Sunday, December 9, 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

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

Informal Conference: Acarology Submitted Ten-Minute Papers

Session Chair(s): Lance A. Durden
James E. Keirans
8:00 AM0024Population genetics of the tick Ixodes scapularis utilizing microsatellites
A. J. West, T. R. Schwartz, D. E. Norris
8:12 AM0025Phylogenetic relationships of metastriate ticks using POL II and AChE nuclear protein-encoding genes
Quentin Q. Fang, James E. Keirans, Lance A. Durden, Tonya R. Mixson
8:24 AM0026Distribution and abundance of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni, in the United States
Angela James, Jerome Freier, James E. Keirans, Lance A. Durden, Jack Schlater, James Mertins
8:36 AM0027Importance of chlorine placement in the role of 2, 6-dichlorophenol as a sex pheromone (Acari: Ixodidae)
Chris I. Sanders, William J. Burke, Peter E. Hanson, Jay A. Yoder
8:48 AM0028Genetic diversity of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch, a potential vector of heartwater
Heather R. Williams, Pete D. Teel, Otto F. Strey, Craig J. Coates
9:00 AM0029Evidence for host plant preference in a predacious mite Iphiseiodes quadripilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Raul T. Villanueva, Carl C. Childers
9:12 AM0030A molecular ladder assay designed using mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequences can identify six commercially available phytoseiids
A. Jeyaprakasii, Marjorie A. Hoy
9:24 AMBreak
9:36 AM0031Feeding behavior of Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) on Florida citrus
Hugo Aguilar, C. C. Childers
9:48 AM0032Comparative life table data of three Agistemus species (Acari: Stigmaeidae) under controlled laboratory conditions
Arturo Goldarazena, C. C. Childers, H. Kutuk, H. Aguilar
10:00 AM0033Overwintering and comparative sampling of Neoseiulus fallacis on ornamental nursery plants
Paul D. Pratt, Brian A. Croft
10:12 AM0034Does Bt endotoxin expression influence mite community structure on decomposing corn residues?
Edmond R. Zaborski
10:24 AM0035Will the real Zwickia (Astigmata, Histiostomatidae) please stand up: Biodiversity of mites inhabiting the pitchers of Nepenthes
Norman J. Fashing
10:36 AM0036Acaroid mites (Acari: Astigmata) associated with termites (Isoptera)
Barry M. OConnor
10:48 AM0037Control practices of Varroa jacobsoni Oud. using Apistan with special reference to its effect on worker longevity and its residues in wax and honey
Moftah A. Ali, M.K. Eshba, A.R. Hassan, A.A. El-din
11:00 AM0038IPM approach to managing honey bee mites
Diana Sammataro, Nancy Ostiguy

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