ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, MUVE-2

Monday, November 12, 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
301 B, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Moderators:
Emma N. I. Weeks
Sandra A. Allan


8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:03 AM
Population genetics and ecological studies of the newly invasive Asian cockroach (Blattella asahinai) in central North Carolina
Yvonne Matos, North Carolina State University ; W. Booth, North Carolina State University ; Edward L. Vargo, North Carolina State University ; Coby Schal, North Carolina State University
8:15 AM
Determination of acaricide resistance in Rhipicephalus sanguineus and evaluation of resistance mechanisms
Amanda L. Eiden, University of Florida ; Phillip E. Kaufman, University of Florida ; Faith M Oi, University of Florida ; Michael J Dark, University of Florida ; Robert J. Miller, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
8:27 AM
Effect of environmental humidity on red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), developmental rate when fed dried distillers grains with solubles
Mahsa Fardisi, Purdue University ; Linda J. Mason, Purdue University ; Klein Ileleji, Purdue University
8:39 AM
Susceptibility of field strains of three stored product insect species to spinosad and chlorpyrifos-methyl + deltamethrin
Blossom Sehgal, Kansas State University ; Bhadriraju Subramanyam, Kansas State University
8:51 AM
Amblyomma americanum distribution, seasonality, and pathogen prevalence at Ames Plantation
Brian M. Hendricks, University of Tennessee ; A. Daniel Greene, Lincoln Memorial University ; Hannah Peace, University of Tennessee ; Taylor Thompson, University of Tennessee ; David Paulsen, University of Tennessee ; Graham J. Hickling, University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture ; Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell, University of Tennessee
9:03 AM
Species composition and prevalence of Borrelia infections in Ixodes spp. ticks from the southeastern coastal United States
Lauren Paul Maestas, University of Tennessee ; Graham J. Hickling, University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture ; Rick Gerhold, University of Tennessee ; Deb Miller, University of Tennessee ; Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell, University of Tennessee
9:15 AM
Genetic and phenotypic variation in host-seeking behavior of nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks: implications for Lyme disease risk in the eastern United States
Isis M. Kuczaj, Michigan State University ; Graham J. Hickling, University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture ; Jean I. Tsao, Michigan State University
9:27 AM
Responses of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, to semiochemicals in a Y-tube olfactometer
Lucas P. Carnohan, University of Florida ; Emma N. I. Weeks, University of Florida ; Phillip E. Kaufman, University of Florida ; Sandra A. Allan, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
9:39 AM
Break
9:51 AM
Prevalence and molecular characterization of Wolbachia infection in lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) from central Georgia
Amanda Jo Williams-Newkirk, Emory University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Ian Fried, Emory University ; Thomas Gillespie, Emory University ; Gregory A. Dasch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10:03 AM
Functional characterization of a putative octopamine/tyramine receptor from the southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus
Aaron D. Gross, Iowa State University ; Michael J. Kimber, Iowa State University ; Kevin B. Temeyer, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Andrew Y. Li, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Felix Guerrero, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Area (SPA) ; Adalberto A. Pérez de León, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Joel R. Coats, Iowa State University
10:15 AM
Factors influencing the composition of bed bug (Cimex lectularius) aggregations
Margie P. Lehnert, Clemson University ; Peter H. Adler, Clemson University ; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University ; Patricia A. Zungoli, Clemson University ; Patrick D. Gerard, Clemson University
10:27 AM
Exploring components of subsocial behavior in the bed bug
Sydney Crawley, University of Kentucky ; Kenneth F. Haynes, University of Kentucky
10:39 AM
Egg surface morphology and morphometrics of bed bug (Cimex lectularius) eggs
Brittany Elise Delong, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Dini M. Miller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
10:51 AM
Evolution of resistance to combination insecticide products in the bed bug
Jennifer Gordon, University of Kentucky ; Michael F. Potter, University of Kentucky ; Kenneth F. Haynes, University of Kentucky
11:03 AM
The cost of bed bug anxiety: Travelers’ willingness to pay to avoid them
Jerrod M. Penn, University of Kentucky ; Leigh J. Maynard, University of Kentucky ; Desmond O. Brown, University of Kentucky
11:15 AM
Concluding Remarks