Seminars

Question 1

Marcelo

Answer 1

Helicoverpa zea larval dispersal in caged-environment containing pyramided Agrisure Viptera®3111 seed blends.

Question 2

Lin

Answer 2

Resistance allele frequency and fitness cost of Corn Earworm to Bacillus Thuringiensis in Louisiana​

Question 3

Mollie

Answer 3

Evaluating the Role of the Gut Microbiome on the Thermal Tolerance of Coquillettidia perturbans and Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes

Objectives​

1. Investigate the thermal tolerance of adult Culex and Coquillettidia mosquitoes with and without an established gut microbiome.​
2. Investigate the thermal tolerance of Culex and Coquillettidia mosquito larvae with and without an established gut microbiome.

Question 4

Patty

Answer 4

A Pantropical look at ant-following birds: exploring the mechanisms of their decline.​

Objectives

1. Does food scarcity cause ant-following bird declines?​
2. Do ant-following bird flocks fall apart following fragmentation?​
3. Are Afrotropical ant-followers really specialized?​
4. Do Afrotropical ant-followers use social information to locate swarms?

Question 5

Peters

Answer 5

Double Cropping in Wheat Crop Rotations: a sustainable approach towards increasing crop yield and soil health improvement in Louisiana

Question 6

Joe

Answer 6

Effect of Soldier Caste on Foraging Behavior in the Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)​

Objective 1 - Determine whether soldier presence affects foraging behavior​

Objective 2 - Determine how the soldiers communicate their presence to the workers

Question 7

Carlos

Answer 7

Insect Herbivores Associated with Conyza bonariensis (Asterales: Asteraceae) in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi ​

Document diversity of insect herbivores and their feeding guilds.​

Describe the host specificity and damage of putative specialist herbivores.

Question 8

Wenbo

Answer 8

Field Resistance Monitoring of Cry 1A105 and Cry 2Ab2 and Inheritance Characters of Relevant Resistant Genes in Helicoverpa zea ​

Obj. 1. Investigation of mating, and reproductive behaviors of CEW in varied biotic and abiotic factors; ​

Obj. 2. Susceptibility of CEW populations from U.S. southeastern region to Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2;​

Obj. 3. F2 screen to determine resistance allele frequency in CEW to Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2; and ​

Obj. 4. Characterize the inheritance of the single- and dual-gene Cry1A.105/Cry2Ab2 resistance in CEW.​

Question 9

Evan

Answer 9

The effect of water quality (Total Dissolved Solids) ​
in septic ditches ​
on the presence of Culex quinquefasciatus Say​
(Diptera: Culicidae)​

Measure field levels of TDS in septic ditches and record Cx. quinquefasciatus and larvivorous fish presence at sites and septic tank status.​

Determine effect of TDS levels on the site choice of Cx. quinquefasciatus adults.​

Measure effect of TDS level on the development and fecundity of Cx. quinquefasciatus larvae and adults.

Question 10

Leo

Answer 10

Mechanisms of resistance to Louisiana’s stemborers in
sugarcane

1. Screen for cultivar resistance among commercial
   and experimental sugarcane varieties.
2. Evaluate the oviposition preference among
   sugarcane varieties
3. Measure the effect of sugarcane cultivars on larval
   development
4. Determine if there are metabolites present that
   have an antibiotic effect on larvae

Question 11

Tyler

Answer 11

Economic Threshold Re-evaluation of the ThreeCornered Alfalfa Hopper Spissistilus festinus (Say) in
Louisiana Soybean Glycine max L

Question 12

Julian

Answer 12

Snails