As Above, So Below and As Within, So Without? Re-visiting the Role of Traditional Field Entomology/ecology in the Age of “Omics”

Organizer(s)

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  Harit Bal

  Regulatory
  Bayer Crop Science
  Chesterfield, Missouri
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  Matthew Grieshop

  California Polytechnic State University
  San Luis Obispo, California

This symposium is intended to increase awareness current advances in traditional field entomology techniques and integration of “Omics” and traditional field entomology to understand critical questions in field entomological research. We propose to have 5 speakers with diverse background in field entomological research.

Presentations:

• Use of molecular gut content analysis to inform ecological theory and urban greening initiatives
  

  Presenting Author: Mary Margaret Gardiner – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Yvan Delgado de la Flor – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Rodney Richardson – University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

  Co-Author: Frances S. Sivakoff – The Ohio State University
• The role of molecular entomology in vegetable IPM
  

  Presenting Author: Zsofia Szendrei – Michigan State University
• First and last, inside and out: Microbes do most of the feeding in the world’s ecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Shawn A. Steffan – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Prarthana Dharampal (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin
• Using genomics to track plant-insect interactions
  

  Presenting Author: William E. Snyder – University of Georgia
• Discovering the next generation of insect control traits through microbial ecology and metagenomics
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren Cline

  Co-Author: Joe Bedell – bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Todd Ciche – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Keith Turner – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Stephanie Waldheuser – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Kimberly Wegener – bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Ryan Williams – Bayer Crop Science