ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, PBT-3

Monday, November 12, 2012: 8:25 AM-12:00 PM
300 C, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Moderators:
Kate Aronstein
Kelli Hoover


8:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:39 AM
Development of arthropod resistance to xenobiotics
Rebeca Gutierrez, Michigan State University ; Mark E. Whalon, Michigan State University ; David Mota-Sanchez, Michigan State University
8:51 AM
Differences in larval midgut protease activity between Cry1Ac-resistant and susceptible strains of Helicoverpa zea
Min Zhang, University of Arizona ; Jeffrey A. Fabrick, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center (USALARC) ; Yves Carriere, University of Arizona ; Bruce Tabashnik, University of Arizona ; Xianchun Li, University of Arizona
9:03 AM
Larval survival and plant injury of Cry1F-susceptible, -resistant, and -heterozygous genotypes of the fall armyworm on transgenic corn containing single or pyramided Bt genes
Ying Niu, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center ; Fei Yang, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center ; Liping Zhang, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; S. David Wangila, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; Robert L. Meagher, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Center for Medical, Agricultural & Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) ; B. Rogers Leonard, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center ; Fangneng Huang, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
9:15 AM
Fitness costs of Cry1F resistance in fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda
Ana Maria Velez, University of Nebraska ; Terence A. Spencer, University of Nebraska ; Analiza P. Alves, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. ; Blair D. Siegfried, University of Nebraska
9:27 AM
RNA interference as a tool for the analysis of gene function in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)
Ashley D. Yates, University of Nebraska ; Nicholas J. Miller, University of Nebraska
9:51 AM
Break
10:03 AM
A tripartite termite-protozoa-bacteria symbiosis: Impact of different endosymbiotic groups on Reticulitermes flavipes lignocellulose digestion
Brittany F. Peterson, Purdue University ; Amit Sethi, Purdue University ; Huizhe Zhou, Purdue University ; Michael E. Scharf, Purdue University
10:15 AM
Midgut-specific profiles of the emerald ash borer larvae (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire)
Swapna Priya Rajarapu, Ohio State University, OARDC ; Vanessa L. Muilenburg, Ohio State University, OARDC ; P. Larry Phelan, The Ohio State University ; Daniel A. Herms, Ohio State University, OARDC ; Omprakash Mittapalli, Ohio State University, OARDC
10:27 AM
Overexpression of an insect cellulase in switchgrass for improved sugar release
Jonathan D. Willis, University of Tennessee ; A. Grace Collins, University of Tennessee ; Juan L. Jurat-Fuentes, University of Tennessee ; C. Neal Stewart, University of Tennessee
10:39 AM
Salivary gland transcriptome reveals bacterial symbionts of the potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae
Bridget D. DeLay, University of Maryland ; William O. Lamp, University of Maryland
10:51 AM
Expression of a prostaglandin E2 synthase in the salivary glands of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis
Joshua R. Urban, Kansas State University ; Yoonseong Park, Kansas State University
11:03 AM
RNAi mediated depletion of NSF in Amblyomma maculatum infected with Rickettsia parkeri
Rebecca Browning, University of Southern Mississippi ; Steven W. Adamson, University of Southern Mississippi ; Shahid Karim, The University of Southern Mississippi
11:15 AM
Concluding Remarks