ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Ten-Minute Papers, PBT Section, Chemical Communication

Wednesday, November 14, 2012: 8:30 AM-11:15 AM
300 B, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizers:
Subba R. Palli
M. R. Strand
Moderators:
Shahid Karim
Blair D. Siegfried


8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:33 AM
Chemical communicaton regulating reproductive behavior in Lygus hesperus
Colin S. Brent, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ; John A. Byers, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
8:57 AM
Environmental factors that influence cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in cerambycid beetles
Christina A. Silliman, University of Illinois ; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California, Riverside ; Adrian A. Smith, University of Illinois ; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois
9:09 AM
Gender, age, and diet influence locomotor activity rhythms in the flesh fly (Sarcophaga crassipalpis)
Darrell Moore, East Tennessee State University ; Xinguo Lu, East Tennessee State University ; Karl H. Joplin, East Tennessee State University
9:21 AM
Effects of a temporally restricted protein supplement on the nocturnal activity of the female flesh fly (Sarcophaga crassipalpis)
Karl H. Joplin, East Tennessee State University ; Xinguo Lu, East Tennessee State University ; Darrell Moore, East Tennessee State University
9:33 AM
Methodologies for analyzing behavioral organization in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis
Elijah Laws, East Tennessee State University ; Edith Seier, East Tennessee State University ; Michele L. Joyner, East Tennessee State University ; Darrell Moore, East Tennessee State University ; Karl H. Joplin, East Tennessee State University
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Candidate sex pheromones from the yucca moth (Tegeticula yuccasella), an archaic lepidopteran
Kevin W. Wanner, Montana State University ; Jan Jorgensen, Montana State University ; Gerhard Gries, Simon Fraser University ; Regine Gries, Simon Fraser University ; Jean E. Allen, Montana State University ; Hugh M. Robertson, University of Illinois ; Peggy Bunger, Montana State University
10:12 AM
Effects of protein malnutrition on pheromone communication in honey bees
Mark J. Carroll, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
10:24 AM
Why do insects groom their antennae? Removal of excess cuticular hydrocarbons enhances olfactory acuity
Katalin Böröczky, North Carolina State University ; Ayako Wada-Katsumata, North Carolina State University ; Coby Schal, North Carolina State University
10:36 AM
Molecular mechanisms of olfactory detection in Spodoptera littoralis: Deorphanization of odorant receptors via the Drosophila empty neuron system
William B. Walker, Lund Univeristy ; Muhammad Binyameen, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Christelle Monsempes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) ; Nicolas Montagné, Université Pierre et Marie Curie ; Peter Anderson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Fredrik Schlyter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Rickard Ignell, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) ; Bill Hansson, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology ; Mattias Larsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
10:48 AM
Recognizing reproductives and hydrocarbon signal variation in the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus brunneus
Adrian A. Smith, University of Illinois ; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois ; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California, Riverside ; Andrew V. Suarez, University of Illinois
11:00 AM
Trail pheromone of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Dong-Hwan Choe, University of California, Riverside ; David Villafuerte, University of California, Berkeley ; Neil Tsutsui, University of California, Berkeley
11:12 AM
Concluding Remarks