Dec. 3, 2007
DAVIS —
Faculty, researchers and graduate students in the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis will be presenting lectures and posters when the Entomological Society of America (ESA) meets for its 55th annual conference, Dec. 9-12 in the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego. The theme is "Making Connections: Innovation, Initiative and Influence."
Harry Kaya will be awarded Fellow of the ESA at the Plenary Session set for 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 9 in the Golden Pacific Ballroom, First Floor, Town and Country Resort and Convention Center.
The UC Davis Department of Entomology is ranked No. 1 in the country by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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SUNDAY, DEC. 9
8:05 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 9
Deguang Liu
The flight response and dispersal potential of marked beetles of the Mediterranean pine engraver, Orthotomicus erosus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a new invasive in California.
Royal Palm Salon Three, Royal Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Ten-Minute Papers, Section Cd. Behavior and Ecology
Entire Session held 8 a.m. to noon
4:10 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 9
Scott Carroll
Next generation repellents: Meeting the challenge of EPA registration
Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Symposium: Recent Developments in Insect Repellents Research, Royal Palm Salon One, Royal
Symposium from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 9
Harry Kaya will be awarded Fellow of the ESA at the Plenary Session in the Golden Pacific Ballroom, First Floor, Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego.
MONDAY, DEC. 10
3:35 p.m., Monday, Dec. 10
Zain Syed and Walter Leal
Maxillary Palps Are Broad Spectrum Odorant Detectors in Culex quinquefasciatus:
Salon Two, Garden Ballroom, Second Floor (Town & Country)
Ten-Minute Papers, Section B. Physiology, Biochemistry, Toxicology, and Molecular Biology
Entire session: 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
3:35 a.m., Monday, Dec. 10
Susan Cobey (contributing author)
Does wing beat frequency affect mating behavior in the honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)?
Royal Palm Salon Four, Royal Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Ten-Minute Papers, Section Cb. Apiculture and Social Insects
Session: 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, DEC. 11
8:05 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11
Les Ehler
The many definitions of integrated pest management
Royal Palm Salon One, Royal Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Symposium: Integrating Integrated Pest Management
Symposium from 8 to noon
9:40 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11
Jana Lee
The banded elm bark beetle: A new exotic species displacing an established exotic species
Pacific Salon Two, Golden Pacific Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Symposium: The Millennium Challenge: Invasive Bark Beetles in the Forests of the United States
Symposium from 8 a.m. to noon
9:56 a.m.,Tuesday, Dec. 11
Jay Rosenheim
Egg limitation and lifetime reproductive success: Theory and a test
Royal Palm Salon Three, Royal Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Ten-Minute Papers, Section Cd. Behavior and Ecology
Session: 8 a.m. to noon
1:35 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11
Larry Godfrey
Diabrotica spp. in California and the West: A developing problem in field crops
Windsor, Regency Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Section F Symposium: Invasive Pests: A Growing Problem in a Shrinking Agricultural Landscape
Symposium: 1:30 to 5:30
1:40 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11
Edwin Lewis
Group dynamics of entomopathogenic nematodes: What we can learn from the slithering herd?
Royal Palm Salon Two, Royal Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Symposium: The Impact of Infection on Infection
Symposium from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
2:23 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11
Philip Ward
The phylogeny and evolution of dolichoderine ants
Sunset, Meeting House, First Floor (Town & Country)
Ten-Minute Papers, Section A. Systematics, Morphology and Evolution
Session: 1:30 to 5:30
3:35 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11
Edwin E. Lewis (co-author)
Influence of symbiotic bacteria on entomopathogenic nematode-host interactions
Sunset, Meeting House, First Floor (Town & Country)
Ten-Minute Papers, Section A. Systematics, Morphology and Evolution
Session: 1:30 to 5:30
9:45 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11
Scott P. Carroll
Soapberry bugs (Rhopalidae: Serinethinae) of the world: How much (and little) we know
Eaton, Regency Courtyard, First Floor (Town & Country)
Symposium: Heteropterists Conference
Symposium from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Poster Display, All-Day Tuesday, Dec. 11
Takumasa Kondo
The Identity of the lobate lac scale
Grand Exhibit Hall, First Floor (Town & Country)
Display Presentations, Section A. Systematics, Morphology and Evolution
Display from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12
Poster Display, Wednesday, Dec. 12
Jana Lee, post-doctorate in entomology
Host range of newly invasive Mediterranean pine engraver, Orthotomicus erosus
Grand Exhibit Hall, First Floor (Town & Country)
Display Presentations, Section Cd. Behavior and Ecology
Display from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Poster Display, Wednesday, Dec. 12
Mary Louise Flint
Responses of the redhaired pine bark beetle, Hylurgus ligniperda (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), and associated subcortical Coleoptera to host volatiles in the southern California urban landscape
Grand Exhibit Hall, First Floor (Town & Country)
Display Presentations, Section Fb, Urban Entomology
Display from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
8:10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12
Michael P. Parrella
The changing research and development landscape at Land Grant universities
Salon One, Garden Ballroom, Second Floor (Town & Country)
Symposium: Insect Science and the Changing Research and Development Landscape at the Land Grant University: Training Entomologists for the Future
Symposium from 8 a.m. to noon
8:40 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12
Walter S. Leal
Molecular basis of mosquito olfaction
Salon Two, Garden Ballroom, Second Floor (Town & Country)
Section B Symposium: Frontiers in Vector Molecular Physiology
Symposium from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
9:10 a.m.. Wednesday, Dec. 12
Bruce Hammock
Biochemical mechanisms of mosquito resistance
Salon Two, Garden Ballroom, Second Floor (Town & Country)
Section B Symposium: Frontiers in Vector Molecular Physiology
Symposium from 8 to 3:30 p.m.
10:46 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12
Andrew Sutherland nd Michael P. Parrella
Pacific Salon Three, Golden Pacific Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Connections with pestiferous fungi: Lady beetles as biological control agents of powdery mildew
Symposium: Lady Beetle Linkages: Connections of the Coccinellidae
Symposium from 8 a.m. to noon
10 a.m.. Wednesday, Dec. 12
Tom Scott
Mosquito senescence: Implications and unexplored opportunities
Salon Two, Garden Ballroom, Second Floor (Town & Country)
Section B Symposium: Frontiers in Vector Molecular Physiology
Session: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
GRADUATE STUDENTS COMPETING FOR PRESIDENT'S PRIZE
MONDAY, DEC. 10
Eli Sarnat
8:17 a.m., Monday, Dec. 10
Making taxonomy fun: A new generation tool for identifying invasive ants
Pacific Salon Two, Golden Pacific Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section A, Session A2. Systematics, Morphology, and Evolution
Session from 8 a.m. to noon
Andrea Lucky
8:29 a.m., Monday, Dec. 10
Phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian spider ants, genus Leptomyrmex
Pacific Salon Two, Golden Pacific Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section A, Session A2. Systematics, Morphology, and Evolution
Session from 8 a.m. to noon
Soledad Villamil
8:29 a.m., Monday, Dec. 10
Study of the courtship and mating behavior of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Gmel.) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Royal Palm Salon Six, Royal Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section C, Session Cd6. Behavior and Ecology
Session from 8 a.m. to noon
YaoHua Law
8:41 a.m., Monday, Dec. 10
Effects of natural enemies on Geocoris and its biocontrol capacity in cotton fields
San Diego, Atlas Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section C, Session Ca1. Biological Control
Session from 8 a.m. to noon
Andrew Sutherland
8:53 a.m., Monday, Dec. 10
Efficacy and release rate testing for Psyllobora vigintimaculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a potential greenhouse agent for biological control of powdery mildew
California, Atlas Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section C, Session Ca3. Biological Control
Session from 8 a.m. to noon
Nate Hardy
9:29 a.m., Monday, Dec. 10
Mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) phylogeny and classification revisited
Pacific Salon One, Golden Pacific Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section A, Session A1. Systematics, Morphology, and Evolution
Session: 8 to noon
Michael Branstetter
9:41 a.m., Monday, Dec. 10
When trouble comes a knock’n: Why the “capadoccian ants” Stenamma alas and S. expolitum close the door
Royal Palm Salon Six, Royal Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section C, Session Cd6. Behavior and Ecology
Session: 8 a.m. to noon
Frances Sheller
9:53 a.m., Monday, Dec. 10
Examining the dispersal capabilities of Lygus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae) and its natural enemies in California's San Joaquin Valley
Royal Palm Salon Five, Royal Palm Ballrooom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section C, Session Cd5. Behavior and Ecology
Session: 8 to noon
Amanda Hodson
10:05 a.m., Monday, Dec. 10
Influence of the entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae, on pistachio soil arthropod populations
Golden West, Atlas Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section C, Session Ca2. Biological Control
Session: 8 to noon
Dominic Reisig
Seventh of 12 presenters from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday, Dec. 10
Grand Exhibit Hall, First Floor (Town & Country)
Refinements in IPM programs for arthropod pests of California cool-season hay crops
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section F, Session F1. Crop Protection Entomology
Session: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Lisa Chanbusarakum
Time: Approximately 5:30 p.m., is 12th of 13 presenters), Monday, Dec. 10
Localization of bacterial symbionts in western flower thrips
Grand Exhibit Hall, First Floor (Town & Country)
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section B, Session B2. Physiology, Biochemistry, Toxicology, and Molecular Biology
Session: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12
Fran Keller
8 to noon, Wednesday, Dec. 12
Pacific Salon Seven, Golden Pacific Ballroom, Second Floor (Town & Country)
Co-organizer of symposium
Section A Symposium: Diversity of the Tenebrionoidea
Symposium from 8 a.m. to noon
Hanayo Arimoto
9:29 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12
Success of parasitism by Paraiotonchium autumnalis (Nickle) determined by instar of its host, Musca autumnalis DeGeer
Royal Palm Salon Three, Royal Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Ten-Minute Papers, Section Cd. Behavior and Ecology
Session: 8 a.m. to Noon
Andrew Sutherland
10:46 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12
Connections with pestiferous fungi: Lady beetles as biological control agents of powdery mildew
Pacific Salon Three, Golden Pacific Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Symposium: Lady Beetle Linkages: Connections of the Coccinellidae
Symposium from 8 a.m. to noon
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--Kathy Keatley Garvey
Communications specialist
UC Davis Department of Entomology
(530) 754-6894
