ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Ten-Minute Papers, PBT Section, Biochemistry

Tuesday, November 13, 2012: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
300 A, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizers:
Subba R. Palli
M. R. Strand
Moderators:
Jeffrey G. Scott
Jeff J. Stuart


8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:45 AM
Varroa mite vitellogenins: Molecular markers to better understand reproduction
Ana Cabrera-Cordon, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Paul Shirk, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Adrian Duehl, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Jay D. Evans, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Peter E. A. Teal, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
8:57 AM
Juvenile hormone and insulin signaling pathways interact to mediate lipid metabolism during tsetse pregnancy
Aaron A. Baumann, HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus ; Joshua B. Benoit, Yale School of Public Health ; Veronika Michalkova, Yale School of Public Health ; Paul O. Mireji, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology ; Geoffrey M. Attardo, Yale School of Public Health ; John K. Moulton, University of Tennessee ; Tom Wilson, Ohio State University ; Serap Aksoy, Yale University
9:09 AM
Sphingomyelinase in tsetse fly milk is critical to progeny development and health
Joshua B. Benoit, Yale School of Public Health ; Geoffrey M. Attardo, Yale School of Public Health ; Veronika Michalkova, Yale School of Public Health ; Peter Takác, Slovak Academy of Sciences ; Jana Bohova, Slovak Academy of Sciences ; Serap Aksoy, Yale University
9:21 AM
Exploiting insect susceptibility to an essential amino acid used as an insecticide: Papilio cresphontes bioassays on methionine
Delano S. Lewis, University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History ; James P. Cuda, University of Florida ; Bruce R. Stevens, University of Florida, College of Medicine
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Update on the tomato/potato psyllid- Ca. Liberibacter transmission pathway
Joseph M. Cicero, University of Arizona ; Tonja Fisher, University of Arizona ; Della C. Gumm, University of Arizona ; Meenal Vyas, University of Arizona ; Judith K. Brown, University of Arizona
10:12 AM
Effect of age and lifetime flight behavior on dipteran flight muscle ultrastructure
Emily E. Martinez, Central Michigan University ; Stephen P. Roberts, Central Michigan University
10:24 AM
Ligand binding profiles of Solenopsis invicta (red imported fire ant) chemosensory proteins
Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza, University of Florida ; Arun Wanchoo, University of Florida ; John Boswell, University of Florida ; Nemat O. Keyhani, University of Florida
10:36 AM
Patterns of lipid storage in two strains of Spodoptera frugiperda during the corn cropping season
Mirian M. Hay-Roe, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Center for Medical, Agricultural & Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) ; Rodney Nagoshi, USDA - ARS ; Robert L. Meagher, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Center for Medical, Agricultural & Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE)
10:48 AM
Withdrawn
11:00 AM
A model system for investigating the underlying mechanism of speciation in the Braconidae
Karen M. Kester, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Justin P. Bredlau, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Bonnie L. Brown, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Dawn E. Gundersen-Rindal, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Daniel Kuhar, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
11:12 AM
Survival and development of diamondback moth and its parasitoid Diadegma insulare under various short-term high extreme temperature regimes
Md Habibullah Bahar, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Juliana J. Soroka, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Lloyd M. Dosdall, University of Alberta ; Owen O. Olfert, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
11:24 AM
Concluding Remarks