43rd ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY and 10 th International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology The Final Meeting of COST862 Action: Bacterial Toxins for Insect Control PROGRAM and ABSTRACTS 11-15 July 2010 Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey - 1 - - 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Table of Contents ...................................................................................... 1 SIP Officers ............................................................................................... 3 SIP Committees ........................................................................................ 4 PROGRAM ................................................................................................. Sunday-Monday ................................................................................. Tuesday .............................................................................................. Wednesday ......................................................................................... POSTERS-1 .............................................................................. Thursday ............................................................................................ POSTERS-2 ............................................................................... ABSTRACTS ............................................................................................. Sunday-Monday ................................................................................. Tuesday .............................................................................................. Wednesday ......................................................................................... POSTERS-1 .............................................................................. Thursday ............................................................................................ POSTERS-2 .............................................................................. Author Index ............................................................................................... Pages Your Notes ........................................................................................ Maps of Meeting Site .................................................................................. - 3 - - 4 - SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY President Mark Goettel Lethbridge Res Ctr, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada Phone: (403) 317-2264 / Fax: (403) 382-3156 Email: [email protected] Vice President Leellen Solter Illinois Natural History Survey, Ecological Entomology, 140 NSRC, Box 18, 1101 W. Peabody Dr., Urbana, IL, 61801, USA Phone: (217) 244-5047 / Fax: (217) 333-4949 Email: [email protected] Treasurer Ann Hajek Cornell University, Department of Entomology, Ithaca, NY, 14853- 0901, USA Phone: (607) 254-4902 or 4992 / FAX: (607) 255-0939 Email: [email protected] Secretary Johannes Jehle Agricultural Service Center Palatinate, Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Breitenweg 71, Neustadt /WSTR, 67435, Germany Phone: +49 (6321) 671-482 / Fax: +49 (6321) 671-387 Email: [email protected] Past President Wendy Gelernter Pace Consulting, 1267 Diamond St, San Diego, CA, 92109, USA Phone: (858) 272-9897 / FAX: (858) 483-6349 Email: [email protected] Trustees Jorgen Eilenberg Zhihong (Rose) Hu Jeffrey Lord Christina Nielsen-Le Roux Division of Bacteria Division of Microsporidia Hyun-Woo Park, Chair David Oi, Chair Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Vice-Chair Dörte Goertz, Chair Elect Baltasar Escriche, Secretary / Treasurer Susan Bjornson, Secretary / Treasurer Dennis Bideshi, Member at Large Liu Jiping, Trustee Jie Zhang, Member at Large, Steven Valles, Trustee Sabrina Hayes, Student representative Nils Cordes, Student Representative Division of Fungi Division of Nematodes Rosalind James, Chair Albrecht Koppenhöfer, Chair Helen Roy, Chair Elect Ed Lewis, Chair Elect Helen Hesketh, Secretary-Treasurer Christine Griffin, Secretary/Treasurer Nicolai Vitt Meyling, Member at Large Barton Slatko, Member at Large Tariq Butt, Member at Large Claudia Dolinski, Member at Large Sastia Prama Putri, Student Representative Division of Microbial Control Division of Viruses Surendra Dara, Chair Bryony Bonning, Chair Stefan Jaronski, Chair Elect Monique Van Oers, Chair Elect Sue MacIntosh, Secretary/Treasurer Kelli Hoover, Secretary / Treasurer Nina Jenkins, Member at Large Karyn Johnson, Member at Large Steven Arthurs, Member at Large Nor Chejanovsky, Member at Large Jerry Ericsson, Student representative Ikbal Agah Ince, Student Representative Jondavid de Jong, Student Representative - 5 - SIP COMMITTEES Nominating Committee Founders Lecture Committee Meetings Committee Wendy Gelernter (Chair) James Becnel (Chair) Lerry Lacey (Chair) Madoka Nakai Neil Crickmore Dave Chandler Harry Kaya Zhihong (Rose) Hu Brian Federici Just Vlak Harry Kaya Kelli Hoover Publications Committee Membership Committee Awards and Student Contest Committee David Shapiro Ilan, (Chair) Helen Roy (Chair) Andreas Linde (Chair) Hisanori Bando Robert Anderson Bryony Bonning Brian Federici Susan Bornstein-Forst Nguya (Jean) Maniania Aaron Gassmann Nor Chajanovsky Patricia Stock Mark Goettel Sunday Ekesi Steven Wraight Ann Hajek Ann Hajek Harry Kaya Nina Jenkins Student Affairs Committee Albrecht Koppenhöfer Liu Jiping Vitalis Wekesa (Chair) Cecilia Schmitt Kerstin Jung Fungi: Vitalis W. Wekesa (Kenya) Paresh Shah Juan Jurat-Fuentes Mic. Con.: Jerry Ericsson (Canada) Lee Solter Yasuhisa Kunimi Nematoda: Hao Yu (China) Just Vlak Andreas Linde Virus: Ikbal Agah Ince (Turkey) History Committee Endowment and Financial Support Committee Elizabeth Davidson (Chair) Kelli Hoover (Chair) Wayne Brooks Michael Brownbridge Jim Harper Mike Dimock Juerg Huber Roma Gwynn Harry Kaya Jim Harper Don Roberts Ann Hajek (ex officio) 2010 ANNUAL MEETING ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, TRABZON, TURKEY Chair: Zihni Demirbag Secretary: Remziye Nalçacioglu Mehtap Yakupoglu Programmer: Basil Arif Cihan Gokce Lillian Pavlik Treasury: Emine Demir Hacer Muratoglu Accommodation: Kazim Sezen Merve Kongur Social Activities: Ismail Demir Elif Tanyeli Program Book: Yesim Akturk Dizman Web Site: Serkan Altuntas SIP CONTRIBUTING CORPORATE SPONSORS Agra Quest Marrone Bio Innovations Bayer CropScience Monsanto Imagine Becker Underwood Novozymes Becker Microbial Products, Inc. Pace Turf Biocontrol, Brazil Pioneer BioLogic Company Syngenta Certis, USA, LLC Taylor and Francis Group Dow Agroscience - 6 - PROGRAM SIP 2010 IMPORTANT NOTES: These abstracts should not be considered to be publications and should not be cited in print without the author‟s permission. STU indicates papers being judged for graduate student presentation awards 136 indicates abstract number for ORAL presentation N-05 indicates abstract number for POSTER presentation - 7 - - 8 - ATTENTION:Photography of Scientific Presentations 10:00-10:30 COFFEE BREAK is not permitted. 10:00-10:30 Posters Up: Diseases of Beneficial Sunday July 11, 2010 Invertebrates, Microbial Control, Osman Turan Congress Center Microsporidia, Nematodes Plenary Symposium 07:30 Bus pick up at hotels Monday, 10:30-12:30 Hasan Turan Senate Hall Biology of the Tsetse fly: Interactions with 8:00-17:00 SIP Council Meeting Parasites, Pathogens and Symbionts Lunch and refreshments served Convener: Dr. Adly Abd-Alla, FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria. Sunday, 9:00-16:00 KTU UZEM, Department of Electrical Engineering 10:30 1 Tsetse distribution and biology, and options Bioinformatics Workshop and strategies for vector control. Udo Feldmann, 8000 Genomes at Your Fingertips: Insect Pest Control Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Comparative Genomics using CoGe Division, Vienna, Austria. Dr. Eric Lyons, University of California, Berkeley, US 11:00 2 Tsetse-transmitted trypanosomes - their biology and disease impact. Peter Holmes, Lunch and refreshments served University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Scotland, Congress Centre GB. 11:30 3 Influences of the Symbiotic Fauna on Host 9:00-18:00 Registration Physiology. Serap Aksoy, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06525, US. 9:00-18:00 Posters up 12:00 4 Salivary Gland Hypertrophy Virus (SGHV): Diseases of Beneficial Invertebrates, Microbial Control, Impact on tsetse rearing and potential virus Microsporidia, , Nematodes management strategies. Adly Abd-Alla, Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, 18:30 Bus pick up at hotels Vienna, Austria Congress Centre 12:30-14:00 LUNCH at KTU SAHIL 19:00-21:30 Mixer Senate Hall 21:30 Buses return to hotels 12:45-14:00 ICTV Meeting Monday July 12, 2010 Symposium Fungi Osman Turan Congress Center Monday, 14:00-16:00 Hasan Turan 07:30 Bus pick up at hotels Environmental Change and Entomopathogenic Fungi Congress Centre Organizers: Helen Hesketh and Helen Roy 8:00-18:00 Registration 14:00 5 Influence of environmental temperature on Monday, 8:30-10:00 insect-pathogen and insect-parasite interactions. Hasan Turan Matthew Thomas, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, US. Opening Ceremony and 14:30 6 Modelling environmental gradients in host- SIP Founders‟ Lecture pathogen systems. Steven White, Rosie Hails. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Opening Ceremonies GB. Prof. Dr. Zihni Demirbag, 15:00 7 Entomopathogenic fungi and invasional Chair of Local Organizing Committee meltdown. Helen Roy, Centre for Ecology and Dr. Mark Goettel, President