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Department of Entomology Spring 2002 Seminar Series
Seminars take place in E-164 Lagomarcino Hall at 4:10 p.m. Mondays (unless otherwise stated).
| January 14 | Dr. Woody Hart, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University. Out On a Limb: Forest Entomology at Iowa State University, 1974-2002 |
| January 28 | 28 Dr. Roger Maddux, Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University. Self-Similarity and the Species-Area Relationship |
| February 4 | Joel Gibson, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University. M.S. thesis seminar. A Revision of the Genus Horaia (Diptera: Blephariceridae) Including a Phylogenetic Review of Related Apistomyiine Genera |
| February 11 | Dr. Russell Jurenka, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University. Biosynthesis of Moth Female Sex Pheromones |
| February 18 | Dr. Michael Gray, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Selection for a New Variant of Western Corn Rootworm: The Roles of Crop Rotation and Phenological Asynchrony of Corn and Soybean Development |
| February 25 | Johnson Odera, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University. Detecting Trypanosomes in Tsetse Flies (Diptera: Glossinidae): Epidemiological Implications |
| March 4 | Dr. Junwei Zhu, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University. Developments in Basic Research in Insect Chemical Ecology and Potential Application in Integrated Pest Management |
| March 11 | Dr. Clifford Sadof, Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette. Effects of Ornamental Leaf Variegation on Arthropod Pests |
| March 12 | Dr. Sujatha Sankula, Research Associate, National Center for Food and Agriculture Policy, Washington, DC. Impact of Biotechnology on Pesticide Use in Agriculture 210 Bessey Hall. Combined seminar with Plant Pathology and Toxicology. |
| April 1 | Hailing Jin, Department of Entomology and Program in Genetics, Iowa State University.
MS thesis seminar. Polyhedral envelope protein mutants of Rachiplusia ou Multicapsid Nucleopolyhedrovirus |
| April 8 | Rayda Krell, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University.
PhD dissertation seminar. The Disease Cycle and Management of Bean Pod Mottle Virus |
| April 15 | Dr. Gene Robinson, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sociogenomics and Division of Labor in Honey Bee Colonies. 1414 Molecular Biology. Combined seminar with Genetics. |
| April 22 | EGSO Speaker: Dr. David A. Grimaldi, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Sociality and Success in Insects: Insights from the Fossil Record Second presentation, 8 pm, Great Hall, Memorial Union: Through the Looking Glass: Insects in Amber |
| April 29 | Paul A. Dahm Memorial Lecture in Entomology: Dr. Thomas C. Sparks, Dow Agrosciences, Indianapolis. Natural Products as Insect Control Agents - Does Mother Nature Know Best? The "Evolution" of Spinosyns to Spinosoids Combined seminar with Toxicology |
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