Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang

Assistant Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia

Presentation(s):

• Bees, viruses, pathogens, oh my: Are pumpkin fields at risk of viral spread?

  Sunday, November 9, 2025
  8:12 AM - 8:24 AM Pacific

• Validation of inexpensive environmental DNA air samplers under laboratory and field conditions

  Sunday, November 9, 2025
  4:18 PM - 4:30 PM Pacific

• Colony-level variation in fire ant foraging activity correlates with mortality in laboratory bait evaluations

  Monday, November 10, 2025
  8:00 AM - 8:12 AM Pacific

• Optimizing airborne environmental DNA storage for monitoring terrestrial insects

  Monday, November 10, 2025
  9:00 AM - 9:12 AM Pacific

• Morphological adaptations shape interactions between a kleptoparasitic cricket and its social insect hosts

  Monday, November 10, 2025
  11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Pacific

• Range expansion of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) into Virginia: Genetic evidence, supercolonial patterns, and viral infection patterns

  Tuesday, November 11, 2025
  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Pacific

• Putting ants to work: A scalable eDNA approach for detecting spotted lanternfly

  Tuesday, November 11, 2025
  4:36 PM - 4:48 PM Pacific

• Oviposition, behavior, and establishment studies of Leucotaraxis silver flies: Insights into a specialist biocontrol agent of hemlock woolly adelgid

  Wednesday, November 12, 2025
  9:52 AM - 10:09 AM Pacific