9th International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control, 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology and 8th International Conference on Bacillus thuringiensis Wuhan, China Aug. 27-Sep. 1, 2006 2 Sponsored by: z Society of Invertebrate Pathology z Chinese Society of Microbiology z Hubei Society of Microbiology&Wuhan Society of Microbiology, China Organized by: z Huazhong Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, National Engineering Research Center for Microbial Pesticides z State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academic of Sciences The Book of Abstracts was edited by: z Dr. Hu Zhihong: Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan z Dr. Sun Ming: Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan z Prof. Yu Ziniu: Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan z Huang Junyan: Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan z Han Dongmei: Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan z Zhao Changming: Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan Meeting web site: http://sip2006.hzau.edu.cn/ 3 Society of Invertebrate Pathology SIP OFFICES President Just Vlak: [email protected] Vice-President Wendy Gelernter: [email protected] Treasurer Suzanne Thiem: [email protected] Past President Harry Kaya: [email protected] Secretary Peter Krell: [email protected] Trustees Bonifacio Magalhaes: [email protected] S. Patricia Stock: [email protected] John Vandenberg: [email protected] Alejandra Bravo: [email protected] SIP COMMITTEES Nominating Founder's Lecture Awards and Student Robert Granados (Chair) Dudley Pinnock (Chair) Contest Ann Hajek David Ellar Stephen Wraight (Chair) Juerg Huber John Vandenberg Bryony Bonning James Harper Max Bergoin Andreas Linde Nguya Maniania Membership Meetings Raymond Akhurst (Chair) Mark Goettel (Chair) Student Affairs Paresh Shah Lawrence Lacey Christina Campbell (chair) Robert Anderson Flavio Moscardi Emma Ormond Yasuhisa Kunimi Brian Federici Jerry Ericsson Andreas Linde Lawrence Lacey SIP Endowment and Publications Elizabeth Davidson Financial Support David Onstad (Chair) Neil Crickmore James Harper (co-Chair) Margaret Rotstein Trevor Jackson Pat O'Leary (co-chair) Brian Federici Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes Jurg Huber Leellen Solter Kerstin Jung Mike Dimock Hisanori Bando Albrecht Koppenhöfer Doreen Winstanley Harry Kaya Just Vlak Suzanne Thiem 4 INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COMMITTEE Division of Bacteria Division of Microsporidia Christina Nielsen-LeRoux (Chair) Gernot Hoch (Chair) Neil Crickmore (Chair-Elect) REgina Kleespies (Chair-Elect), Hyun-Woo Park (Secretary / Treasurer) Carlos Lange (Secretary Treasurer), Margaret Wirth (Member at Large) Michael McGuire (member at large), Luke Masson (Member at Large) Susan Bjornson (member at large) Division of Fungi Division of Nematodes Jørgen Eilenberg (Chair) Parwinder Grewal (Chair) Fernando Vega (Chair-Elect) David Shapiro-Ilan (Chair elect) Rosalind James (Secretary / Treasurer) Ian Brown (Secretary-Treasurer) Sunday Ekesi (Member at Large) Roma Gwynn (member at large) Ming Guang Feng (Member at Large) Jim Campbell (member at large) Division of Microbial Control Division of Viruses Michael Brownbridge (Chair) James Maruniak (chair) Paresh Shah (Chair-Elect) Johannes Jehle (chair-elect) Zengzhi Li (Secretary-Treasurer) Marlinda Lobo de Souza (Secretary Vince D'Amico (Member at Large) Treasurer) Richard Meadows (Member at Large) Linda King (member at large) Madoka Nakai (member at large) 5 LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair Prof. Yu Ziniu: Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan (Email: [email protected]. edu.cn) Co-Chair Dr. Hu Zhihong: Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan (Email: [email protected]) Secretary Dr. Sun Ming: Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan (Email: m98sun@mail. hzau.edu.cn) Scientific program Chair Dr. Hu Zhihong: Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan (Email: [email protected]) Treasurer Ms. Wu Dandan: Huazhong Agriculture University, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China. (Email: wu_dandan@163. com) Bacteria subcommittee Chair Dr. Sun Ming: Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan (Email: [email protected] au.edu.cn) Dr. Yuan Zhiming: Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan (Email: [email protected]) Viruses subcommittee Chair Dr. Pang Yi: Zhongshan University, Guangzhou (Email: [email protected]) Dr. Chen Xinwen: Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan (Email: [email protected]) Fungi subcommittee Chair Prof. Li Zengzhi: Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei (Email: [email protected]) Dr. Feng Mingguang: Institute of Microbial Biotechnology, Zhejiang University (Email: [email protected]) Nematodes subcommittee Chair Dr. Han Richou: Guangdong Entomology Insititute, Guangzhou (Email: richou-han@ 163.net) Prof. Yang Huaiwen: Institute of Biological Control, Chinese Academy of Agriculture, Beijing (Email: [email protected]) Microsporidia subcommittee Chair Prof. Zhang Long: Chinese Agriculture University, Beijing (Email: [email protected]. cn) Dr. Cui Liwang: Pennsylvania State University (Email: [email protected]) Microbial Control subcommittee Chair Prof. Huang Dafang: Institute of Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing (Email: [email protected]) Dr. Cheng Ping: Zhuhai Research Center of Agriculture and Science, Guangdong (Email: [email protected]) 6 Program Overview SIP 2006 8 Sunday, August 27 Monday, August 28 Tuesday, August 29 8:30-17:00 8:00-10:00 Registration (Lobby) 8:00-10:00 SIP Council Meeting Symposia: (Jinxiu Meeting Room) 8:30-10:00 Opening Ceremony (Yangchun i) Genetics and characterization of mechanisms Hall) of Bt-resistance (Bacteria Division) (Meeting Welcome: SIP 2006 Chairman Center) SIP President ii) Field Performance of Insect Viruses (Virus Leader of Wuhan and Hubei province / Division) (Multifunctional Hall) President of Huazhong Agriculture University Contributed papers: Founders’ Lecture (Yangchun Hall) Fungi 2 (Nanyuan Meeting Room) Honoree-Dr. Shangying Gao Microsporidia (Xiyuan Meeting Room) Lecturer- Dr. Just M. Vlak 10:00-21:00 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break Registration (Lobby) 10:30-12:30 10:30-12:30 Plenary Lectures: Symposium: Loading up Microbial control in Asia (Yangchun Hall) Novel approaches for dealing with difficult data powerpoint (Microbial Control Division) (Nanyuan Meeting presentations (Lobby) Room) Contributed papers: Bacteria 1 (Meeting Center) Viruses 1 (Multifunctional Hall) 12:30-14:00 Lunch (Haitiangong 13:00-17:30 Excursion (light lunch included) Dining-Room) Buses leave at 13:00 from the hotel, end at Wuhan Setting up Posters (Meeting Center) Botanic Garden for 5K Race and BBQ 14:00-16:00 Symposia 18:00-18:50 5K Race (Wuhan Botanic Garden) i) Monitoring and managing for Bt-resistance: The challenges for the next decade (Cross-Divisional) (Meeting For those who do not participate in the Center) excursion: ii) Diseases of aquatic invertebrates (Virus 12:30-14:00 Lunch (Haitiangong Division) (Multifunctional Hall) Dining-Room) Contributed Papers 16:00 Bus leaves from hotel to Wuhan Botanic Fungi 1 (Nanyuan Meeting Room) Garden for 5K Race and BBQ Nematodes (Xiyuan Meeting Room) 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break Setting up Posters (Meeting Center) 16:30-18:30 Poster Session I (Meeting Center) Bacteria I: BP1-BP17 Fungi I: FP1-FP10 Microbial Control I: MCP1-MCP13 Microsporidia: MP1-4 Viruses I: VP1-VP17 19:00-21:00 18:30-20:00 Dinner (Haitiangong 19:00-22:00 BBQ and Entertainments Mixer Dining-Room) (Wuhan Botanic Garden) (Haitiangong 20:00-22:00 Business Meetings Dining-Room) i) Bacteria (Meeting Center) ii) Fungi (Nanyuan Meeting Room) iii) Microsporidia (Multifunctional Hall) iv) Nematodes (Xiyuan Meeting Room) v) Viruses (Wuhan Institute of Virology) (Bus leaves from the hotel at 19:40) 9 Wednesday, August 30 Thursday, August 31 Friday, September 1 8:00-10:00 8:00-10:00 7:00-9:00 Symposia: Symposium: Tail-end breakfast i) Ecology of Entomophthorales (Fungi Division) Bt-performance enhancement (Bacterial (Nanyuan Meeting Room) Division) (Meeting Center) 再见 (Goodbye) ii) Emerging pest targets for Entomopathogenic See you in Canada nematodes (Nematode Division) (Xiyuan Contributed papers: meeting Room) Microbial Control 2 (Nanyuan Meeting Room) Contributed papers: Viruses 5 (Multifunctional Hall) Bacteria 2 (Meeting Center) Viruses 2 (Multifunctional Hall) 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break 10:00-10:15 Coffee Break Setting up posters (Meeting Center) 10:15-10:30 Lecture: Edward A. Steinhaus, Instigator, Catalyst, and Founder (Meeting Center) 10:30-12:30 10:30-12:30 Symposium: SIP Annual Business Meeting (Meeting Center) Microsporidia in silk moth (Microsporidia Division) (Xiyuan meeting Room) Contributed papers Bacteria 3 (Meeting Center) Microbial Control 1 (Nanyuan Meeting Room) Viruses 3 (Multifunctional Hall) 12:30-14:00 Lunch (Haitiangong Dining-Room) 12:30-14:00 Lunch (Haitiangong Dining- 13:00 Setting up Posters (Meeting Center) Room) Post meeting Student Awards Committee Meeting excursions 14:00-16:00 14:00-16:00 Symposium: Symposium: Bacteria in Bio-control in Asia: natural and Nematodes and Bacteria: from Bio-tech strains (Bacteria Division) (Meeting Pathogenicity to Mutualism Center) (Cross-Divisional) (Meeting Center) Contributed Papers: Contributed Papers: Fungi 3 (Nanyuan Meeting Room) Microbial Control 3 (Nanyuan Meeting Viruses 4 (Multifunctional Hall) Room) Viruses 6 (Multifunctional Hall) 16:00-16:30 Coffee