ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Evolution and Biological Control

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room A5, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Ruth A. Hufbauer
George Roderick
M. Navajas
Marianna Szucs
8:00 AM
1315
Opening remarks: evolution and biological control
Ruth A. Hufbauer, Colorado State University; Marianna Szűcs, Colorado State University; Maria Navajas, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA); George Roderick, University of California
8:04 AM
1316
The roles of genetics and demography in the success of classical biological control
Ruth A. Hufbauer, Colorado State University; Elodie Vercken, INRA; Thibaut Malausa, INRA; Xavier Fauvergue, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
8:22 AM
1317
Cryptic species: challenges for biological control and management
M. Navajas, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA); George K. Roderick, University of California
8:40 AM
1318
Evolutionary and microbial control of insects
Jenny Cory, Simon Fraser University
8:58 AM
1319
The molecular signature of human introduction efforts in an invasive lady beetle
Yukie Kajita, University of Kentucky; Eric M. O'Neill, University of Kentucky; Yanbing Zheng, University of Kentucky; John J. Obrycki, University of Kentucky; David W. Weisrock, University of Kentucky
9:16 AM
1320
Molecular analysis of host-specificity in plant-feeding insects: phylogenetics and phylogeography of Fergusonina flies on Australian paperbarks
Sonja Scheffer, USDA - ARS; Robin Giblin-Davis, University of Florida; Matt Purcell, USDA-ARS; Kerrie Davies, University of Adelaide; Gary Taylor, The University of Adelaide; Ted Center, USDA-ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory
9:34 AM
1321
Meta-population dynamics and evolution of the purposefully released biological control agent Diachasmimorpha tryoni (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) a parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), in Hawaii
Adam Vorsino, University of Hawaii; Ania Wieczorek, University of Hawai'i; Mark Wright, University of Hawai'i; Russell Messing, University of Hawai'i
9:52 AM
Break
10:07 AM
1322
Selfish genetic elements as biological control agents
Fred Gould, North Carolina State University
10:25 AM
1323
Evolution of tritrophic interactions on wild and cultivated beans in Mexico
Betty Benrey, University of Neuchâtel; Sarah G. Kenyon, University of Neuchatel; David Schneider, University of Neuchatel
10:43 AM
1324
Post-introduction life-history evolution in the weed biological control agent Longitarsus jacobaeae
Marianna Szűcs, Colorado State University; Urs Schaffner, CABI; Mark Schwarzländer, University of Idaho
11:01 AM
1325
Evolution of critical photoperiod for diapause induction enables range expansion of Diorhabda carinulata, a biological control for tamarisk (Tamarix spp)
Dan Bean, Colorado Dept. of Agriculture; Tom Dudley, University of California; Peter Dalin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
11:19 AM
1326
Evolution of Tamarix spp. influences the outcome of a biological control system
Wyatt Williams, Colorado State University; John Gaskin, USDA - ARS; Jonathan Friedman, USGS; Andrew P. Norton, Colorado State University
11:37 AM
1327
Nothing in biological control makes sense except in the light of evolution
Peter McEvoy, Oregon State University; Kimberley Higgs, Oregon State University
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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