Sunday, 26 October 2003: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

206 (Convention Center (Second Floor))

Section B Symposium: Insect Saliva--An Integrative Approach

Moderator(s): Richard O. Musser
Organizer(s): Richard O. Musser
1:00 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:05 PM0074Biochemistry of fatty acid amide elicitors of plant volatiles in caterpillar digestive system
James Tumlinson, Cameron Lait
1:30 PM0075Biosynthesis of the elicitor N-linolenoyl-L-glutamine by Manduca sexta
Cameron Lait, Hans Alborn, PEA Teal, James Tumlinson
1:50 PM0076Salivary secretions of phytophagous homopterans and heteropterans, and their role in plant disease
Elaine Backus, Javad Habibi
2:10 PM0077Salivary gland extracts of the piercing-sucking Lygus hesperus induce volatile emissions in plants
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, S.J. Crafts-Brandner, Livy Williams, P.W. Pare
2:30 PM0078Nitric oxide transport by blood-sucking insects: Structure and dynamics
William Montfort
2:50 PMBreak
3:05 PM0079Mechanisms for maintaining quiescent platelets during blood-feeding by arthropods
J.F. Andersen, I.M.B. Francischetti, Jesus G. Valenzuela, J.M.C. Ribeiro
3:25 PM0080Salp15, a tick saliva protein that inhibits T cell activation
Juan Anguita
3:45 PM0081The role of the host plant in the secretion and composition of caterpillar salivary proteins
Gary W. Felton, M Peiffer
4:05 PM0082Defense responses in Medicago truncatula to herbivory and insect-derived oral factors
Ken Korth
4:25 PM0083Plant response on a genomic scale to insect salivary compounds
Richard O. Musser

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