tuesday, MARCH 5

 

6:30 – 8:00           Clemson Alumni Breakfast (Open to All, Dutch treat)  Restaurant

 

6:30 – 8:00           Past Presidents’ Breakfast (Sponsored)

                                – Restaurant

 

7:00 – 7:00           Associates Lounge Edgehill

 

7:00 – 5:00           Audiovisual, Job Placement, Public Relations Riverside East

 

7:00 – 5:00           Registration and ESA Certification Board Information – Foyer

 

 

 

 

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TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5

 

8:00 – 5:00      Display Presentations

                                Room:   Palisades

                               

Presenters at Displays 10:00 12:00

 

 

Systematics, Morphology, and Evolution

 

DSP 1.                   REVISION OF Acrophptpsis SCHUSTER (MUTILLIDAE: SPHAEROPTHALMINAE).  J.P. Pitts and J.V. McHugh.  Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA [1-2].

 

DSP 2.                   GENETIC VARIABILITY IN Anopheles quadrimaculatus (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) POPULATIONS IN EAST ARKANSAS.  L.R. Hilburn and L.M. Cooksey.   Dept. of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State Univ., State Univ., AR [1-2].


DSP 3.                   A NEW SPECIES GROUP OF ASPIDIPHORUS (COLEOPTERA: CUCUJOIDEA: SPHINDIDAE) WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR SPHINDID PHYLOGENY.  J.A. Forrester and J.V. McHugh.  Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA [1-2].

 

DSP 4.                   DEVELOPMENT AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE JUNIPER SCALE ON LEYLAND CYPRESS.  P.L. Lambdin and J.F. Grant.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN [1-2].

 

DSP 5.                   MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS OF TERMITES USING PCR-RFLP.  A.L. Szalanski and J.W. Austin.  Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR [1]; and Middle East Technical Univ., Ankara, Turkey [2].

 

DSP 6.                   EXTREME VARIATION IN THE STIGMATIC SETAE OF TOUMEYELLA LIRIODENDRI (GMELIN), HEMIPTERA: COCCIDAE.  T. Kondo.  Auburn Univ., Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn, AL.

 

Ecology, Behavior, and BioNomics

 

DSP 7.                   WOODBORING BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE) IN GREENTREE RESERVOIRS AND NATURALLY FLOODED BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD STANDS.  M.D. Warriner, T.E. Nebekerand T.D. Leininger.  Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Little Rock, AR [1]; Dept. of Entomology, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS [2]; and Cntr. for Bottomland Hardwood Res., USDA Forest Srvc., Southern Res. Stn., Stoneville, MS [3].

 

DSP 8.                   INSECT FAUNA ASSOCIATED WITH NORTHERN RED OAK IN EAST TENNESSEE.  D. Trieff, P.L. Lambdin and J.F. Grant.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN [1-3].

 

DSP 9.                   EFFECT OF NON-HOST, TOBACCO HORNWORM, ON SEARCHING BEHAVIOR OF Cardiochiles nigriceps.  P.G. Tillman and B.G. Mullinix.  Crop Protection & Management Lab., USDA-ARS, Tifton, GA  [1]; and Experimental Statistics, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA [2].


DSP 10.                 ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE FLOWERS OF SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA (Magnolia grandiflora L.) TO INSECTS IN EASTERN TENNESSEE.  C.T. Werle,  P.L. Lambdin and J.F. Grant.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN [1-3].

 

DSP 11.                 EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE TACTICS FOR VARROA CONTROL IN NORTH ALABAMA.  R. Ward and K. Ward.  Dept. of Plant & Soil Science, Alabama A&M Univ., Normal, AL [1-2].

 

DSP 12.                 POLLEN SIZE VARIATION AND POLLINATION BY A GENERALIST POLLINATOR.  G.C. Meche and C.C. Swart.  Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA [1-2].

 

Physiology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology

 

DSP 13.                 EFFECT OF CHITIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS ON FECUNDITY AND SURVIVAL OF FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE (ISOPTERA: RHINOTERMITIDAE).  M.G. Rojas and J.A. Morales-Ramos.  USDA-ARS-SRRC-FSTRU, New Orleans, LA [1-2].

 

DSP 14.                 FECUNDITY AND SURVIVAL OF INCIPIENT COLONIES OF Coptoptermes formosanus (ISOPTERA: RHINOTERMITIDAE) FEEDING ON PREFERRED WOOD SPECIES.  J.A. Morales-Ramos and M.G. Rojas.  USDA-ARS-SRRC-FSTRU, New Orleans, LA [1-2].

 

Medical and Veterinary

 

DSP 15.                 PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF IMPORTED FIRE ANT POPULATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI. D.A. Streett, T.B. Freeland, Jr.and R.K. Vander Meer.  USDA-ARS-SIMRU, Stoneville, MS[1]; MSU, Delta Res. & Ext. Cntr., Stoneville, MS [2]; and USDA-ARS-IFAHIRU, Gainesville, FL [3].


DSP 16.                 EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF A Thelohania sp. (MICROSPORA) INFECTING THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT, Solenopsis invicta AT A SITE IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA.  D.A. Streett and T.B. Freeland, Jr.  USDA-ARS-SIMRU, Stoneville, MS [1]; and MSU, Delta Res. & Ext. Cntr., Stoneville, MS [2].

 

DSP 17.                 FIELD EVALUATION OF THE FLOWTRON MOSQUITO POWERTRAP, AMERICAN BIOPHYSICS CORPORATION MOSQUITO MAGNET RESIDENTIAL, PRO AND X TRAPS.  J.P. Smith.  JAMS Public Health Entomology Res. & Ed. Cntr., Florida A&M Univ., Panama City, FL.

 

DSP 17A.              Lone Star Tick Seasonality at Arkansas Post National Memorial in Southeastern Arkansas.  K. Eads, P. Tappe and L. Thompson.  Arkansas Post National Memorial, Gillet, AR [1]; Arkansas Forest Resources Center, School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello, AR [2-3].

 

eXTENSION AND Crop Protection

 

DSP 18.                 SUPPRESSION OF XLB’S IN FRUIT CROPS IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA WITH IMIDACLOPRID.  J.D. Dutcher, G. Krewer and C. J. Chang.  Dept. of Entomology [1]; Dept. of Horticulture [2]; and Dept. of Plant Pathology [3]; College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA.

 

DSP 19.                 HERITABILITY AND GENOTYPE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS FOR DISCOLORED RICE KERNELS.  J.L. Bernhardt and K.A. Gravois.   Rice Res. & Ext. Cntr., Univ. of Arkansas, Stuttgart, AR [1-2].

 

DSP 20.                 REDNECKED CANE BORER CONTROL ON BLACKBERRY.  B.A. Lewis and D.T. Johnson.  Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR [1-2].

 

DSP 21.                 A SURVEY OF INSECTS ASSOCIATED WITH CANOLA IN NORTH ALABAMA.  E. Cebert, R. Ward and K. Ward.  Dept. of Plant & Soil Science, Alabama A&M Univ., Normal, AL [1-3].

 

DSP 22.                 CRUCIFER INSECT MANAGEMENT.  K.A. Sorensen. Dept. of Entomology, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC.


DSP 23.                 EFFECT OF ULV MALATHION USE IN BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION ON RESISTANCE IN TARNISHED PLANT BUGS.  G.L. Snodgrass. USDA-ARS-SIMRU, Stoneville, MS.

 

DSP 24.                 A GPS CONTROLLED RATE APPLICATOR FOR TEMIK SIDE-DRESS TREATMENTS.  G. Burris and R. Costello.  Northeast Res. Stn., LSU Ag. Cntr., St. Joseph, LA [1-2].

 

DSP 25.                 COTTON INSECT CORNER:

NORTH CAROLINA’S COTTON INFORMATION HEADQUARTERS.  J.S. Bacheler and D.W. Mott.  Dept. of Entomology, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC [1-2].

 

DSP 26.                 IPM PROGRAMS AT SMALL FEDERAL PARKS: DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION.  J. Grant, R. Gerhardt and

C. Furqueron .  Dept. of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN [1,2]; and National Park Service, Atlanta, GA [3].

 

DSP 27.                 AN IPM PILOT PROJECT IN THE AUBURN CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM:  A MODEL FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA.  V.E. Bertagnolli, L.C. Graham, A.T. Kelley and R. Lumpkin.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL [1,2]; Dept. of Entomology, Mississippi State Univ. [3]; and Major's Exterminating Co., Auburn, AL [4].

 

DSP 28.                 THE SCIENCE OF FIRE ANTS:  A WORKSHOP FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS.  K.S. McLean and F. Graham.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL [1-2].

 

DSP 29.                 SYSTEMIC INSECTICIDES FOR PREVENTATIVE CONTROL OF DARK TYPE TOBACCO INSECT PESTS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.  F.A. Hale and R.L. Ellis.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee Agricultural Ext. Srvc., Nashville, TN [1]; and Univ. of Tennessee Highland Rim Exp. Stn. [2].

 

DSP 30.                 SUSCEPTIBILITY OF LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVAE TO Bacillus thuringiensis ON DIFFERENT HOST PLANTS.  M.I. Ali and S.Y. Young.  Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR [1-2].


DSP 31.                 THE EFFECTS OF BT AND ROUNDUP TRANSGENIC-COTTONS ON OVERWINTERING OF TOBACCO BUDWORM AND CORN EARWORM IN COTTON FIELDS IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  J.C. Schneider.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS.

 

DSP 32.                 COMPARISON OF NON-TARGET INSECT ABUNDANCE AND BIODIVERSITY IN BT-CORN AND NON-BT CORN AGROECOSYSTEMS IN LOUISIANA.  T.J. Riley, A. Nichols, B. Castro, J. Rabb,  J. Liscano and B. Burden. LSU Ag. Cntr., Dept. of Entomology, Baton Rouge, LA [1,3]; LSU Shreveport, Dept. of Biology [2,6]; and LSU Ag. Cntr., Red River Res. Stn., Bossier City, LA [4,5].

 

DSP 33.                 INTREPID 2F*:  A REGISTRATION, AVAILABILITY AND PERFORMANCE UPDATE.  G. Thompson. Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN.

 

DSP 34.                 RECENT CHANGES IN THE AGRICULTURAL USES OF LORSBAN.  W. H. Hendrix, III and B. Nead-Nylander. Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN [1-2].

 

Biological Control

 

DSP 35.                 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHORID FLY, Pseudacteon curvatus, IN ALABAMA FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF IMPORTED FIRE ANTS.  L.C. Graham, S.D. Porter, H.D. Dorough, A.T. Kelley and V.E. Bertagnolli.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn Univ., Auburn AL [1,5]; USDA-ARS Cntr. for Medical & Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL [2]; Auburn Univ., Talladega, AL [3]; and Dept. of Entomology, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS [4].

 

DSP 36.                 IMPACT OF INTRODUCED BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS ON SELECTED GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF MUSK THISTLE.  G. Wiggins, J. Grant and P. Lambdin.  Dept. of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN [1-3].


DSP 37.                 SUBLETHAL EFFECTS OF NEW INSECTICIDE CHEMISTRIES ON Orius insidiosus.  G.E. Studebaker and T.J. Kring.  Univ. of Arkansas Coop. Ext. Srvc., Keiser, AR [1]; and Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Arkansas[2].

 

DISPLAY COMPETITION – M.S.

 

DSP 38.                 ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BEETLES ON SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA.  C.T. Werle, P.L. Lambdin and J.F. Grant.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN [1-3].

 

DSP 39.                 LA CROSSE ENCEPHALITIS IN EASTERN TENNESSEE:  GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION  SYSTEM APPROACH.

H.J. Morton and R.R. Gerhardt.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN [1-2].

 

DSP 40.                 RISK FACTORS OF LA CROSSE ENCEPHALITIS IN EASTERN TENNESSEE.  D.M. Stanich, R.R. Gerhardt and P.C. Erwin.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN [1,2]; and State of Tennessee Dept. of Health, East Tennessee Region [3].

 

DSP 41.                 THE ROLE OF NORTHERN RED OAK (Quercus rubra L.) AS A HOST OF ARTHROPODS.  D.D. Trieff, P.L. Lambdin and J.F. Grant.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville TN [1-3].  

 

DSP 42.                 SURVIVAL OF SELECTED NOCTUID LARVAE ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED COTTON.  R.H. Gable, B.R. Leonard, J. Gore and R.H. Jones.  Dept. of Entomology, LSU Ag. Cntr., Winnsboro, LA [1,3,4]; and Macon Ridge Res. Stn., LSU Ag. Cntr., Winnsboro, LA [2].

 

DSP 43.                 UNDERSTANDING THE GUT MICROFLORA OF LACEWINGS: HOW CAN WE HELP OUR BEST FRIENDS HELP US?  S.W. Woolfolk, G.D. Inglis and A.C. Cohen.  Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS[1]; Lethbridge Res. Cntr., Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB [2]; and Biological Control & Mass Rearing Res. Unit, USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, MS [3].


DISPLAY COMPETITION – Ph.D.

 

DSP 44.                 A CLADISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE Solenopsis saevissima SPECIES-GROUP (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE).  J.P. Pitts,  J.V. McHugh and K.G. Ross.  Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA [1-3].

 

DSP 45.                 DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN FLOWER THRIPS ON SUSCEPTIBLE AND RESISTANT COTTON GENOTYPES.  M.W. Fairbanks, D.R. Johnson and T.J. Kring.   Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR [1,3]; and Univ. of Arkansas Cooperative Ext. Srvc., Little Rock, AR [2].

 

DSP 46.                 AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF LATE PLANTED BT CORN FOR CONTROL OF CORN BORERS IN LOUISIANA.  B.A. Castro, T.J. Riley and B.R. Leonard. Dept. of Entomology, Louisiana State Univ. Agricultural Cntr., Baton Rouge, LA [1,2]; and Macon Ridge Location, Northeast Res. Stn., LSU Ag. Cntr., Winnsboro, LA [3].

 

DSP 47.                 FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES COMPARING NEW AND STANDARD INSECTICIDES AGAINST Euschistus servus (SAY).  M.M. Willrich, J. Gore, D.R. Cook, R.H. Jones and B.R. Leonard.  Dept. of Entomology, Louisiana State Univ., LSU Ag. Cntr., Baton Rouge, LA [1,2,3,4]; and Macon Ridge Res. Stn., LSU Ag. Cntr., Winnsboro, LA [5].

 

DSP 48.                 IMPACT OF FIRE ANTS ON XYLOPHILOUS HYMENOPTERA IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA.  D.A. Jenkins. Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA.

 

DSP 49.                 QUANTIFICATION OF TOXIN LEVELS AMONG PLANT PARTS OF COTTONS EXPRESSING ONE OR TWO INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS OF Bacillus thuringiensis.  D.S. Akin, S.D. Stewart, J.J. Adamczyk, Jr. and  K.S. Knighten.  Dept. of Entomology, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS [1,2,4]; and USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS [3].

 

DSP 50.                 SOURCE AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF A COCKROACH-DERIVED HUMAN ALLERGEN IN A SWINE PRODUCTION FACILITY.  C. Gore, W. Watson and C. Schal.  Dept. of Entomology, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC [1-3].


DSP 51.                 EXTREME VARIATION IN THE STIGMATIC SETAE OF Toumeyella liriodendri (GMELIN), HEMIPTERA: COCCIDAE.  T. Kondo. Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL.

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