| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|
| Jan 13 | Kevin Pitz
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Exit seminar) | Systematic and taxonomic revision
of Cenocoeliinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) |
| Jan 20 | Virna Saenz
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Exit seminar) | Evaluation of ovitrap
surveillance and seasonal abundance of the treehole mosquito Ochlerotatus
triseriatus (Say) and the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) in
central Kentucky |
| Jan 27 | Doug Johnson
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
| Applying Quadris and Warrior for yield
enhancement in the absence of pathogens or insect pests. Is there any IPM
here? |
| Feb 3 | Becky Trout
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Exit seminar) |
Suppressing peridomestic
mosquitoes utilizing residual insecticides on residential properties |
| Feb 10 | Michel Cusson
Canadian Forest Service | Characterization and tissue-specific
expression of two lepidopteran farnesyl diphosphate synthase homologs:
implications for the biosynthesis of ethyl-substituted juvenile hormones |
| Feb 17 | 2:00 Hua Bai
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) |
Hormonal regulation of midgut
remodeling during metamorphosis of yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti |
2:30 Susan Moser
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Searching for
mechanisms: are native coccinellid populations being displaced by exotics? |
3:00 Derrick Hammons
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Sustainable
Management and Ecological Interactions of Japanese and Green June Beetles
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Impacting Kentucky Grape Production |
3:30 Justine George
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Exit seminar) | Toxicological and
behavioral effects of neonicotinoids and azadiractin on turfgrass insects |
| Feb 24 | Aerin Land
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Exit seminar) | The impacts of prescribed
fire and herbivore pressure on shortleaf pine regeneration |
Mar 1
(Wednesday -
1:00 pm)
(Ag North S201) | Janet Lensing
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Exit seminar) |
Impacts of predicted changes in
rainfall on the arthropod community, litter decomposition, and trophic
cascades in a forest-floor food web. |
| Mar 3 | 2:00 Tonja Mae Wilkins
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) |
TBA |
2:30 Tyasning Nusawardani
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Effects of a
polydnavirus on lepidopteran innate immune responses |
3:00 Alvaro Romero
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Biology,
behavior and ecology of the bed bug Cimex lectularius |
3:30 Kavita Bitra
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Co-factors of ecdysone
receptor complex |
4:00 Zhaolin Zhang
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Proposal seminar) | Cross-talk between 20
hydrogen ecdysone and juvenile hormone |
| Mar 10 | Blake Newtons student group | MRLS and the eastern tent caterpillar and
interactions between the Asian multicolored lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
and a fungal pathogen |
| Mar 17 | SPRING BREAK |
| Mar 24 | Deb McCullough
Michigan State University | Emerald ash borer: will we kiss our ashes goodbye? |
| Mar 31 | Ashley Dowling
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology | Evolution of Braconid wasps and
the difficulties associated with analyzing large molecular datasets |
| Apr 7 | Art Zangerl
University of Illinois | Coevolutionary matchups between
webworms and parsnips; home (Europe) and away (North America) games |
Apr 12
(Wednesday) | Tom Coleman
University of Kentucky
Department of Entomology
(Exit seminar) |
Widespread forest disturbance from southern pine beetle caused mortality and associated
management: effects on vegetation composition and succession |
| Apr 14 | Roger Nasci
Center for Disease Control | TBA |
| Apr 21 | Alvin Simmons
U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC
(Entomology Alumni Lecture Series) | Vegetable insects: Healthy choices |
| April 28 | Mike Hoffmann
Dept.of Entomology, Cornell University | 10:30 am (room TBA): The New York State IPM Program: Responding to the
Needs of all Citizens |
| 3:00 pm (Ag North N6): Augmentative Biological Control of European corn
borer with Trichogramma ostriniae: Accomplishments and Challenges |