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”