ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, PBT-4:

Monday, November 12, 2012: 8:25 AM-12:00 PM
300 D, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Moderators:
Qisheng Song
Catherine Loudon


8:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:27 AM
Parasitoid mediated effects on host behavior: Impacts on infection risk by other pathogens
S. E. Johnson, University of Georgia ; M. R. Strand, University of Georgia
8:39 AM
Differences in egg morphology between coleopteran and lepidopteran stored-product insect pests in relation to tolerance to fumigants
Sandipa G. Gautam, Oklahoma State University ; George P. Opit, Oklahoma State University ; Spencer Walse, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Dennis Margosan, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
8:51 AM
Evaluation of food-grade additives as methyl bromide alternatives to control the ham mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank)
Salehe Abbar, Kansas State University ; Thomas W. Phillips, Kansas State University
9:03 AM
9:15 AM
Fitness and fecundity of hemlock woolly adelgid in relation to the health of the eastern hemlock
A. C. Jones, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Scott M. Salom, Virginia Polytechnic and State University ; Donald E. Mullins, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
9:27 AM
Transgenic citrus strategies for control of the citrus root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Sulley Ben-Mahmoud, University of Florida ; Dov Borovsky, Borovsky Consulting ; J. Ramos, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Charles A. Powell, University of Florida-IFAS ; Ronald D. Cave, University of Florida ; David G. Hall, USDA - ARS ; Stephen L. Lapointe, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Robert G. Shatters, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
9:39 AM
Break
9:51 AM
Courtship song mechanism of Cotesia congregata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Justin P. Bredlau, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Yasha J. Mohajer, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Timothy M. Cameron, Miami University ; Michael L. Fine, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Karen M. Kester, Virginia Commonwealth University
10:03 AM
Investigations of candidate genes involved in production of the aggregation pheromone 4,8-dimethyldecenal in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)
Michael Jamison Aikins, Kansas State University ; Hongbo Jiang, Kansas State University ; Yoonseong Park, Kansas State University ; Thomas W. Phillips, Kansas State University
10:15 AM
Effects of age and lifetime flight behavior on flight capacity in Drosophila melanogaster
Steven J. Lane, Central Michigan University ; Stephen P. Roberts, Central Michigan University
10:39 AM
Structural and biochemical characterization of chemosensory proteins from the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta.
Arun Wanchoo, University of Florida ; Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza, University of Florida ; John Boswell, University of Florida ; Nemat O. Keyhani, University of Florida
10:51 AM
Cold hardiness and supercooling point of the female redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus)- implications for invasion potential in the northern latitudes of North America
John P. Formby, Mississippi State University ; Natraj Krishnan, Mississippi State University ; Will Underwood, Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve ; John J. Riggins, Mississippi State University
11:03 AM
Effects of nutrition on worker body size variation in the red imported fire ant
Bill D. Wills, University of Illinois ; Shawn M. Wilder, Texas A&M University ; Andrew V. Suarez, University of Illinois ; David Holway, University of California, San Diego ; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University
11:15 AM
Concluding Remarks