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Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM |
Room D10, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center) |
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SVPHS3. Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems |
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| Moderator(s): | Roger Moon
Faith Oi
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| 8:00 AM | | | | Introductory Remarks |
| 8:05 AM |  | 0586 | | Impact of sand moisture level on food consumption and distribution of Formosan subterranean termites with different soldier percentage
Bal Krishna Gautam, Gregg Henderson |
| 8:17 AM | | 0587 | | Ability of bed bug detecting canines to locate live common bed bugs and viable bed bug eggs (Cimex lectularius)
Margaret Pfiester, Phil Koehler, Roberto Pereira |
| 8:29 AM | | 0588 | | Termite cooperation to alter moisture content of food items
Nicola T. Gallagher, Susan C. Jones |
| 8:41 AM | | 0589 | | Efficacy of contaminated cockroach gel baits on Blattella germanica
Barbara E Bayer, Phil Koehler |
| 8:53 AM | | 0590 | | The effects of dietary nitrogen on symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Megan E. Meuti, Susan Jones, Peter S. Curtis |
| 9:05 AM | | 0591 | | Wood moisture effects on Formosan termite mortality and water loss
Wai-Han Chan, Phil Koehler, Roberto Pereira |
| 9:17 AM | | | | Break |
| 9:29 AM | | 0592 | | Subterranean termite defense mechanisms against entomopathogenic fungi: Evidence of a synergy between behavioral, chemical, and cellular factors through a histological approach
Thomas Chouvenc, Nan-Yao Su |
| 9:41 AM | | 0593 | | Sublethal effects of UV radiation on two termite species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) and their gut microfauna
Nurmastini Sufina Bujang, Nan-Yao Su |
| 9:53 AM | | 0594 | | Effects of broadcast red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) control products on non-target ant species
Hamilton R. Allen |
| 10:05 AM | | 0595 | | Antennal sensilla essential for off-host aggregation behavior by bed bugs, Cimex lectularius
Joelle F. Olson, Roger D. Moon, Stephen A. Kells |
| 10:17 AM | | 0596 | | Effect of non-repellent insecticides on tunneling and walking abilities of R. flavipes workers (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Franklin Quarcoo, Xing Ping Hu |
| 10:29 AM | | 0597 | | Phylogeographical study of the Formosan subterranean termite and the Asian subterranean termite in Taiwan by using mitochondrial DNA sequences (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Hou-Feng Li, Weimin Ye, Nan-Yao Su, Natsumi Kanzaki |
| 10:41 AM | | 0598 | | Mating frequency of Pachycondyla chinensis (Hymenopter: Formicidae) queens inferred from microsatellite analysis
Andrew S. Tebeau, Matt W. Turnbull, Patricia A. Zungoli, Eric P. Benson |
