Session: Galling Insects: Recent Developments in Systematics, Behavior, Genetics, and Host Plant Interactions with an Emphasis on Gall Midges (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Wednesday, December 15, 2010: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

Pacific, Salon 3 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Organizers:

Sunil Tewari
Craig R. Roubos
Jeremy Heath

Moderator:

Noel Hahn

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:35 AM

1284

Explaining the remarkable diversity of plant-feeding gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Jeffrey Joy, Simon Fraser University

8:55 AM

1285

Proximate and ultimate hypotheses for why gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) are orange

Jeremy Heath, Wright State University; John O. Stireman, Wright State University; Don Cipollini, Wright State University

9:15 AM

1286

Some influences of gall-insect feeding on host-plant chemistry, phytohormones, and fatty acids

John Tooker, Pennsylvania State University

9:35 AM

1287

The evolution of nutrition and defense in gall-forming midges

Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt University

9:55 AM

Break

10:10 AM

1288

Manifestations of gall midge evolution in the genome of the Hessian fly

Jeffrey J. Stuart, Purdue University

10:30 AM

1289

Updates on Swede midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), an invasive species in North America

Mao Chen, Monsanto Company

10:50 AM

1290

Galling insects associated with avocados in Guatemala

Mark S. Hoddle, University of California

11:10 AM

1291

Insights from gall midges about reproductive behavior when life is short

Marion Harris, North Dakota State University

11:30 AM

1292

Mysterious and beneficial monsters on the farm: Parasitoids of gall midges

Blair Sampson, USDA - ARS

11:50 AM

Concluding Remarks

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