The Science of Scents: Recent Advances in Chemical Ecology in Sustainable Integrated Pest Management

Organizer(s)

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  Manish Gautam

  Graduate Assistant
  Entomology and Plant Pathology
  University of Arkansas
  Fayetteville, Arkansas
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  Insha Shafi

  University of Arkansas
  Fayetteville, Arkansas
• JA

  Jessica Ayala

  University of Arkansas
  Fayetteville, Arkansas

Explore the science of the scents. Discover how cutting-edge chemical ecology have advanced the field of integrated pest management! This session will discuss semiochemicals, plant volatiles, and plant-insect interactions. Join us to engage with experts and early career professionals on innovative research, and future collaborations.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM - 8:03 AM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Insha Shafi – University of Arkansas
• 8:03 AM - 8:22 AM Pacific

  Turning up the plant alarm: How plant defenses supports biological control
  

  Presenting Author: Bijay Subedi – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Monica Kersch-Becker (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University
• 8:22 AM - 8:41 AM Pacific

  Sensing the enemy: Fall armyworm-induced sorghum defenses and their modulation by FAW secretions
  

  Presenting Author: Sanket Shinde – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Edith Ikuze – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Co-Author: Esha Kaler (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Co-Author: Kashish Verma (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Co-Author: Pritha Kundu – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Co-Author: Joe Louis – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 8:41 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific

  Does variation in the phytochemical landscape structure affect interactions between insects and their hosts in southeastern forest ecosystems?
  

  Presenting Author: Todd Johnson – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Christopher Kuetsinya – Bowling Green University

  Co-Author: Daniel Debutts – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Lewis Gaston – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Vanshika Jindal – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Winter Sheline – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Manoj Pandey (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Jessica McKenny – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: James meeker – Forest Health Protection, United States Forest Service

  Co-Author: Timothy Scholwalter – Louisiana State University
• 9:19 AM - 9:38 AM Pacific

  Tri-trophic effects of a insect predator's pheromone
  

  Presenting Author: Jennifer Thaler – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Laura K. Martinez (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Moshe Zaguri, PhD – Agricultural Research Organization

  Co-Author: Gen-Chang Hsu – Department of Entomology, Cornell University

  Co-Author: Sabine Paz-Le Draoulec – Department of Entomology, Cornell University

  Co-Author: Alayna Trejo – Department of Entomology, Cornell University
• 9:38 AM - 9:57 AM Pacific

  Gene editing reveals novel functions of a herbivore's salivary arsenal
  

  Presenting Author: Jared Emanuel Griffin – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Gary Felton – Pennsylvania State University
• 9:57 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Manish Gautam – University of Arkansas