Spring 2005
All Entomology Department seminars meet at 3:00 pm in Rm N12 Agricultural
Science Center North, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY unless otherwise
noted.
Refreshments are served
| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|
| Jan 14 | Andy Boring
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Phylogenetic analysis of the Hymenoptera using the morphology of the female reproductive system |
Becky Trout
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Mosquito management in suburban residential properties using synthetic pyrethroid insecticides |
| Jan 21 | Beth Ann Choate
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Exit seminar) | The life history and dispersal patterns of Malacosma americanum, the insect associated with Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome |
| Jan 28 | Michael Potter
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
| A Bed Bug State of Mind |
| Feb 4 | Bonny Miller
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) |
Reduced-risk tactics for managing major insect pests of nursery-grown maples |
Barb Sharanowski
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology |
Decomposition and insect succession on pig carrion in Saskatchewan |
| Feb 11 | Aerin Land
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Factors affecting pine regeneration following a catastrophic southern pine beetle outbreak in the Cumberland Plateau region |
Erin Hladilek
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Spinning the forest food web: Using stable isotopes (d13C and d15N) to link ecosystem components |
| Feb 18 | Callie Prater
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Exit seminar) | Microbial Control of the Black cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon) using a naturally occurring baculovirus |
| Feb 25 | Jim Whitfield | A polydnavirus paradox: cophylogeny and mosaic genomes |
| Mar 4 | Bill Ballard
University of Iowa | Linking the genotype with the phenotype with biochemistry |
| Mar 11 | Zhiyoung Xi
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Exit seminar) | Characterization of Wolbachia/host interaction and generation of novel symbioses via microinjection |
| Mar 18 | SPRING BREAK |
| Mar 25 | Steve Juliano
Illinois State University | Pattern and Process in a Biological Invasion: Coexistence or Exclusion Among Competing Mosquitoes |
| Apr 1 | Rodney Cooper
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Interactions Between Chestnut Blight Resistance and Herbivore Susceptibility in Castanea spp. |
Kimby Tarburton
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Seasonal phenology, natural enemies, and control of squash bug: Anasa tristis DeGreer on yellow squash in Kentucky |
| Apr 8 | Mark L Gleason
Iowa State University | Understanding the cucumber beetle/bacteria wilt connection on cucurbits: what we know (a little) and what we need to know (a lot) |
| Apr 14 (Thursday) | David Brown
Sacramento-Yolo County Mosquito District, Elkgrove, CA | An overview of mosquito control operation in California: current and future challenges. |
| Apr 15 | Kristy Scheibly
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Exit seminar) | Inbreeding Depression: Does it exist and what is the cause in Stator limbatus? |
| April 22 | George W. Gilchrist
College of William and Mary | TBA |
| April 29 | Fred Gould
North Carolina State University | TBA |