Tuesday, August 18th
Virtually via Zoom
Tuesday, August 18 at 12:30-5pm
Schedule
12:30-12:35 pm: Welcome & Keynote Panel
Session 1 Student Presentations
12:59 – 1:11 pm: Brenda Leal – “The effects of an established presence of “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” in the midgut of the potato psyllid nymph”
1:23-1:35pm: Tara Kay Jones – “Evidence of a Functional RNAi Gene Silencing Mechanism in the Corn Leafhopper, D. maidis
1:47-2:00 pm: Break
Session 2 Student Presentations
2:12-2:24 pm: Morgan Thompson – “Undercover operation: root herbivory modifies aboveground plant-herbivore interactions”
2:24-2:36 pm: Kenneth Masloski – “Differences in Volatile Organic Compounds of canrhococcus lagerstroemiae Kuwana Host Plants”
2:36-2:48 pm: John Michael Grunseich – “A root-feeding herbivore suppresses indirect plant defenses to avoid elevated predation risk”
2:48-3:00 pm: Kyle Gilder – “Inventory and Food Web of Arthropod Fauna Associated with Lagerstroemia spp. (Myrtales: Lythraceae) in Texas”
3:00 – 3:15 pm: Break
Session 3 Student Presentations
3:51 – 4:03 pm: Jesse Starkey – “Does resource availability and Juvenile Hormone affect Worker Task Allocation in the invasive ant, Solenopsis invicta”
4:03 – 4:15 pm: Myra Dickey – “Transcriptomic analysis of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen brain in response to pesticide exposure during development”
4:15 – 4:27 pm: Constance Lin – “Raising the “anty” in decomposition ecology: Effect of vertebrate carrion on fire ant colony performance”
4:27 – 4:45 pm: Break. Judge deliberation
4:45 – 5:00 pm: Awards Ceremony. Adjourn