Session: CONTRIBUTED PAPERS I: Medical, Urban and Veterinary Entomology; Physiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology; Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity; P-IE - Plant Disease Vectors (2013 Southeastern Branch Meeting)

ESA Southeastern Branch Meeting Online Program

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS I: Medical, Urban and Veterinary Entomology; Physiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology; Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity; P-IE - Plant Disease Vectors

Monday, March 4, 2013: 1:40 PM-4:55 PM

Capitol Room (Hilton Baton Rouge)

Moderators:

Nancy C. Hinkle
Tracie M. Jenkins

1:40 PM

Aphid feeding behavior and virus resistance in somatic fusions and crosses of Solanum bulbocastanum and Solanum tuberosum

Jeffrey A. Davis, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

1:52 PM

044

Genetic and fitness costs of raising wild pollinators in captivity: interaction among species, subpecies and populations of orchard bees

Blair Sampson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Timothy Rinehart, USDA-ARS Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Research Lboratory ; Grant Kirker, USDA-FS Forest Products Laboratory ; Chris Werle, USDA-ARS

2:04 PM

045

The effects of temperature and strain on bed bug egg standard metabolic rates

Brittany Elise Delong, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2:16 PM

046

Amblyomma maculatum selenoproteins contribute to blood feeding and antioxidant activity

Steven Adamson, University of Southern Mississippi ; Shahid Karim, University of Southern Mississippi

2:28 PM

047

Metabolic fuel utilization by glucose-averse Blattella germanica

Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University ; Jonathan Shik, North Carolina State University ; Coby Schal, North Carolina State University

2:40 PM

048

Sanitation by removal of diseased trees to reduce insect vectors of laurel wilt

Daniel Carrillo, University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL 33031 ; Jonathan Crane, University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL ; Rita Duncan, University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL ; Randy Ploetz, University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL ; Jorge Peña, University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

2:52 PM

049

Laboratory observations on the reproductive success of Varroa destructor

Lilia I. de Guzman, USDA/ARS ; Kitiphong Khongphinitbunjong, Chiang Mai University ; Thomas E. Rinderer, USDA-ARS ; Matthew R. Tarver, USDA-ARS ; Amanda M. Frake, USDA-ARS

3:04 PM

Break

3:15 PM

050

Population genetic structure of Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataqspidae) discovered October 2009 in the Western Hemisphere

Tracie M. Jenkins, University of Georgia ; Joe E. Eger, Dow AgroSciences ; Tyler D. Eaton, University of Georgia ; Daniel R. Suiter, University of Georgia ; Wayne A. Gardner, University of Georgia ; G. David Buntin, University of Georgia ; Phillip M. Roberts, University of Georgia ; Michael D. Toews, University of Georgia ; Alton N. Sparks, University of Georgia ; Jeremy K. Greene, Clemson University ; John R. Ruberson, University of Georgia

3:27 PM

051

Temporal and spatial genetic structure of the black carpenter ant, Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Tyler D. Eaton, University of Georgia ; Daniel R. Suiter, University of Georgia ; Tracie M. Jenkins, University of Georgia

3:39 PM

052

Cuticular protein of the common bed bugs Cimex lectularius L

Reina Koganemaru, Virginia Tech ; Dini M. Miller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Zach N. Adelman, Virginia Tech

3:51 PM

053

Over-wintering biology of invasive M. cribraria

Xing Ping Hu, Auburn University