Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section IPMIS2. Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room A17, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Moderators:

Marianne Alleyne
Neil J Vickers

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

0344

Functional characterization of the bHLH family transcription factors from the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Kavita Bitra, University of Kentucky; Anjiang Tan, University of Kentucky; Ashley P. G. Dowling, University of Kentucky; Subba Reddy Palli, University of Kentucky

8:17 AM

0345

Macronutrient regulation of a polymorphic insect differing in morphological, physiological and life history traits

Ashley S. McConnell, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Spencer T. Behmer, Texas A&M University; Karl A. Roeder, Texas A&M University; Anthony J. Zera, University of Nebraska

8:29 AM

0346

Constitutive phloem proteins, phenolics, and lignin in ash species resistant and susceptible to the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)

Justin G. A. Whitehill, The University of British Columbia; Daniel A. Herms, The Ohio State University; Pierluigi Bonello, The Ohio State University

Audio File

8:41 AM

0347

Gene structure of phospholipase A₂ associated with cellular immune responses in Tribolium castaneum

Sony Shrestha, University of Kentucky; Yonggyun Kim, Andong National University

Audio File

8:53 AM

0348

Insect herbivore stoichiometry: Why macronutrient balance matters

Andrew Boswell, Texas A&M; Spencer T. Behmer, Texas A&M University

Audio File

9:05 AM

0349

Lure and kill: A novel approach to controlling the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)

E. Erin Morris, University of Copenhagen; Parwinder Grewal, The Ohio State University

Audio File

9:17 AM

0350

Comparative responses to essential oils by the obliquebanded leafroller (Choristoneura rosaceana) and the rosy apple aphid (Dysaphis plantaginea)

Cristina Machial, University of British Columbia; Murray B. Isman, The University of British Columbia

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9:29 AM

Break

9:41 AM

0351

Investigations of insecticide tolerance allele frequencies in Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Raphael Ndondo Abanja, Florida A&M University; Lambert Kanga, Florida A&M University

9:53 AM

0352

Role of heat shock proteins during thermal stress in the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus

Nicholas M Teets, The Ohio State University; David L. Denlinger, Ohio State University

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10:05 AM

0353

Prevalence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in different populations of Amblyomma americanum in the Southeastern United States

Sherri M. Cannon, Georgia Southern University

10:17 AM

0354

Genomics of the tick synganglia in reproduction and development

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

10:29 AM

0355

Genome-wide analysis of G protein-coupled receptors required for development and reproduction in Tribolium castaneum

Hua Bai, University of Kentucky; R. Parthasarathy, University of Kentucky; Subba Reddy Palli, University of Kentucky

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10:41 AM

0356

More is not better: Costs of pleometrosis in the neotropical termite Nasutitermes corniger

Jessica LaRosa, Northeastern University; Tamara R. Hartke, Northeastern University; Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Northeastern University

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