ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

State-of-the-art Molecular Research of Global Interest

Sunday, November 13, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:40 AM
Room A13, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Apurba K. Barman
Nandi Nagaraj
Shripat T. Kamble
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
0100
Next generation entomology: induction of genes involved in cotton plant defense affects interactions between competing herbivores
Ada Szczepaniec, Texas A&M University; Micky Eubanks, Texas A&M University
8:25 AM
0101
High-throughput discovery of pesticidal proteins from microorganisms
Kimberly Sampson, Bayer CropScience; Duane Lehtinen, Bayer CropScience; Rebecca Thayer, Bayer CropScience; Ethan Dunn, Bayer CropScience; Jessie Zeigler, Bayer CropScience; Kira Bulazel, Bayer CropScience; Rong Guo, Bayer CropScience; Brian McNulty, Bayer CropScience; Jill Hinson, Bayer CropScience
8:45 AM
0102
Proteomics and genomics of resistance to Bt toxins and transgenic Bt crops
Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, University of Tennessee; Omaththage Perera, USDA - ARS; Anaïs Castagnola, University of Tennessee; Cris Oppert, University of Tennessee; Siva R. K. Jakka, University of Tennessee
9:05 AM
0103
Discovery and optimization of hemipteran-active proteins for transgenic plant applications
James A. Baum, Monsanto Company; Konasale J. Anilkumar, Monsanto Company; David Bowen, Monsanto Company; Robert S. Brown, Monsanto Company; Tom Clark, Monsanto Company; Michael Pleau, Monsanto Company; Xiaohong Shi, Monsanto Company; Uma Sukuru, Monsanto Company; Andrew Wollacot, Monsanto Company
9:25 AM
0104
Molecular basis of resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in Trichoplusia ni
Ping Wang, Cornell University NYSAES
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
0105
Got resistance?  Try modified Bt toxins
Bruce E. Tabashnik, University of Arizona; Fangneng Huang, Louisiana State University; Mukti Ghimire, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; B. Rogers Leonard, Louisiana State University; Blair D. Siegfried, University of Nebraska; Murugesan Rangasamy, University of Nebraska; Yajun Yang, Nanjing Agricultural University; Yidong Wu, University of Arizona; David G. Heckel, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Alejandra Bravo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mario Soberón, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
10:20 AM
0106
Use of protein/protein interaction and cell based assays to determine mode of action of novel protein toxins for insect control
Joel Sheets, Dow AgroSciences LLC; Tim Hey, Dow AgroSciences LLC; Alexander E. Lang, Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie; Gudula Schmidt, Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie; Klaus Aktories, Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie
10:40 AM
0107
Developing RNA interference as a tool for target site discovery in western corn rootworms
Blair D. Siegfried, University of Nebraska; Analiza P. Alves, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Murugesan Rangasamy, University of Nebraska; Haichuan Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Hong Chen, University of Nebraska
11:00 AM
0108
Applied genomics for the control of corn insect pests
Brad Coates, USDA - ARS; Richard L. Hellmich, USDA - ARS; Blair D. Siegfried, University of Nebraska; Craig A. Abel, USDA - ARS
11:20 AM
0109
Strategy for the next generation transgenic insect control
Andre Abad, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc; Gusui Wu, DuPont Pioneer
11:40 AM
Concluding Remarks
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