Monday, 15 November 2004: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

251 D (Salt Palace L-2)

Ten-Minute Papers, Section Cb. Apiculture and Social Insects, Cd. Behavior and Ecology, Ce. Insect Pathology and Microbial Control

Moderator(s): Roberto M. Pereira
Steven M. Valles
1:00 PM0029New ant hosts of Myrmicinosporidium durum: a widely-distributed ant pathogen?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Roberto M. Pereira
1:12 PM0030A picorna-like virus from the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta: initial discovery, genome sequence, and characterization
Steven M. Valles, David Oi, Roberto Pereira, Alexandra Shapiro, David Williams, Wayne Hunter, Charles Strong, Phat Dang
1:24 PM0031Inoculation, infection, and impact of the microsporidium Vairimorpha invictae on red imported fire ants  [ Recorded presentation ]
David H. Oi, Juan A. Briano, David F. Williams
1:36 PM0032Epizootics of Thelohania solenopsae in red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta): natural infections in a monogyne population and biocontrol releases in polygyne populations
James R. Fuxa, Arthur R. Richter, Yuliya Y. Sokolova, Maynard Milks
1:48 PM0033Occurrence and distribution of Thelohania solenopsae in red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) populations in Louisiana
Maynard L. Milks, James R. Fuxa, Arthur R. Richter
2:00 PM0034The Solenopsis invicta alarm pheromone
Robert K. Vander Meer, Catherine A. Preston
2:12 PMBreak
2:36 PM0035Argentine ant and fire ant aggressive interactions in shared expansion habitats  [ Recorded presentation ]
Linda Hooper-Bui, Jessica Rosson
2:48 PM0036Geographic variation in Argentine ant response to environmentally-derived nestmate recognition cues
Grzegorz Buczkowski, Jules Silverman
3:00 PM0037Body size and environment determine nest founding method in seed-harvester ants  [ Recorded presentation ]
Robert A Johnson
3:12 PM0038Genetic caste determination in Pogonomyrmex harvester ants
Jennifer H. Fewell, Kirk Anderson, Robert Johnson, Juergen Gadau
3:24 PM0039Sex pheromone of the slave-making ant, Polyergus breviceps  [ Recorded presentation ]
Les Greenberg, Ali Aliabadi, J. Stephen McElfresh, Howard Topoff, Wittko Francke, Jocelyn G. Millar

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