Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences Volume 66, Number 3 July, 2021 Vaccination percentage by counties MISSISSIPPI ACADEMY OF SCIENCES EIGHTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING August 5-6, 2021 Mississippi Gulf Coast and Convention Center Biloxi, MS Major Annual Meeting Sponsor Sponsors (Annual Meeting Sponsor) Mississippi State University- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences Volume 66 July 2021 Number 3 Contents 3 ACADEMY OFFICERS & DIVISION CHAIRS 2020-2021 Editor 4 GENERAL SCHEDULE Michelle Tucci 7 DIRECTIONS TO CONFERENCE CENTER University of Mississippi Medical Center Editorial Board 8 SUSTAINING MEMBERS 9 LIFE MEMBERS Maria Begonia 10 EXHIBITORS Jackson State University 11 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S COLUMN 12 MAS AWARDS AND DODGEN LECTURE Ibrahim O. Farah 16 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Jackson State University Millsaps Undergraduate Student Awards and Mississippi INBRE Graduate Student Awards, LSMAMP Robin Rockhold University of Mississippi Medical Center 24 OVERVIEW OF DIVISIONAL PROGRAMS Ham Benghuzzi Biloxi Convention Center Floor Plans and Notes University of Mississippi Medical Center ABSTRACTS Program Editor 36 Agriculture and Plant Science Kenneth Butler 43 Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology University of Mississippi Medical Center 63 Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 88 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology The Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (ISSN 0076-9436) is published in 94 Geology and Geography January (annual meeting abstracts), April, 101 Health Sciences July, and October, by the Mississippi Acad- emy of Sciences. Members of the Academy 123 History and Philosophy of Science receive the journal as part of their regular (nonstudent) membership. Inquiries 127 Marine and Atmospheric Sciences regarding subscriptions, availability of back 130 Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics issues, and address changes should be addressed to The Mississippi Academy of 136 Physics and Engineering Sciences, Post Office Box 55709, Jackson, 144 Psychology and Social Sciences MS 39296-5709, telephone 601-977-0627, or email [email protected] 150 Science Education net. 154 Zoology and Entomology 159 AUTHOR INDEX 165 Member Remembrance MISSISSIPPI ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, EIGHTY FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI ACADEMY OF SCIENCES President K. Raja Reddy President-Elect Pradip Biswas Immediate Past-President C. LaShan Simpson Executive Officer Hamed Benghuzzi Journal Editor Michelle Tucci Directors Lir-Wan Fan ............. Julie Pigza Angelia D. Garner Administrative Assistant Lisa McCammon Division Chairs 2020–2021 AGRICULTURE AND PLANT SCIENCE MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES Yan Meng, Chair, Alcorn State University Remata Reddy, Vice-Chair, Jackson State University Gurpreet Kar, Vice-Chair, Mississippi State University Francis Tuluri, Vice-Chair, Jackson State University CELLULAR, MOLECULAR AND DEVELOP. BIOL. MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCI. AND STATISTICS Donna M. Gordon, Co-Chair, Mississippi State University Jamil Ibrahim, Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center James A. Stewart, Jr., Co-Chair, University of Mississippi Ping Zhang, Vice-Chair, Alcorn State University Stephanie Burr, Vice Chair, University of Mississippi Reena Patel, Vice-Chair, US Army Corp of Engineers CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Yuanyuan Duan, Vice-Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Yongfeng Zhao, Chair, Jackson State University Muhammad S. Islam, Co-Chair, Jackson State University PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING Samuel S.R. Dasary, Vice-Chair, Holmes Community College Jason Griggs, Co-Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Pradip Biswas, Co-Chair, Tougaloo College ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY Shanti Bhushan, Vice-Chair, Mississippi State University Ali Reza, Chair, Delta State University Ramakalavathi Marapareddy, Vice-Chair, University of Mississippi Nina Baghai-Riding, Vice-Chair, Delta State University Shan Yang, Vice-Chair, Jackson State University GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY Jonathan Leard, Chair, MSDEQ- Geology PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Andrew Newcomb, Vice-Chair, MSDEQ- Geology Shaila Khan, Chair, Tougaloo College, Neuroscience Symposium HEALTH SCIENCES Nicolas Brunet, Chair, Millsaps College Barbara Wilson, Co-Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Ritesh Tandon, Co-Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center SCIENCE EDUCATION Candace M. Howard Claudio, Vice-Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Marie Barnard, Chair, University of Mississippi Edward Florez, Vice- Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Johnny Mattox, Vice- Chair, Blue Mountain College Olga McDaniel, Prog. Coordinator, Univ of Mississippi Med Center Frank Spradley, Prog. Committee, Univ of Mississippi Med Center ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY Vibha Vig, ProgCommittee, Sunshine Children’s Clinic in Canton Daniel Oyugi, Chair, Mississippi Valley State University Alex Acholonu, Vice-Chair, Alcorn State University, HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Greg Johnson, Co-Chair, Mississippi State University Robert Waltzer, Co-Chair, Belhaven University Paula Smithka, Vice-Chair, Univeristy of Southrn Mississippi Thursday Agriculture Cellular, Chemistry Ecology and Geology Health History Marine and Mathematics Physics Psychology Science Zoology LSMAMP and Plant Molecular, and Chem. Evolutionary and Sciences and Atmospheric and and and Social Education Sciences Dev. Biol Engineering Biology Geography Philosophy Sciences Computer Engineering Science of Science Sci, and Stats 7:00 Registration 8:00 Keynote Co- Co-sponsor sponsor Divisional Oral Session Speaker Ecology Oral session Ecology Oral Symposium I 8:00- 8:30 symposium I symposium session D5 D11 Oral Session D2 D5 8:15-10:15 I D5 Oral 9:00 Oral Session D9 8:40-9:40 Session D12 Oral Session D6 D4 Oral Session 10:30 Break 8:50-10:15 D5 Oral 10:00 8:50-10:20 II Oral Oral Oral Session D11 Session Session Break Oral Session 9:00- Oral Session 9:50-12:00 Oral Session 8:50-11:45 11:00 Oral Session II Divisional 9:50-11:00 Oral Session 12:00 II Virtual D3 II D8 Session D4 Business D7 II D10 D12 Workshop 10:20-12:00 D2 10:30- Meeting 10:50-12:00 10:30-12:00 D6 12:00 D9 12:00 General Session General Session D2 D2 1:00 Career Break Symposium B2-3 Workshop Divisional D12 Keynote Speaker Oral Session Workshop Posters 1:00-1:45 12:50-2:45 1:00-2:30 Poster Hall Divisional D7 Mississippi Divisional Symposium I D8 D9 C Oral Posers Oral 2:00 INBRE Posters Symposium I 1:00-2:30 Session Divisional Poster Hall Session Oral Session Microbiome Poster hall C Poster C 1:00-3:00 III Symposium D10 Poster 3:00 Oral Session Oral Disease and D3 2:45-3:00 1:20-2:40 D4 Hall C III Session II Pandemic Business D6 D12 D7 meeting 1:30-2:45 D8 3:30 Evening MAS Awards Ceremony and Dodgen Lecture Room B5=6 Reception and MAS All Division Poster Event Poster Hall C Friday Agriculture Cellular, Chemistry Ecology and History and Mathematics Psychology Geology and Physics and and Plant Molecular, Dev. and Chem. Evolutionary Health Sciences Philosophy of and Computer and Social LSMAMP Geography Engineering Sciences Biol Engineering Biology Science Sci, and Stats Science 7:00 Registration 8:00 Oral Session 9:00 Co-Sponsor IV 8:00-9:20 Agriculture Oral Session Divisional Welcome, D6 Workshop D2 8:50- 12:30 Workshop Business, Welcome, 10:00 Welcome, Business And Awards Oral Session, Oral Oral Oral Session Business, meeting and Oral Session 8:50-9:20 Awards Sessions Session 8:20-11:00 Neuroscience Awards student awards Workshop 8:00-11:00 Oral Session 8:50-12:00 D11 D8 D10 Symposium Oral Session 12:30 and 9:30-11:00 D2 9:30-11:00 D5 D12 10:00-12:00 12:45 D6 D4 D7 D3 11:00 Bus meeting Advisory Board Field Trip Meeting D9 12:00 General Session 1:00- L.C Dorsey Symposium Neuroscience LSMAMP 5:00 D9 Symposium Symposium D12 D11 See you next year!! Save the Dates---March 31-April 1, 2022 Location: Biloxi Convention Center MISSISSIPPI ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, EIGHTY FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention Center Biloxi, MS 39531 DRIVING DIRECTIONS If Coming from Jackson, MS –Go South on I-49: Take the MS-67 S ramp to Biloxi Continue onto MS-67 S (9.1 miles) Exit onto MS-605 S (11.7 miles) Turn left onto US-90E/E Beach BLvd (3.2 miles) Turn left when you see the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Convention Center If Coming from Starkville, MS Take US-45, I-59, and US49 Take US 45 (70 miles) Then take the Exit onto I-20-W/I-59 South Toward Meridian Continue on I-59 South (Look for signs Laurel/ New Orelans Take exit 59 for US 98 E towards Lucedale/Mobile Continue onto US 98 E/US98 BYP E and use the right lane to take the ramp to Gulfport Merge onto I-49 South Take the MS-67 S ramp to Biloxi Continue onto MS-67 S (9.1 miles) Exit onto MS-605 S (11.7 miles) Turn left onto US-90E/E Beach BLvd (3.2 miles) Turn left when you see the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Convention Center If Coming from the Lorman MS on Highway 61 S: Take US 61 S to US 98 Merge onto I-55 South/ US-98 E toward McComb Take exit 29 A Onto I-12 East toward Slidell Take Exit 38 toward MS 605 Turn left onto US-90E/E Beach BLvd (3.2 miles) Turn left when you see the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Convention Center If Coming from Mississippi Valley State University on US-82 W: Follow MS-7 South to US 49 W in Belzoni Continue on US 49 South toward Jackson, Hattiesburg, Gulfport Take the MS-67 S ramp to Biloxi Continue onto MS-67 S (9.1 miles) Exit onto MS-605 S (11.7 miles) Turn left onto US-90E/E Beach BLvd (3.2 miles) Turn left when you see the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Convention Center If Coming