| University of Kentucky Entomology |
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| Date | Presenter | Title |
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| Jan 12 | Gene Kritsky College of Mt. St. Joseph Cincinnati, Ohio | Periodical cicadas: The plague and the puzzle |
| Jan 19 | Mike Potter University of Kentucky Department of Entomology | Home wreckers; the insidious ways of termites PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. |
| Jan 26 | Nathalie Volkoff, Visiting Scientist INRA-CNRS Saint-Christol-les-Ales, France | Expressed Hyposoter
Didymator Ichnovirus (HdIV) genes identified using infected
lepidopteran cell lines PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. |
| Feb 2 | Scott Quinton University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Proposal talk |
Economic injury levels and economic thresholds
for insect management in value-enhanced corn PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. |
| Jennifer Williams University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Proposal talk | How prey detect and avoid predators: a study
with an agricultural pest PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. | |
| Feb 9 | David Denlinger Ohio State University | Escape in time: the biology of insect overwintering PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. |
| Feb 16 | Charlene Rucker University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Proposal talk | Factors affecting blend discrimination and mating success in the
cabbage looper moth, Trichoplusia ni PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. |
| Jamee Hubbard University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Proposal talk | Creating novel Wolbachia
infection types via transinfection PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. | |
| Feb 23 | Janet Lensing University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Proposal talk | Effects of global climate change on
trophic interactions in the arthropod-dominated food web of forest
floor leaf litter PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. |
| Leslie Foss University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Proposal talk | Oak foliar chemistry and galling impact
herbivore performance PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. | |
| Mar 2 | Cora Allard University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Proposal talk | Distribution of Phalangium opilio in Kentucky soybean and effect of
diet on this predator's reproduction PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. |
| Amanda Staley University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Proposal talk | Effects of plant surfaces and conspecific individuals on
Coleomegilla maculata oviposition, egg cannibalism, and larval
movement PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. | |
| Mar 9 | Bob Denno University of Maryland | Natural enemies versus host plant control of phytophagous insect populations: complex trophic interactions and spatial variation PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. |
| Mar 16 | SPRING BREAK | |
| Mar 23 | Tim Mousseau University of South Carolina | Adaptive maternal effects: Moms do much more than just make babies! PLEASE NOTE: Seminar begins at 4:00 pm on this date. |
| Mar 30 | Chanda Bartholomew University of Kentucky Department of Entomology | Milkweeds and monarchs: phenology, host-plant choice, and Bt corn |
| Carlos Sarmiento University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Proposal talk | Taxonomic revision of the new world species of Coccygidium (Braconidae: Agathidinae) with a phylogenetic analysis of color patterns | |
| Apr 6 | Tom Pucci University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Master's Exit Seminar | A Revision of the Genus Agathirsia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and the Evolution of its Nectar Feeding |
| Apr 13 | Chris Boake University of Tennessee | Flying Apart: sexual selection and speciation in Hawaiian Drosophila |
| Apr 20 | Mary Ellen Czesak University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Doctoral Exit Seminar | The evolution and ecology of insect life histories: Egg size and number in a desert seed beetle |
| Apr 27 | Denise McNabb University of Kentucky Department of Entomology Master's Exit Seminar | Using stable isotopes to infer trophic connections of generalist predators in a detritus-enriched agroecosystem |
