Session: IPMIS2 Ten-Minute Papers, Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room A1, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Moderators:

Subba Reddy Palli
Kevin W. Wanner

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

1052

Molecular biology and regulation of tick storage proteins

R. Michael Roe, North Carolina State University; Kevin V. Donohue, North Carolina State University; SM. Khalil, North Carolina State University; Daniel Sonenshine, Old Dominion University

8:17 AM

1053

Identification of genes specifically expressed during heat shock treatment in Aedes aegypti

Liming Zhao, USDA-ARS; Julia W. Pridgeon, USDA-ARS; James J. Becnel, USDA - ARS; Gary G. Clark, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Kenneth J. Linthicum, USDA-ARS

8:29 AM

1054

Analysis of transcriptional activity of the AeSCP-2 promoter in Aedes aegypti mosquito cell line culture

Irina Vyazunova, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Que Lan, University of Wisconsin

Audio File

8:41 AM

1055

Functional analysis of juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase promoters of Drosophila melanogaster

Dov Borovsky, University of Florida; Hilde Breyssens, University of Florida IFAS, FMEL; Carole Laroye, University of Florida IFAS, FMEL; Sara Janssen, University of Florida IFAS, FMEL; Guy Smagghe, Ghent University

8:53 AM

1056

Development and characterization of expressed sequence tags from the alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata)

Junhuan Xu, Utah State University; Rosalind James, USDA - ARS; Craig Huntzinger, USDA-ARS; Ellen Klinger, USDA - ARS

Audio File

9:05 AM

1057

A viral histone H4 encoded in Cotesia plutellae bracovirus suppresses gene expression of host histone H4 using its prolonged N-terminal tail

Wael Gad, Andong National University; Younggyun Kim, Andong National University

Audio File

9:17 AM

1058

Post transcriptional gene silencing of Bla g 1, a major allergen in the German cockroach (Blattella germanica), using RNA interference

Alonso Suazo, North Carolina State University; Chad Gore, North Carolina State University; Coby Schal, North Carolina State University

Audio File

9:29 AM

Break

9:44 AM

1059

Genome-wide screening of male accessory gland proteins and their hormonal regulation in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Parthasarathy Ramaseshadri, Monsanto Company; Subba Reddy Palli, University of Kentucky

9:56 AM

1060

Gene expression differences between two behavioral types of western corn rootworm

Lisa M. Knolhoff, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Kimberly K. O. Walden, University of Illinois; Susan T. Ratcliffe, North Central IPM Center; David Onstad, University of Illinois; Hugh M. Robertson, University of Illinois

Audio File

10:08 AM

1061

Profiling Heliothis virescens gut gene expression in response to Cry1Ac intoxication

Omaththage Perera, USDA - ARS; Anaïs Castagnola, University of Tennessee; Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, University of Tennessee

10:20 AM

1062

Pyrosequencing antennal cDNA to identify sex pheromone receptor genes from the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis)

Kevin W. Wanner, Montana State University

10:32 AM

1063

Identification of members of the pheromone receptor family expressed in various lepidopteran pests