ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Symposium: Microbe-Insect Interactions in Decomposition and Disease Ecology

Tuesday, November 13, 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
300 B, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizers:
Tawni L. Crippen
Jeffery K. Tomberlin


8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:02 AM
0890
Beetles, bacteria and broilers: An arena for pathogen dispersal
Tawni L. Crippen, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Cynthia L. Sheffield, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Longyu Zheng, Huazhong Agricultural University ; Jesus F. Esquivel, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Toni L. Poole, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Texas A&M University
8:17 AM
0891
Plant-insect-microbe infection paradigm: Cotton, stink bugs and opportunistic pathogens
Jesus F. Esquivel, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Enrique Medrano, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Lori Hinze, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
8:32 AM
0892
Insect symbiosis in psyllids: A new tool for understanding pathogen transmission
Blake R. Bextine, University of Texas, Tyler
8:47 AM
0893
Ecology of food-borne pathogens: Do insects matter?
Ludek Zurek, Kansas State University
9:02 AM
0894
Bacterial deposition by hemipterans: One size does not fit all
Astri Wayadande, Oklahoma State University ; Jacqueline Fletcher, Oklahoma State University
9:17 AM
0895
Host-microbe interactions in honey bee colonies
Jay D. Evans, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
9:32 AM
0896
Soil invertebrate-microbe interactions during plant litter decomposition
Kyle Wickings, University of New Hampshire ; Stuart Grandy, University of New Hampshire
9:47 AM
Break
10:02 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:05 AM
0897
Microbes, maggots and multiplicity: Biotic and abiotic complexities of carrion decomposition
M. Eric Benbow, University of Dayton ; Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Texas A&M University ; Tawni L. Crippen, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Aaron M. Tarone, Texas A&M University ; Thomas Wood, Pennsylvania State University ; Helene N. LeBlanc, University of Ontario, Institute of Technology ; Jennifer L. Pechal, University of Dayton
10:20 AM
0898
Induced release of a plant-defense volatile ‘deceptively’ attracts insect vectors to plants infected with a bacterial pathogen
Lukasz, L. Stelinski, University of Florida ; Rajinder Mann, University of Florida ; Jared G. Ali, Cornell University ; Sara Lynn Hermann, University of Florida ; Siddharth Tiwari, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida ; Kirsten S. Pelz-Stelinski, University of Florida ; Hans T. Alborn, Insect Chemistry Unit
10:35 AM
0899
Fear of predation alters the decomposition of leaf litter via inputs of grasshopper carcasses
Michael Strickland, Yale University ; Dror Hawlena, Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; Mark Bradford, Yale University ; Oswald Schmitz, Yale University
10:50 AM
0900
Bacterial diversity associated with flies of forensic importance
Baneshwar Singh ; Tawni L. Crippen, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Aaron M. Tarone, Texas A&M University ; M. Eric Benbow, University of Dayton ; Longyu Zheng, Huazhong Agricultural University ; Ziniu Yu, Huazhong Agricultural University ; Adrienne L. Brundage, Texas A&M University ; Andrew Fields, Harvard University ; Micah Flores, Texas A&M University ; Scot E. Dowd, ARS-USDA ; Thomas Wood, Pennsylvania State University ; Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Texas A&M University
11:05 AM
0901
Bacteria and blow fly interactions throughout vertebrate decomposition
Jennifer L. Pechal, University of Dayton ; M. Eric Benbow, University of Dayton ; Tawni L. Crippen, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Aaron M. Tarone, Texas A&M University ; Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Texas A&M University
11:20 AM
0902
Olfactory stimuli associated with decomposing vertebrates and their role in the attraction of the blowfly, Calliphora vomitoria
Helene N. LeBlanc, University of Ontario, Institute of Technology
11:35 AM
0903
Behavioral and community analyses of bacteria associated with Lucilia species
Aaron M. Tarone, Texas A&M University ; Baneshwar Singh ; Tawni L. Crippen, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Longyu Zheng, Huazhong Agricultural University ; Andrew Fields, Harvard University ; Qun Ma, Texas A&M University ; Thomas Wood, Pennsylvania State University ; Scot E. Dowd, ARS-USDA ; Micah Flores, Texas A&M University ; Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Texas A&M University
11:50 AM
Discussion
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