Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE: Chemical Ecology & Behavior

Wednesday, December 16, 2009: 7:15 AM-11:00 AM
Room 209, Second Floor (Convention Center)
Moderators:
Robert Meagher
Lynne K. Rieske-Kinney
7:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
7:20 AM
7:32 AM
Southern chinch bug (Blissus insularis Barber) attraction to host plant and conspecific volatiles
Karla M. Addesso, University of Florida; Wendy Gonzalez-Canal, University of Florida; Laureen Chan, University of Florida; Heather McAuslane, University of Florida; Ronald H. Cherry, University of Florida
7:44 AM
How do gall insects overcome plant defenses?
John Tooker, Pennsylvania State University
7:56 AM
Do plant signaling compounds affect woody plant gall development?
Lynne K. Rieske-Kinney, University of Kentucky
8:08 AM
Seasonal cycles of reproductive behavior in native populations of Harmonia axyridis around Beijing, China
J. P. Michaud, Kansas State University; Su Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
8:20 AM
Host range expansion in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)
Lisa M. Knolhoff, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Francisco R. Badenes-Pérez, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; David G. Heckel, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
8:44 AM
Visual discrimination of predaceous ants by egg-laying butterflies
Paulo S. Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Sebastián F. Sendoya, Universidade Estadual de Campinas; André V. L. Freitas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
8:56 AM
A comparative assessment of the response of three fruit fly species (Tephritidae) to a protein bait: effect of ammonium acetate, female age and protein hunger
Jaime C. Pinero, University of Hawaii-Manoa; Ronald F.L. Mau, University of Hawaii-Manoa; Roger I. Vargas, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
9:08 AM
Break
9:23 AM
Enhancing lethality of attracticidal spheres for apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella
Starker E. Wright, USDA-ARS; Tracy C. Leskey, USDA - ARS; Harvey Reissig, Cornell University
9:35 AM
Fluon or flu-off:  optimizing trap catches of cerambycid beetles
Elizabeth Graham, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois; Robert F. Mitchell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:59 AM
Factors affecting induced defenses of broad bean plants in response to pea aphid feeding
Ezra G. Schwartzberg, Pensylvania State University; James H. Tumlinson, Pennsylvania State University
10:11 AM
Cotesia congregata: local adaptation or host-plant races?
Karen M. Kester, Virginia Commonwealth University; Georgia Karns, Virginia Commonwealth University; Bonnie L. Brown, Virginia Commonwealth University
10:23 AM
Plant genotype effects on a host specific thrips and the impact on biological control
Gregory S. Wheeler, USDA - ARS; Dean A. Williams, Texas Christian University; Laurence Mound, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
10:47 AM
Variation in sterol metabolism in an insect herbivore community feeding on Solidago altissima
Eric M. Janson, Vanderbilt University; Robert J. Grebenok, Canisius College; Spencer T. Behmer, Texas A&M University; Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt University
10:59 AM
Concluding Remarks