5- Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: MUVE

Monday, November 11, 2013: 8:24 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting Room 18 C (Austin Convention Center)


8:24 AM
0511
Standard metabolic rate of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius: Effects of temperature, mass, and life stage
Zachary C. DeVries, Auburn University ; Stephen A. Kells, University of Minnesota ; Arthur G. Appel, Auburn University
8:36 AM
0512
Effect of caffeine on feeding and fecundity of bed bugs, Cimex lectularius L.
Ralph Narain, University of Nebraska ; Shripat Kamble, University of Nebraska
8:48 AM
0513
The importance of surfaces characteristics in pitfall trap designs targeting bed bugs, Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
Benjamin A Hottel, University of Illinois ; Roberto M. Pereira, University of Florida ; Philip G. Koehler, University of Florida
9:00 AM
0514
Family dinner or dine alone: Do immature bed bugs make it to the “table” on their own?
Sydney Crawley, University of Kentucky ; Michael F. Potter, University of Kentucky ; Kenneth F. Haynes, University of Kentucky
9:12 AM
0515
Assessment of potential barriers of Metarhizium anisopliae as a biocontrol against bed bugs
Kevin R. Ulrich, University of Maryland ; Mark F. Feldlaufer, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Barbara L. Thorne, University of Maryland
9:24 AM
0516
Evaluation of ingested insecticides on bed bugs, Cimex lectularius
Angela Sierras, North Carolina State University ; Coby Schal, North Carolina State University
9:36 AM
0517
Evaluating the potential for secondary kill in bed bugs, Cimex lectularius
Yvonne Matos, North Carolina State University ; Coby Schal, North Carolina State University
9:48 AM
Break
10:00 AM
0518
Insecticide resistance in eggs and first instars of the bed bug (Hemiptera:Cimicidae)
Brittany Elise Delong, Virginia Tech ; Dini M. Miller, Virginia Tech
10:12 AM
0519
Increasing awareness of and education about bed bugs, Cimex lectularius, as a public health issue in Hawai’i
Elizabeth Jablonski, University of Hawaii ; Helen Spafford, University of Hawaii
10:24 AM
0520
Formosan subterranean termite use of clay: Attraction, pesticide detoxification, and general health effects
Cai Wang, Louisiana State University ; Gregg Henderson, Louisiana State University
10:36 AM
0521
Age polyethism of workers in incipient colonies of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki
He Du, University of Florida ; Thomas Chouvenc, University of Florida ; Weste Osbrink, USDA Agricultural Research Service ; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
10:48 AM
0522
Tunneling and food transportation speed of four subterranean termite species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) at various temperatures
Runxin Cao, University of Florida ; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
11:00 AM
0523
Red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), larval developmental when fed mixed diet of 90% flour/10% yeast with different proportion of dried distillers grains with soluble
Mahsa Fardisi, Purdue University ; Linda Mason, Purdue University ; Klein Ileleji, Purdue University
11:12 AM
0524
Investigations into the vectorial capacity of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius): feeding and defecation behaviors
Courtney L. Darrington, The Ohio State University
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