Grad PBT and SysEB: Biocontrol

Moderator(s)

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  Patricia Prade

  Postdoctoral Associate
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  New Brunswick, New Jersey
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  Emilie Demard

  PhD Candidate
  Department of Entomology and Nematology
  University of Florida
  Winter Haven, Florida

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT

  Brief description and life history of an undescribed diapriid (Trichopria sp. nov) found in tropical dry forests in Ecuador
  

  Presenting Author: Alyssa Gooding – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: John Luhman – Minnesota Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Mariana Bulgarella – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Katherine Albán Morales – Charles Darwin Foundation

  Co-Author: Denis Mosquera Moñoz – Charles Darwin Foundation

  Co-Author: Paolo Piedrahita – Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral

  Co-Author: Charlotte Causton – Charles Darwin Foundation

  Co-Author: George E. Heimpel – University of Minnesota
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT

  Classification of neuronal effects of insecticidal monoterpenoids and their synergistic mechanisms on the housefly, Musca domestica
  

  Presenting Author: Junho Yoon – Seoul National University

  Co-Author: Jun-Hyung Tak – Seoul National University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT

  Co-transmitted Wolbachia engage in niche-partitioning within host insect tissues
  

  Presenting Author: Megan W. Jones – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Amelia Lindsey – University of Minnesota
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT

  Parthenogenesis inducing Wolbachia proteins alter eukaryotic cell function
  

  Presenting Author: Laura Fricke – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Amelia Lindsey – University of Minnesota
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT

  Platygastridae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) in blueberry fields and potential IPM applications
  

  Presenting Author: Monique Raymond – University of New Hampshire

  Co-Author: Elijah Talamas – Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  Co-Author: Istv�n Mik� – University of New Hampshire
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT

  Screening a novel symbiont-mediated antibacterial mechanism from the termite gut
  

  Presenting Author: Emma R. Chilcoat – Southern Illinois University

  Co-Author: Kamila Lopez-Duque – Southern Illinois University

  Co-Author: Jordan Robinson – Southern Illinois University

  Co-Author: Brittany Peterson – Southern Illinois University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT

  Specific strains of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) bacterial symbiont Hamiltonella defensa hinder parasitoid wasp (Aphidius ervi) development
  

  Presenting Author: Roy A. Kucuk – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Kerry M. Oliver – University of Georgia
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT

  The effects of DNMT1 on oogenesis in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci
  

  Presenting Author: Emily A. Shelby – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Alvin M. Simmons – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Allen J. Moore – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Patricia Moore – University of Georgia
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT

  Fipronil enhanced natural occurrence of Fusarium solani (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) on building infesting termite Heterotermes indicola Wasmann (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Muhammad Afzal (he/him/his) – University of Sialkot