Undergraduate Student Poster Display Competiton, IPMIS

Monday, December 13, 2010: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Grand Exhibit Hall (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Relationship between juvenile hormone and defensive behavior in the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata
Carlos Ortiz-Alvarado, Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Rafael Fernández-Casas, Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Bert Rivera-Marchand, Inter American University of Puerto Rico
Effects of methoprene on workers of the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata
Adriana Rosado-Rodríguez, Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Yarira Ortiz-Alvarado, Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Bert Rivera-Marchand, Inter American University of Puerto Rico
Flightless winged females and flight-capable males of the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata
Yoselyn Rodríguez-Cruz, Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Yarira Ortiz-Alvarado, Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Bert Rivera-Marchand, Inter American University of Puerto Rico
Temperature stress, anti-oxidative enzyme activity and virus acquisition in Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
Adeel Faruki, University of St. Thomas; Duc Lam, University of St. Thomas; Isioma Agboli, University of St. Thomas; Cindy McKenzie, USDA - ARS; Robert Shatters, USDA - ARS; Rosie Rosell, University of St. Thomas
Identification of glassy winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata, endosymbionts utilizing in situ labeling by light and electron microscopy
Truc Thi Le, University of St. Thomas; Suzanna White, University of St. Thomas; Iftikhar Burney, University of St. Thomas; Rosie Rosell, University of St. Thomas
Detection of kdr mutations in southern house mosquitoes using allele specific PCR
Lewis V. Hun, Abilene Christian University; Qiang Xu, Auburn University
Hemolymph-associated symbionts:  Identification of Delftia sp. in glassy-winged sharpshooters (Homalodisca vitripennis) and investigation into their putative function
Lucas Craig Shipman, University of Texas at Tyler; Daymon Hail, University of Texas at Tyler; Blake Bextine, University of Texas at Tyler
The characterization of a novel cypovirus in a parasitoid-host relationship
Philip L. Houtz, University of Kentucky; Juliane Deacutis, University of Kentucky; Bruce Webb, University of Kentucky
Testing genomic regions for their effect on honey bee worker lifespan
Luke R. Dixon, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Olav Rueppell, University of North Carolina
Protein-chitin interactions in the arthropod cuticle
John E. Rebers, Northern Michigan University; Mark D. Paulsen, NMU; Lesley Putman, Northern Michigan University; Levi Ekanger, NMU; Meghan Kozub, Northern Michigan University; Andy Sikkema, NMU; Genevieve Wellner, NMU
Parasitism by Cotesia flavipes induces immunosuppression of Diatraea saccharalis and Eoreuma loftini
Stephany Young, Centro de Biotecnologia; Ali MA. Mahmoud, Centro de Biotecnologia; Erick De Luna, Centro de Biotecnologia; Mario Alberto Rodriguez-Perez, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica- Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Phenotypic plasticity of disease-vectoring mosquitoes towards non-chemical and chemical stressor interactions
Chris M. Powell, University of Texas at Tyler; Troy D. Anderson, The University of Texas at Tyler