Ten-Minute Papers, MUVE: Vector Ecology

Wednesday, December 15, 2010: 1:30 PM-4:05 PM
Royal Palm, Salon 5-6 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Moderators:
H. Joel Hutcheson
Glen A. Scoles


1:35 PM
Decades of domestic Boophilus ticks
H. Joel Hutcheson, USDA - APHIS
1:47 PM
Invasive plant-invasive insect interactions:  Giant reed invasions as suitable refuge for cattle fever ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)
Alex E. Racelis, USDA-ARS ; Ronald B. Davey, USDA - ARS ; John A. Goolsby, USDA-ARS ; Adalberto A. Perez de Leon, USDA-ARS ; Roberta Duhaime, USDA-APHIS-VS ; Kevin P. Warner, USDA-APHIS-VS
2:11 PM
Functional characterization of Amblyomma americanum salivary gland proteins
Muahmmad, Sohail Sajid, The University of Southern Mississippi ; Shahid Karim, University of Southern Mississippi
2:23 PM
Exploring ecological immunology of the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni)
Jeb Owen, Washington State University ; Glen A. Scoles, USDA - ARS ; David W. Crowder, Washington State University
2:35 PM
Effect of larval nutrition on reproductive success in males of the African malaria mosquito (Anopheles gambiae)
Nnaemeka Francis Ezeakacha, University of Southern Mississippi ; Daniel Boakye, Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research ; Delphina A Gomez, University of Ghana
2:47 PM
2:59 PM
Non-additive effects of leaf resources on mosquito competition and production in container habitats
MH. Reiskind, Oklahoma State University ; L. Phil Lounibos, University of Florida ; Ali Zarrabi, Oklahoma State University
3:11 PM
Microbial community responses to larval competition between Aedes triseriatus and Ae. japonicus
Michael G. Kaufman, Michigan State University ; Elizabeth A. Brouhard, Michigan State University ; Edward D. Walker, Michigan State University
3:35 PM
Can pesticides and larval competition alter susceptibility of Aedes mosquitoes to arbovirus infection?
Ephantus Muturi, University of Illinois ; Katie Costanzo, University of Illinois ; Barry W. Alto, University of Florida