ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Undergraduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, MUVE, PBT, SysEB, P-IE

Monday, November 12, 2012: 7:50 AM-12:10 PM
Ballroom G, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Moderators:
Susan J. Weller
Phillip A. Glogoza
Justin R. Anderson


7:50 AM
Introductory Remarks
7:51 AM
0334
Withdrawn
8:03 AM
0335
Triethylamine as a potential anesthetic agent for the study of mosquito heart physiology
Weihan Chen, Vanderbilt University ; Julian F. Hillyer, Vanderbilt University
8:15 AM
0336
Computational prediction of miRNA targets in three different Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri) life stages
Juan F. Macias Velasco, University of Texas, Tyler ; Wayne B. Hunter, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Daymon Hail, University of Texas, Tyler ; Blake R. Bextine, University of Texas, Tyler
8:27 AM
0337
Does Interstate 40 facilitate or impede tick dispersal?
A. Daniel Greene, Lincoln Memorial University ; Brian M. Hendricks, University of Tennessee ; Taylor Lewis, University of Tennessee ; Hannah Peace, University of Tennessee ; David Paulsen, University of Tennessee ; Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell, University of Tennessee
8:39 AM
0338
Social immunity in ants: The role of trophallaxis and Cathepsin D in colony-wide immunocompetence of Camponotus pennsylvanicus 
Brian Lejeune, Northeastern University ; Erin J. Cram, Northeastern University ; Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Northeastern University
8:51 AM
0339
Biodiversity complexity in the Australian "Tick Tock" cicadas
Patrick D. Gero, University of Connecticut ; Katherine B. R. Hill, University of Connecticut ; David C. Marshall, University of Connecticut ; Christopher L. Owen, University of Connecticut ; Chris Simon, University of Connecticut
9:03 AM
0340
A new flightless genus of rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Tasmania
Anthony Deczynski, Field Museum of Natural History ; Margaret K. Thayer, Field Museum of Natural History
9:15 AM
0341
Eyeing the evolution of Odonate color vision
Kelsy K. Johnson, Brigham Young University ; Michael F. Whiting, Brigham Young University ; Seth M. Bybee, Brigham Young University
9:27 AM
0342
Trophic diversity among the Blattodea
Megan M. Wilson, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Dominic Evangelista, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Jessica L. Ware, American Museum of Natural History
9:39 AM
0343
Fleas, lice, and earwigs too? Evolution of ectoparasitic earwigs (Dermaptera)
Michael A. Naegle, Brigham Young University ; Michael F. Whiting, Brigham Young University
9:51 AM
Break
10:03 AM
0344
Phototaxis, host cues, and host-plant finding in a monophagous weevil, Rhinoncomimus latipes
Jeffrey R. Smith, University of Delaware ; Judith A. Hough-Goldstein, University of Delaware
10:15 AM
0345
Evidence of a novel oviposition preference in Oecanthus forbesi
William Licht, University of Minnesota, Duluth
10:27 AM
0346
Evaluation of captured navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), by a novel kairomone-baited trap
Joanna B. Bloese, California State University, Chico ; Elizabeth A. Boyd, California State University, Chico
10:39 AM
0347
Abundance and diversity in insect visitors to extra-floral Nectaries in elderberries (Sambucus nigra)
Tanjim Taswar Hossain, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg ; Jaime C. Pinero, Lincoln University of Missouri
10:51 AM
0348
Sublethal effects of Bacillus thuringiensis on the reproductive performance of Plutella xylostella populations
Valéria Lucas de Laurentis, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias- FCAV/UNESP ; Ana Carolina Pires Veiga, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias- FCAV/UNESP ; Haroldo Xavier Linhares Volpe, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias- FCAV/UNESP ; Caroline Placidi De Bortoli, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias- FCAV/UNESP ; Alessandra Marieli Vacari, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias- FCAV/UNESP ; Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias- FCAV/UNESP ; Sergio Antonio De Bortoli, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias- FCAV/UNESP
11:03 AM
0349
Understanding the influence of inflorescence position on plant-pollinator communities
Amanda Skidmore, University of Kentucky ; Logan M. Minter, University of Kentucky ; Ric Bessin, University of Kentucky
11:15 AM
0350
Distinguishing feral and managed honey bees (Apis mellifera) using stable carbon isotope ratios
Lucy Anderson, Emory University ; Berry J. Brosi, Emory University
11:27 AM
0351
Azteca ants connect aboveground and belowground processes in a wet tropical forest
Jane Lucas, University of St. Thomas ; Natalie A. Clay, University of Oklahoma ; Michael Kaspari, University of Oklahoma ; Adam Davidson Kay, University of St. Thomas
11:39 AM
0352
Can fungal endophytes be used to control ornamental insect pests?
Conor Fair, Texas A&M University ; Greg Sword, Texas A&M University ; Maria Julissa Ek-Ramos, Texas A&M University ; Kevin Heinz, Texas A&M University
11:51 AM
0353
Laos: An emerging frontier for entomological research
David A. Pick, Florida Atlantic University
12:03 PM
Concluding Remarks
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