DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS
All entomology seminars meet at 3:00 pm in Rm S-221 Agricultural Science Center North, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY unless otherwise noted
Refreshments are served
SPRING 1999 ENTOMOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINARS
  • Jan 15 Heather Hoy The continous in vitro culture of Microplitus croceipes teratocytes and the role of larval secretory products. UK Dept. of Entomology, MS exit seminar

  • Jan 22 Stephane Dupas The evolution of immune suppression and viral symbiotic associations in parasitoid wasps. UK Dept. of Entomology

  • Jan. 29 Ahmed Maghoob Identification of the biochemical constituents of trichome exudates from four Solanum spp. and their role in plant resistance to spider mites. Dept. of Plant Protection, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; and UK Dept. of Entomology

  • Feb. 5 George Uetz From rain forest to research lab: studies of the social life (and sex life) of spiders. Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati (host: David Wise)

  • Feb. 12 Marisa Griffin Ovipositional preference of the 12-spotted lady beetle, Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) for the weed Acalypha ostraefolia (Euphobiaceae) UK Dept. of Entomology, M.S. proposal seminar

    Saad Al-Kahtani Temperature effects on queen honeybee development. UK Dept. of Entomology, M.S. proposal seminar

  • Feb 19 Claudia Rauter Parental care in the burying beetle Nicophorus orbicollis: trade-offs and honest signaling. UK Dept. of Entomology

  • Feb 26 Daniel Hemmann Evolution of response to a mutant sex pheromone blend in the cabbage looper moth, Trichoplusia ni. UK Dept. of Entomology M.S. proposal seminar

    Anthony Hanley Resistance of stored grain moths to Bacillus thuringiensis and transgenic grain. UK Dept. of Entomology proposal seminar

  • Mar 3 **Special Seminar** Wednesday at 3:30pm in Rm N12, Ag Sci Bld

    Donald Strong Circuitous trophic linkages in a subterranean food web. Dept. of Biological Sciences, Division of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis (hosts: David Wise and Bill Snyder)

  • Mar 12 Laura Corley Parthenogenesis in the cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea. UK Dept. of Entomology, PhD. exit seminar

  • Mar 19 NO SEMINAR**SPRING BREAK

  • Mar 26 Blake Newton Ecology of Phalangium opilio (Arachnida: Opiliones), a predator of Lepidoptera eggs, in central Kentucky soybeans. UK Dept. of Entomology, M.S. exit seminar)

  • April 2 Joseph Huesing Biotechnology-based insect control: from discovery to commercial product. Agricultural Sector Insect Control, Mansanto Co., St. Louis (host: Dan Hemmann)

  • April 9 David Held Factors affecting the efficacy of controlled atmosphere anoxia treatments for the management of arthropod pests in greenhouses. UK Dept. of Entomology, M.S. exit seminar

  • April 16 Mark Hunter Plant variability and the population dynamics of insect herbivores. Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia (host: graduate students) Seminar is in Rm A7, Ag Sci Bld North

  • April 23 Ehaab Jamal Attraction of coccinellids to Myzus nicotianae. UK Dept. of Entomology, M.S. exit seminar

  • April 30 Cynthia Morrison Shelby Effects of transplant date and management strategies on selected tobacco pests. UK Dept. of Entomology, M.S. exit seminar

  • May 7 Jason Leathers Evolution of color patterns in the Alabagrus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of La Selva, Costa Rica
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