Fall 2014 Colloquium
Fall 2014 Speakers
August 27 Herma Amalia (PhD student with Lavine and Walsh), “Characterization of insecticide resistance mechanism in the western tarnished plant bug, Lygus hesperus ?Knight (Hemiptera: Miridae)”
September 3 No colloquium
September 10 No colloquium
September 17 Erin McCullough (Post-doc at Univ. Montana) “Elaboration and diversification of rhinoceros beetle horns”
September 24 Ian Kaplan (Department of Entomology, Purdue), “Attracting carnivorous insects with plant volatiles: The future of biocontrol or playing with fire?”
October 1 Jay Brunner (WSU Entomology Dept. @TFREC). “A personal perspective of apple IPM in Washington”
October 8 Andy Deans (Department of Entomology, Penn State), “Semantic annotation and the future of phenotype data”
October 15 Rodney Cooper, USDA-ARS, Wapato, WA. “Acquired and innate host plant resistance against psyllids”
October 22 Steve Garczynski, USDA-ARS, Wapato, WA. “What we have learned about codling moth in the last seven years and how can this information be applied in the future?”
October 29 Ute Chambers (WSU Entomology Dept. @TFREC) “Advancing decision support tools: testing data accuracy and integrating new information”
November 5 Tom Unruh, USDA-ARS, Wapato, WA. “Gut content analysis of common predators of codling moth: what are we missing?”
November 12 Adam Dolezal (Dept. Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology & Dept of Entomology, Iowa State University), “Effects of pollen nutrition on virus susceptibility and survival in honey bees”
November 19 ENTOMOLOGY NATIONAL MEETING
November 26 THANKSGIVING
December 3 Elias Bloom (PhD student w/ Crowder). “The diversity and stability of native bee communities in diversified urban and rural farming systems”
December 10 Matthew Jones (PhD student w/ Snyder). “Natural suppression of human pathogens”