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P-IE Section Symposium: Forest Entomology: Synergy from Symbiosis

Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
200 C (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Nathan Havill
Richard W. Hofstetter
Kimberly F. Wallin
Moderators:
Nathan Havill
Richard W. Hofstetter
Kimberly F. Wallin


8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:05 AM
1512
Post-invasion assessment of Euwallacea ambrosia beetles, their fungal partners, and the diseases they cause
Matther Kasson, West Virginia University ; Dylan Short, West Virginia University ; Matthew Berger, West Virginia University
8:25 AM
1513
Degradation of tree defense compounds by bacteria associated with folivores and bark beetles
Kenneth Raffa, University of Wisconsin ; Celia Boone, University of Northern British Columbia ; Ken Keefover-Ring, University of Wisconsin ; Charles Mason, Pennsylvania State University
8:45 AM
1514
Cooperation under the bark: Studying the evolution of microbial symbioses and sociality in ambrosia beetles
Peter Biedermann, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology ; Martin Kaltenpoth, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
9:05 AM
1515
Acoustic communication and management of bark and ambrosia beetles
Richard W. Hofstetter, Northern Arizona University ; David Dunn, University of California Santa Cruz ; Nicholas C. Aflitto, Cornell University
9:25 AM
SP1516
Effects of native nematodes on size and fecundity of native woodwasps in southeastern pine forests
Jessica Hartshorn, University of Arkansas ; Larry D. Galligan, University of Arkansas ; Fred M. Stephen, University of Arkansas
9:37 AM
Break
10:07 AM
SP1517
Mycobiont maintenance: Establishing the basis for symbiont identity, specificity, and diversity in the ambrosia symbiosis
Craig Bateman, University of Florida ; Jiri Hulcr, University of Florida
10:19 AM
1518
Hitchhiker or harbinger: Where do bluestain fungi fit in forest food webs?
John Riggins, Mississippi State University ; Natalie Clay, Mississippi State University ; Nathan Little, USDA - ARS ; Courtney Siegert, Mississippi State University ; Juliet Tang, USDA Forest Service ; Lauren Gamblin, Mississippi State University
10:39 AM
1519
Obligate endosymbionts as indicators of host population structure
Zakee Sabree, The Ohio State University ; Ryan C. Garrick, University of Mississippi ; Benjamin Jahnes, The Ohio State University
10:59 AM
1520
Adelgids and their bacterial partners: Occasionally unfaithful but always synergistic
Carol D. von Dohlen, Utah State University ; Kathryn Weglarz, Utah State University ; Nathan Havill, USDA - Forest Service ; Robert Foottit, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada ; John McCutcheon, University of Montana
11:19 AM
1521
Premier Presentation: Diversity of interactions in mutualism-centered plant-insect symbioses: The case of figs and fig wasps
Renee Borges, Indian Institute of Science ; Ananya Jana, Indian Institute of Science ; Satyajeet Gupta, Indian Institute of Science ; Vignesh Venkateswaran, Indian Institute of Science ; Pratibha Yadav, Indian Institute of Science
11:39 AM
1522
Interactions between the Asian longhorned beetle and its microbial symbionts
Charles Mason, Pennsylvania State University ; Kelli Hoover, Pennsylvania State University
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