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January 2020 Abstract Issue Vol 65, Number 1 MISSISSIPPI ACADEMY OF SCIENCES EIGHTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING February 20-21, 2020 Mississippi Gulf Coast and Convention Center Biloxi, MS Sponsors (Annual Meeting Sponsor) Mississippi State University- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences College of Forest Resources James Worth Bagley College of Engieering Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences Volume 65 January 2020 Number 1 Contents 3 ACADEMY OFFICERS & DIVISION CHAIRS 2019-2020 Editor 4 GENERAL SCHEDULE Michelle Tucci University of Mississippi Medical Center 7 DIRECTIONS TO CONFERENCE CENTER Editorial Board 8 SUSTAINING MEMBERS 9 LIFE MEMBERS Maria Begonia Jackson State University 10 EXHIBITORS 11 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S COLUMN Ibrahim O. Farah 12 MAS AWARDS AND DODGEN LECTURE Jackson State University 16 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Millsaps Undergraduate Student Awards and Mississippi INBRE Robin Rockhold Graduate Student Awards, LSMAMP University of Mississippi Medical Center Ham Benghuzzi 24 OVERVIEW OF DIVISIONAL PROGRAMS University of Mississippi Medical Center Biloxi Convention Center Floor Plans and Notes Program Editor ABSTRACTS Kenneth Butler 37 Agriculture and Plant Science University of Mississippi Medical Center 44 Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology 64 Chemistry and Chemical Engineering The Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (ISSN 0076-9436) is published in 89 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology January (annual meeting abstracts), April, 96 Geology and Geography July, and October, by the Mississippi Acad- emy of Sciences. Members of the Academy 103 Health Sciences receive the journal as part of their regular (nonstudent) membership. Inquiries 125 History and Philosophy of Science regarding subscriptions, availability of back 129 Marine and Atmospheric Sciences issues, and address changes should be addressed to The Mississippi Academy of 132 Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics Sciences, Post Office Box 55709, Jackson, 138 Physics and Engineering MS 39296-5709, telephone 601-977-0627, or email [email protected]. 146 Psychology and Social Sciences 152 Science Education 156 Zoology and Entomology 161 AUTHOR INDEX 167 Member Remembrance MISSISSIPPI ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, EIGHTY FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI ACADEMY OF SCIENCES President C. LaShan Simpson President-Elect K. Raja Reddy Immediate Past-President James Stephens Executive Officer Hamed Benghuzzi Journal Editor Michelle Tucci Directors Julie Pigza ............. Angelia D. Garner Pradip Biswas Executive Assistant Ramon J. Jackson Administrative Assistant Lisa McCammon Division Chairs 2019–2020 AGRICULTURE AND PLANT SCIENCE MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES Nacer Bellaloui, Chair, USDA-ARS Nicole Phillips, Chair, University of Southern Mississippi Te Ming Paul Tseng, Vice-Chair, Mississippi State University Francis Tuluri, Vice-Chair, Jackson State University Remata Reddy, Vice-Chair, Jackson State University CELLULAR, MOLECULAR AND DEVELOP. BIOL. James A. Stewart, Co-Chair, Mississippi State University MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCI. AND STATISTICS James A. Stewart, Jr., Co-Chair University of Mississippi Jamil Ibrahim, Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Ping Zhang, Vice-Chair, Alcorn State University Colleen Scott, Chair, Mississippi State University Reena Patel, Vice-Chair, US Army Corp of Engineers Muhammad S. 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