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Department of Entomology

ISU Entomology

Upcoming Seminar

Beekeeping in Iowa
Monday, February 13th at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Andrew Joseph, State Apiarist, IDALS – Bureau of Entomology & Plant Science, Ankeny, IA
ISU Virus-Insect Interactions seminar
Semester Schedule (by date)
See prior semesters here
Hermetic Storage to Control Maize Weevil
Monday, January 23rd at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Carl Bern, University Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, ISU
Novel Approach for Bt Toxin-based Transgenic Aphid Resistance
Monday, January 30th at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Nana P. Chougule, Department of Entomology, ISU
Biodiversity and Productivity: Global Patterns, Trophic Mechanisms
Monday, February 6th at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
W. Stan Harpole, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, ISU
Beekeeping in Iowa
Monday, February 13th at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Andrew Joseph, State Apiarist, IDALS – Bureau of Entomology & Plant Science, Ankeny, IA
ISU Virus-Insect Interactions seminar
Pea enation mosaic virus – Pea Aphid Interactions and Associated Technologies
Tuesday, February 21st at 3:50pm, in 210 Bessey
Bryony C. Bonning, Department of Entomology, ISU
ISU Virus-Insect Interactions and Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology seminar
Small-RNA Responses in Modulating R-gene Mediated Aphid Resistance in Melon
Monday, February 27th at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Sponsored by PSI Approaching Crops as EcoSystems (ACE)
Soybean Aphid Suppression of Plant Defenses and Interactions With Others Pests
Monday, March 5th at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Gustavo MacIntosh, BBMB, ISU
Sponsored by PSI Approaching Crops as EcoSystems (ACE)
Preference and Performance of Soybean Pest Insects on Rag1 Varieties
Monday, March 19th at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Robert Bruner, Department of Entomology, ISU
MS thesis seminar
Assessing the Response of the Western Corn Rootworm to Bt Corn
Monday, March 26th at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Ryan Keweshan , Department of Entomology, ISU
MS thesis seminar
Emerging Opportunities for International Development
Monday, April 2nd at 12:10pm, in Ensminger Room, 1204 Kildee Hall
Barry Pittendrigh, Professor, C.W. Kearns, C.L. Metcalf and W.P. Flint Endowed Chair in Insect Toxicology, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign, IL
Abstract: This presentation will introduce an outreach program called "Scientific Animations Without Borders". Associated videos on the project can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjtOHFFJSpc and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egXytQPR1sQ
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Molecular Basis of Insect Responses to Xenobiotics
Monday, April 2nd at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Barry Pittendrigh, Professor, C.W. Kearns, C.L. Metcalf and W.P. Flint Endowed Chair in Insect Toxicology, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign, IL
Paul A. Dahm Memorial Lecture in Entomology
Mechanisms of Resistance to Spinosad
Monday, April 9th at 12:10pm, in Ensminger Room, 1204 Kildee Hall
Jeffrey G. Scott, Professor and Chair, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The Mechanisms of Resistance to Pyrethroid Insecticides in Mosquitoes and Their Associated Fitness Costs
Monday, April 9th at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Jeffrey G. Scott, Professor and Chair, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
EGSO Speaker
Pest Lepidopterans in our Agroecosystems: Current and Future Patterns
Monday, April 16th at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Shelby Fleischer, Professor, Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Gunderson Memorial Lecture
Co-sponsored by the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Biology and Management of Striped Cucumber Beetle and Bacterial Wilt in Cucurbits
Tuesday, April 17th at 3:50pm, in 210 Bessey
Shelby Fleischer, Professor, Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Co-sponsored by the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Sweet Problems and Symbiotic Solutions: How Insects Cope with the Extreme Diet of Plant Phloem Sap
Monday, April 23rd at 4:10pm, in E164 Lagomarcino Hall
EGSO Speaker