M. Cannon |
| 10:17 AM | | 0354 | | Genomics of the tick synganglia in reproduction and development
Kevin V. Donohue, S. M. Khalil, Daniel E. Sonenshine, R. Michael Roe |
| 10:29 AM | | 0355 | | Genome-wide analysis of G protein-coupled receptors required for development and reproduction in Tribolium castaneum
Hua Bai, R. Parthasarathy, Subba R. Palli |
| 10:41 AM | | 0356 | | More is not better: Costs of pleometrosis in the neotropical termite Nasutitermes corniger
Jessica LaRosa, Tammy R. Hartke, Rebeca B. Rosengaus |
