Session: Acari, Small Players with Big Roles in Diverse Ecosystems (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Sunday, December 12, 2010: 1:15 PM-4:20 PM

Sunset (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Organizer:

Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues

1:15 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:35 PM

0050

Spider mites in the genomic era: The Tetranychus urticae genome project and beyond

M. Navajas, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) ; Vojislava Grbic, University of Western Ontario ; Miodrag Grbic, University of Western Ontario

1:55 PM

0051

Triticum mosaic virus, a new mite transmitted virus of wheat

John Fellers, USDA-ARS

2:15 PM

0052

False spider mites, viruses and symbionts

Elliot W. Kitajima, Universidade de Sao Paulo

2:35 PM

0053

Mites as vectors for honey bee viruses

Eva Forsgren, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

2:55 PM

0054

Advances on the control of red palm mite in the New World

Jorge E. Peña, University of Florida ; Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues, University of Puerto Rico

3:15 PM

0055

Chemical composition of flat mite glandular exudates

Sandra P. Zanotto, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas ; Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues, University of Puerto Rico

3:35 PM

0056

Sticking together - Ixodes pacificus and rickettsial symbionts

Jianmin Zhong, Humboldt State University

3:55 PM

0057

New observations on the family Adamystidae

Cal Welbourn, University of Florida

4:15 PM

Concluding Remarks

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