PBT: Genetics and Genomics

Moderator(s)

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  Erin Scully

  Research Molecular Biologist
  Stored Product Insect and Engineering Research Unit- ARS
  USDA-ARS
  Manhattan, Kansas
• KT

  Kelly Tims

  Graduate Student Research Assistant
  Department of Entomology
  University of Georgia
  Athens, Georgia

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT

  Biology and gene alternation studies of pink mealybug against gibberellic acid, a commonly used agrochemical in grape
  

  Presenting Author: Gandhi R. Gracy – The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

  Co-Author: Nagarjun KV – The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

  Co-Author: Thiruvenkatam Venkatesan – The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT

  Carbohydrate moieties play an important role in binding and toxicity of Bt toxin Cry1Ac in the midgut of cabbage loopers
  

  Presenting Author: Rey O. Cotto-Rivera (he/him/his) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Noelia Joya-Carrasco – Universitat de València

  Co-Author: Patricia Hernández-Martínez – Universitat de València

  Co-Author: Ping Wang – Cornell University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT

  Characterization of diuretic hormones and their receptors in spotted-wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii)
  

  Presenting Author: Ho Jung Yoon – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Briana Price – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Man-Yeon Choi – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Hyo-Sang Jang – USDA-ARS
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT

  HzNVorf128-like is a gene of essential function in Microplitis demolitor bracovirus (MdBV) replication
  

  Presenting Author: Ange D. Lorenzi – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Gaelen R. Burke – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Michael R. Strand – University of Georgia
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT

  Break
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT

  Identification and motif analyses of candidate nonreceptor olfactory genes of Dendroctonus adjunctus Blandford (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the head transcriptome
  

  Presenting Author: Brenda Torres Huerta – College of Agricultural Sciences

  Co-Author: Obdulia Lourdes Segura León – Colegio de Postgraduados

  Co-Author: Héctor González Hernández – College of Agricultural Sciences
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT

  Metabarcoding and population genomics to assess usage of alternate habitats by Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Erin D. Scully – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Georgina Bingham – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Valerie Nguyen – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Morgan L. Olmstead – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Brenda Oppert – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Kun Yan Zhu – Kansas State University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT

  PGE2 mediation on choriogenesis during late ovarian development of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus
  

  Presenting Author: Yonggyun Kim – Andong National University

  Co-Author: Du-Yeol Choi – Andong National University
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT

  Stay and lay or fly away? Development in the wing polyphenic sand cricket (Gryluss firmus)
  

  Presenting Author: Abigail M. Hayes (she/they/theirs) – University of Connecticut

  Co-Author: Amy M. Worthington – Creighton University

  Co-Author: Mark Lavine – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Laura Corley Lavine – Washington State University
• 10:00 AM – 10:12 AM PT

  Break
• 10:12 AM – 10:24 AM PT

  Subunits of a viral RNA polymerase reveal a conserved role in viral gene regulation in parasitoid, Microplitis demolitor
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly M. Tims – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Gaelen R. Burke – University of Georgia
• 10:36 AM – 10:48 AM PT

  RNAi-mediated silencing of vitellogenin and its receptor genes curtails oogenesis in the almond moth Cadra cautella
  

  Presenting Author: Ghulam R. Khawaja – King Saud University

  Co-Author: Mureed Husain – King Saud University

  Co-Author: Waleed S. Alwaneen – King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Abdulrahman Saad Aldawood (he/him/his) – King Saud University
• 11:00 AM – 11:12 AM PT

  Serine protease networks mediate immune responses in extra-embryonic tissues of eggs in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta
  

  Presenting Author: Tisheng Shan – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Yang Wang – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Neal Dittmer – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Michael Kanost – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Haobo Jiang – Oklahoma State University