Grad MUVE: Urban, Structural, and Stored Product Pests

Moderator(s)

• NS

  Neil Spomer

  Corteva Agriscience
  Indianapolis, Indiana
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  Rizana Mahroof

  Professor
  Biological and Physical Sciences
  South Carolina State University
  Orangeburg, South Carolina

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM MT

  A potential inorganic bait toxicant against the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.)
  

  Presenting Author: John So – University of California

  Co-Author: Dong-Hwan Choe – University of California

  Co-Author: Michael K. Rust – University of California

  Co-Author: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California
• 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM MT

  Allomones and other repellents for pest management of the storage mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Sarcoptiformes: Acaridae)
  

  Presenting Author: Naomi Manu – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Thomas W. Phillips – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Wes Schilling – Mississippi State University
• 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM MT

  Effect of soldier proportion on tunneling behavior of Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph E. McCarthy – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Arjun Khadka – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Qian Sun – Louisiana State University
• 11:06 AM - 11:18 AM MT

  Insecticide resistance mechanisms in field-collected German cockroaches (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) from California
  

  Presenting Author: Shao-Hung Lee – University of California

  Co-Author: Dong-Hwan Choe – University of California

  Co-Author: Michael K. Rust – University of California

  Co-Author: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California
• 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM MT

  Molecular characterization of orco and its role in foraging behavior in the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus
  

  Presenting Author: Paula Castillo – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Qian Sun – Louisiana State University
• 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM MT

  Short-term spatial niche partitioning between the larger grain borer and the maize weevil with implications for management of stored maize
  

  Presenting Author: Hannah E. Quellhorst – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Kun Yan Zhu – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Tania N. Kim – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Rob Morrison – USDA-ARS
• 11:42 AM - 11:54 AM MT

  Ultrastructure of Cimex lectularius salivary glands after blood meal infected with Bartonella henselae
  

  Presenting Author: Afsoon Sabet – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Monica Embers – Tulane National Primate Research Laboratory

  Co-Author: Erika Dalliance – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Samuel F. Ward – Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Jerome Goddard – Mississippi State University
• 11:54 AM - 12:06 PM MT

  Comparative survey of Ixodes scapularis and tick-borne disease risk in two Lyme disease-endemic regions of New Jersey
  

  Presenting Author: Zoe Narvaez – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  Co-Author: Dana Price – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  Co-Author: Andrea Egizi – Monmouth County P.E.S.T. Laboratory

  Co-Author: Tadhgh Rainey – Hunterdon County Health Department
• 12:06 PM - 12:18 PM MT

  A novel artificial diet for ants: Replacements for calcium caseinate improve colony growth in the invasive ant Nylanderia fulva
  

  Presenting Author: Fabian List – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Pierre Lesne – Texas A&M University
• 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM MT

  The influence of habitat and feeding group on Australian termite gut microbiomes
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca A. Clement – The George Washington University

  Co-Author: Caroline Cooper – The George Washington University

  Co-Author: Paul Eggleton – Natural History Museum

  Co-Author: Amy Zanne – The George Washington University

  Co-Author: Keith Crandall – The George Washington University