Sunday, December 9, 2001: 12:45 PM-5:15 PM

Royal Palm Salon 2-3-4(Convention Center, Level 1)

Formal Conference--Acarology: Acarine Semiochemicals--Aphrodisiacs for the Third Millennium

Session Chair(s): Daniel E. Sonenshine
Moderator(s): Daniel E. Sonenshine
Robert S. Lane
12:45 PMIntroductory Remarks
12:47 PM0116Pheromones of the deer tick, and their use in tick control
Sandra A. Allan, Daniel E. Sonenshine
1:17 PM0117Squalene and related defense chemicals (allomones) in ticks
Jay Yoder
1:47 PM0118Chemosensory and behavioural adaptations of ticks as ectoparasites of vertebrates
Patrick M. Guerin
2:17 PMBreak
2:32 PM0119Biosynthesis of pheromones
Gary Blomquist
3:02 PM0120Varroa attractants and confusants: Push, pull and potential for control
Mark Winston, Keith Slessor, Stephen Pernal, Scott Baird
3:32 PM0121The role of herbivore-induced plant volatiles in the searching behavior of plant-inhabiting predatory mites
Maurice Sabelis
4:02 PMBusiness Meeting: Acarological Society of America

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