Symposium

4. Chemical Ecology

[4-3] From Blum's semiochemicals parsimony to Wilson's consilience

Tue. Aug 27, 2024 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM Room 555

Chair: Zainulabeuddin Syed (University of Kentucky), Wei Xu (Murdoch University), Yuko Ishida (Research Institute of Luminous Organisms in Hachijojima)

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1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

[4-3-01] The circa-bi-dian clock of the large black chafer (Holotrichia parallela) manifests in the beetle’s sex pheromone reception

Jiao Yin², Yinliang Wang³, Huanhuan Dong², *Walter Soares Leal¹ (1. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California-Davis (United States of America), 2. State Key Laboratory of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciencess (China), 3. Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University (China))

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

[4-3-02] Comparative Refolding Study of Insect Odorant Binding Proteins: Novel Approach and Insights

*Wei Xu¹, Aniruddha Agnihotri¹ (1. School of Agricultural Sciences, Murdoch University (Australia))

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

[4-3-03] Extreme sexual dimorphism in fig wasps: How does this affect olfaction?

TISTA GHOSH¹, SUSHMA KRISHNAN¹, *Renee M Borges¹ (1. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (India))

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

[4-3-04] Gustatory polymorphism mediates a new adaptive courtship strategy

*Ayako Wada-Katsumata¹, Coby Schal¹ (1. North Carolina State University (United States of America))

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

[4-3-05] Effect of the Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus infection on the Asian citrus psyllid response to a putative sex pheromone

*Haroldo Xavier Linhares Volpe¹, Walter Soares Leal² (1. Fund for Citrus Protection (Fundecitrus) (Brazil), 2. Department of MCB, University of California-Davis (United States of America))

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

[4-3-06] Chemical signals and chemical noise - why plant defenses are more complex and pheromones are simpler in the tropics

*Ari Grele¹, Lora Richards¹ (1. University of Nevada, Reno (United States of America))

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

[4-3-07] A female-specific odorant receptor mediates oviposition deterrence in the moth Helicoverpa armigera

*Guirong Wang^1,2, Xiaxuan Zhang^1,2, Yang Liu², Mengbo Guo^1,2, Dongdong Sun², Mengjun Zhang², Xi Chu³, Bente Gunnveig Berg³ (1. Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China), 2. State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193 (China), 3. Chemosensory lab, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway))

Coffee Break (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM)

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

[4-3-08] Mechanisms underlying sex pheromone detection in the silkmoth Bombyx mori—From structure of antennae to molecular function

*Takeshi Sakurai¹, Kyohei Tanzawa¹, Shunsuke Shigaki² (1. Tokyo University of Agriculture (Japan), 2. National Institute of Informatics (Japan))

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

[4-3-09] Sex pheromone communication in an insect parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae Uchida

*Hao Guo¹ (1. Hebei University (China))

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

[4-3-10] Identification, synthesis, and field evaluation of the sex pheromone of Rachiplusia nu (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

*Paulo H G Zarbin¹, Leonardo Figueiredo¹, Diego Silva, Cecilia Czepak (1. Federal University of Parana (Brazil))

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

[4-3-11] Clines in insect herbivory and abiotic stress support different dimensions of plant chemical diversity along ecological gradients

Martin Volf^1,2, *Jing Vir Leong^1,2, Gibson Aubona^1,2, Simon T. Segar³, Juha-Pekka Salminen⁴, Vojtech Novotny^1,2, Brian E. Sedio^5,6 (1. Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science (Czech Republic), 2. Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia (Czech Republic), 3. Agriculture and Environment Department, Harper Adams University (UK), 4. Natural Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Turku (Finland), 5. Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, (United States of America), 6. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama))

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

[4-3-12] The functional ecology of floral caffeine in plant-pollinator mutualism.

*Yun-Heng Lu¹, Yueh-Lung Wu¹ (1. National Taiwan University (Taiwan))

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

[4-3-13] Adaptive plasticity in behavioral and physiological responses of aphids to ant protection and predatory threat

Tian Xu^1,2, Ted C. J. Turlings³, *Li Chen¹ (1. Hebei University (China), 2. Nanjing Forestry University (China), 3. University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland))

5:45 PM - 6:00 PM

[4-3-14] Larval diet mediates pheromone composition in Fall armyworm

*Rajendra Regmi¹, Soo Jean Park¹, Vivian Mendez ¹, Rabia Ali¹, Sanjana Akter¹, Bishwo Mainali¹ (1. Macquarie University, Australia (Australia))

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM

[4-3-15] Signaling and reception in blood-feeding Arthropods: Ticks keep it simple

*Zainulabeuddin Syed¹ (1. University of Kentucky (United States of America))

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