IPMIS1 Ten-Minute Papers, Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems

Sunday, November 16, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Room A6, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Moderators:
Walter Leal
Zainulabeuddin Syed


1:35 PM
Attraction of male pear psylla to female cuticular extracts with evidence of male-male repellency
Christelle Guedot, USDA-ARS ; David R. Horton, USDA - ARS ; Peter J. Landolt, USDA - ARS
1:47 PM
Variation in and responses to brood pheromone of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)
Tanya Pankiw, Texas A&M University ; Bradley N. Metz, Texas A&M University
1:59 PM
Geometric designs and response surfaces for understanding pheromone blends
Stephen L. Lapointe, USDA-ARS ; Terence J. Evens, USDA-ARS ; Randall P. Niedz, USDA-ARS ; Lukasz L. Stelinksi, University of Florida, IFAS
2:11 PM
An integrative approach to understanding divergence in male moth pheromone preference
Neil J Vickers, University of Utah ; Marie Estock, North Carolina State University ; Rebekah Powell, North Carolina State University ; Catharine Ward, North Carolina State University ; Astrid Groot, North Carolina State University ; Fred Gould, North Carolina State University ; Kirk Hillier, University of Utah
2:23 PM
Flying the fly: A wind tunnel bioassay for odour-driven behaviour in Drosophila
Paul Becher, SLU ; Marie Bengtsson, SLU ; Peter Witzgall, SLU
2:35 PM
Odorant-binding proteins of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae): Genome analysis and expression patterns
Julien Pelletier, University of California-Davis ; Walter S. Leal, University of California - Davis
2:47 PM
Identification of potent olfactory stimulants for Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera : Culicidae) and their coding
Zainulabeuddin Syed, University of California-Davis ; Walter Leal, University of California-Davis
2:59 PM
3:14 PM
How readily does pheromone migrate within the sensilla?
Thomas Dykstra, Dykstra Laboratories, Inc
3:26 PM
Cricket antennae are mechanically damped (Acheta domesticus L.)
Catherine Loudon, University of California, Irvine ; Stanley Sowy, University of California, Irvine ; Derek Kellogg, University of Kansas
3:38 PM
Chemical signals in communities of longhorned beetles
Robert F. Mitchell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Elizabeth E. Graham, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Peter F. Reagel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California, Riverside ; Lawrence Hanks, University of Illinois
3:50 PM
Acoustic characteristics of rhinoceros beetle stridulations
Richard Wendell Mankin, USDA-ARS-CMAVE ; Aubrey Moore, University of Guam ; Peter Samson, BSES Ltd ; Keith Chandler, BSES Ltd
4:02 PM
Microsporidia (Thelohania solenopsae) infection and other issues regarding colony foundation success of newly mated imported fire ant queens (Solenopsis invicta)
S. Bradleigh Vinson, Texas A&M University ; Karen Snowden, Texas A&M University ; Asha Rao, Texas A&M University ; S. Ellison, Texas A&M University ; K. Logan, Texas A&M University ; Freder Medina, Texas A&M University
4:14 PM
Losing the battle against fungal infection: Suppression of termite immune defenses during mycosis
Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Northeastern University ; Svetlana Avulova, Northeastern University ; Lindsey Reichheld, Northeastern University
4:26 PM
Detection and quantification of Nosema apis and N. ceranae in honey bees using real-time PCR
Lelania Bourgeois, USDA - ARS ; Robert G. Danka, USDA - ARS ; Thomas E. Rinderer, USDA-ARS