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MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 4

12:00 – 1:30         ESA Certification Board Luncheon - Open to Everyone (Dutch Treat) – Restaurant.

12:00 – 1:00         Past Program Committee Chairs Luncheon – (Dutch Treat) – Restaurant.

MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 4

 1:30 –  3: 00    Student

(Southeastern Branch) Symposium – Session iI:

                        Remembering the Past, Serving The Present, Expecting the Future

                                Room:  Salon D

Organizer and Moderator:  Melissa Willrich, Dept. of Entomology, Louisiana State Univ., LSU Ag. Cntr., Baton Rouge, LA.

1:30        7.             FOUR SCORE AND MANY INSECTS AGO – A HISTORY OF ENTOMOLOGY AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY.  R.L. Brown.  Dept. of Entomology, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS.  [  ]

1:45        8.             HISTORY OF ENTOMOLOGY AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY.  T. Kondo and M.L. Williams. Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL.  [slides]

2:00        9.             HIGHLIGHTS OF LOUISIANA’S ENTOMOLOGICAL HISTORY.  D.R. Cook. Dept. of Entomology, Louisiana State Univ., LSU Ag. Cntr., Baton Rouge, LA.   [slides]

2:15        10.          R.L. RABB AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: LEADERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IPM.  N. Khan. Dept. of Entomology, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC.  [  ]

2:30        11.          AN OVERVIEW OF BIOCONTROL IN FLORIDA.  C. Welch. Dept. of Entomology & Nematology, Univ. of Florida, Archer, FL. [  ]

2:45        12.          THE EVOLUTION OF ENTOMOLOGY AT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY.  J. D. Culin.  Dept. of Entomology, Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC. [  ]

MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 4

1:00 – 5:30      Symposium:  Plant-Herbivore Interactions

                        Room:  Salon A

Organizer and Moderator:  Richard Musser, Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

1:00        13.          APPLYING PRINCIPLES OF INSECT-PLANT INTERACTIONS TO MARKET DRIVEN RESEARCH. H. Eichenseer.  Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Seed and Crop Technology, Johnston, IA. [slides]

1:25        14.          COMPLEX INTERACTIONS AMONG PEANUTS, THRIPS VECTORS AND TOSPOVIRUSES IN THE SOUTH GEORGIA AGROECOSYSTEM.  S. Brown, J. Todd, A. Culbreath, D. Gorbetand J. Baldwin.  Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA [1-5]. [slides]

1:50 – 2:00      Break

2:00        15.          BUGS AND DRUGS: CHEMICAL STIMULANTS OF LEAF-TRENCHING BY CABBAGE LOOPERS.  D. Dussourd.  Univ. of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR. [slides]

2:25        16.          INSECT SALIVA’S MEDIATION OF “CONFLICTING” PLANT DEFENSES.  R.O. Musser.  Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.  [slides]

2:50 – 3:00      Break

3:00        17.          ROLE OF INSECT ORAL FACTORS AND HERBIVORY ON INDUCTION OF GENES FOR TERPENOID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES IN Medicago truncatula.  J. Bede and K. Korth.  Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR [1-2].  [slides]

3:25        18.          WOUND INDUCIBLE GENE EXPRESSION STUDIES IN Medicago truncatula.  K. Korth. Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.  [slides]

3:50 – 4:00      Break

4:00        19.          PLANT DEFENSE RESPONSES TO PHLOEM FEEDING INSECTS.  G.A. Thompson, J. Klingler and P.J. Moran. Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR [1-3].  [slides]

4:25        20.          Mi-MEDIATED APHID AND NEMATODE RESISTANCE IN TOMATO.  F. Goggin, G. Shah, V. M. Williamson and D. E. Ullman.  Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR [1]; DNA Plant Technologies, Oakland, CA [2];  Dept. of Nematology, UC Davis [3]; and Dept. of Entomology, UC Davis, Davis, CA [4].  [slides]

4:50 – 5:00      Break

5:00        21.          DIURNAL EFFECTS OF APHID FEEDING ON COTTON.  S.K. Gomez, D.M. Oosterhuis, D.R. Johnson, D.C. Steinkraus and D.L. Hendrix.  Dept. of Crop, Soil, & Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR [1,2], Cooperative Ext. Srvc., Univ. of Arkansas [3], Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Arkansas [4] and USDA-ARS-WCRL, Phoenix, AZ [5].   [digital]

5:15        22.          TARNISHED PLANT BUG ON WILD HOST PLANTS: EXPERIMENTS WITH PLANT SPECIES, HERBICIDES, AND REMOTE SENSING.  D.L. Sudbrink, Jr., F.A. Harris, J.T. Robbins and G.L. Snodgrass.  Mississippi State Univ., Delta Res. & Ext. Cntr., Stoneville, MS [1,2,3]and USDA-ARS-SIMRU, Stoneville, MS [4].  [slides]

MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 4

2:00 – 5:00       Student Paper competition – M.S.

                                Room:   Riverside West

Moderator:            Linda Hooper-Bui, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA.

2:00.       23.          INFLUENCE OF BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION ON COTTON APHID POPULATION DEVELOPMENT IN MISSISSIPPI COTTON.  J. L. Long, M. B. Layton and S. G. Flint.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Mississippi State, MS [1-3]. [slides]

2:12        24.          ANT-APHID MUTUALISM DISRUPTS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS MEDIATE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF COTTON APHIDS.  I. Kaplan, M. Patrick and M.D. Eubanks.  Dept. of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL [1-3].  [slides]

2:24        25.          IMPACT OF THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT ON GROUND ARTHROPOD FAUNA IN GEORGIA SOYBEANS.  M.P. Seagraves and R.M. McPherson, Dept. of Entomology.  Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA [1-2].  [slides]

2:36        26.          RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS:  POSITIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN COLE CROPS.  C.T. Harvey and M.D. Eubanks.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL [1-2].  [slides]

2:48        27.          ROLE OF RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS IN THE BIODIVERSITY OF ARTHROPODS ASSOCIATED WITH COLLARDS.  J.A. Berry, G.S. McCutcheon, G.R. Carner and B.M. Shepard.  Dept. of Entomology, Clemson Univ., Charleston, SC [1-4].  [digital]

3:00- 3:20       BREAK         

3:20        28.          SEASONALITY AND SPECIES COMPOSITION OF CLEARWING MOTHS AT SELECTED ELEVATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE. K. Jackson and J. Grant.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN [1-2].  [digital]

3:32        29.          MASS-REARED Geocoris punctipes vs. GREENHOUSE PESTS:  BIG-EYED BUGS TO THE RESCUE?  N. Pendleton, J. Grant, P. Lambdin and

K. McFarland.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN [1,2,3], Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN [4].  [digital]

3:44        30.          MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE FOR ARBOVIRUSES IN ALABAMA.  M.D. Perdue and G.R. Mullen.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL [1-2].  [slides]

4:06        31.          THE FEMALES OF THE CERACLEA FULVA GROUP (TRICHOPTERA:  LEPTOCERIDAE):  TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS. D.W. Carnagey and J.C. Morse.  Dept. of Entomology, Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC [1-2].  [slides]

4:18        32.          LEAF CONSUMPTION BY A NORTH AMERICA FLEA BEETLE, Altica litigata FALL, AND ITS IMPACT ON SEED PRODUCTION OF PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE, Lythrum salicaria L. D.P. Hoyme, J.F. Grant and P.L. Lambdin.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN [1-3].  [slides]

4:30        33.          NECTAR AND HONEY AS FOOD SOURCES FOR ENHANCING PARASITISM OF THE DIAMONDBACK MOTH BY Diadegma insulare. J.S. Gourdine, G.S. McCutcheon, A.M. Simmons, B.M. Shepard, and G.R. Carner.  Clemson Univ. Coastal Res. & Education Cntr., Charleston, SC [1,2,4]; USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC [3]; and Dept. of Entomology, Clemson Univ. [5].  [digital]

4:42        34.          LEVELING THE FIELD:  PREDATION BY Orius insidiosus ON Frankliniella occidentalis vs. Frankliniella bispinosa IN FLORIDA SWEET PEPPER. S. M. Waring,  J. E. Funderburk, S. R. Reitz, H. J. McAuslane and M. T. Momol.  Dept. of Entomology & Nematology, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL [1-5].  [digital]

MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 4