Session: Polydnaviruses: Genomic Analyses, Evolution, and Prospective (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Ahmed MA. Ibrahim, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University; Paola Varricchio, Department of Entomology, University of Napoli; Patrizia Falabella, University of Basilicata; Francesco Pennacchio, “ Federico II”, Portici (Napoli), University of Napoli; Silvia Gigliotti, University of Napoli, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics (IGB-CNR)

10:05 AM

Break

10:20 AM

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Viruses viewed as obligatory symbionts of parasitoid wasps

Annie Bézier, Université François Rabelais, Parc de Grandmont; G. Periquet, Université François Rabelais; E. Herniou, Université François Rabelais; C. Dupuy, Université François Rabelais, Parc de Grandmont; Huguet Elisabeth, Université François Rabelais, Parc de Grandmont; Jean-Michel Drezen, National Center for Scientific Research

10:40 AM

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Discovery and localization of a type 5 cypovirus in Heliothis virescens and Campoletis sonorensis host-parasitoid system

Juliane Deacutis, University of Kentucky; Bruce Webb, University of Kentucky

11:00 AM

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Cotesia flavipes polydnaviruses and host immunity

Ali MA. Mahmoud, Deparment of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University; Mario A. Rodriguez-Perez, Instituto Politecnico Nacional

11:10 AM

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Utility of polydnavirus genes in biotechnology applications

Bruce Webb, University of Kentucky; Angelika Fath-Goodin, ParaTechs Corp