47th annual meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology and International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control : program and abstracts ; 3 - 7 August 2014, University of Mainz, Germany

Inhalt

• Infectivity of a Thelohania like microsporidian isolated from Phthonandria atrilineata to the silkworm, Bombyx mori

  Shi, Liangen

• Paenibacillus larvae, the etiological agent of American Foulbrood, produces the catechol type siderophore bacillibactin

  Hertlein, Gillian; Müller, Sebastian; Garcia-Gonzalez, Eva; Süßmuth, Roderich D.; Genersch, Elke

• The sf122 gene of Spodoptera frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus modulates key aspects of insect-toinsect transmission and post mortem host liquefaction

  Beperet, Inés; Simón, Oihane; Williams, Trevor; Irons, Sarah L.; Palma, Leopoldo; López-Ferber, Miguel; King, Linda A.; Caballero, Primitivo

• Story of an African firm: 10 years in the biopesticide business – lessons learned along the way

  S. 38

  Moore, Sean

• BASF functional crop care. Unlocking agricultural potential in soil, seed and crop

  S. 38

  Bachem, Sebastian

• A roadmap to the successful development and commercialization of microbial pest control products for control of arthropods

  S. 38

  Ravensberg, Wilhelm J.

• S. 38

  Han, Richou; Qiu, Xuehong; Yan, Xun

• Small molecule signals in nematodes - common motifs and species specific modifications

  S. 39

  Reuss, Stephan H. von

• Olfactory plasticity in entomopathogenic nematodes

  S. 39

  Lee, Joon Ha; Hallem, Elissa

• Multiple consequences of belowground herbivore induced volatile signals

  S. 39

  Ali, Jared G.; Campos-Herrera, Raquel; Alborn, Hans T.; Duncan, Larry W.; Stelinski, Lukasz L.

• Root zone chemical ecology; New techniques for below ground sampling and analyses of volatile semiochemicals

  S. 40

  Alborn, Hans T.; Kaplan, Fatma

• Isolation and identification of potential biological control agent from Tortrix viridana L.(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

  S. 40

  Iskender, Nurcan Albayrak; Aksu, Yaşar

• Discovery of insecticidal proteins from non-bacillus bacterial species

  S. 40

  Yalpani, Nasser; Altier, Dan; Barry, Jennifer; Oral, Jarred; Schellenberger, Ute; Negatu, Adane; Diehn, Scott; Crane, Virginia; Sandahl, Gary; Zhao, Joe; Cerf, Dave; Perez Ortega, Claudia; Nelson, Mark; Alves, Analiza; Liu, Lu; Wu, Gusui

• Discovery and optimization of hemipteran-active proteins for Lygus control in cotton

  S. 40

  Baum, James A.; Akbar, Waseem; Anilkumar, Konasale; Bowen, David; Brown, Robert S.; Chay, Cathy; Clark, Thomas; Pleau, Michael; Shi, Xiaohong; Sukuru, Uma; Rechenberg, Moritz von; Vu, Halong; Werner, Brent; Wollacot, Andrew

• Two new Bacillus thuringiensis toxins active against Lepidoptera and Coleoptera

  S. 41

  Domínguez, Mikel; Ruiz de Escudero, Iñigo; Matas, Isabel; Palma, Leopoldo; Muñoz, Delia; Caballero, Primitivo

• Evolution of a sensor protein controlling production of an insecticidal toxin in plant-beneficial Pseudomonas protegens

  S. 41

  Kupferschmied, Peter; Péchy-Tarr, Maria; Imperiali, Nicola; Maurhofer, Monika; Keel, Christoph

• Entomopathogenic Bacillus thuringiensis as PGPR

  S. 41

  Qi, Jiaheling; Aiuchi, Daigo; Asano, Shin-ichiro; Koike, Masanori

• Vibrios pathogenic for oysters are found associated to plankton species. What possible consequences on pathogen transmission to oysters?

  S. 42

  Lopez-Joven, Carmen; Rolland, Jean-Luc; Abaddie, Eric; Laabir, Mohamed; Masseret, Estelle; Vanhove, Audrey; Caro, Audrey; Bonnet, Delphine; Destoumieux-Garzón, Delphine

• Investigation of baculovirus RNA polymerase subunit protein-protein interactions with in vivo bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays

  S. 42

  Breznik, Jessica; Johnson, Nicola; El-Ayoubi, Mustapha; Carstens, Eric B.

• Characterization and quantitative analysis of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) FP25K localization and aggregate formation during cell Infection

  S. 42

  Garretson, Tyler A.; Cheng, Xiao-Wen

• Nuclear translocation of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus ME53

  S. 43

  Liu, Yang; Jong, Jondavid de; Nagy, Éva; Krell, Peter

• Nuclear localization and other domains of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus DNA polymerase

  S. 43

  Feng, Guozhong; Krell, Peter

• Entry of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedroviruse (BmNPV) into BmN cells by macropinocytic endocytosis

  S. 43

  Huang, Jinshan; Hao, Bifang; Cheng, Chen; Liang, Fei; Shen, Xingjia

• Bracovirus-derived genes in the genome of Spodoptera exigua Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and their role in host susceptibility to pathogens

  S. 43

  Gasmi, Laila; Jakubowska, Agata K.; Ferré, Juan; Herrero, Salvador

• The Twist In Baculoviruses

  S. 44

  Volkman, Loy

• nvestigations into the role of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) AC141 (EXON0) and Trichoplusia ni kinesin-1 in budded virus nucleocapsid egress

  S. 44

  Biswas, Siddhartha; Blissard, Gary W.; Theilmann, David A.

• A new mycopesticide developed especially for the control of the citrus greening vector Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae)

  S. 44

  Delalibera Jr., Italo; D’Alessandro, Celeste P.; Conceschi, Marcos R.; Ausique, John J. S.

• Management of entomopathogenic fungal disease in rearing mealworms, Tenebrio molitor as animal feed

  S. 45

  Kim, Sihyeon; Lee, Se Jin; Yu, Jeong Seon; Nai, Yu-Shin; Kim, Jae Su

• Evaluating Metarhizium brunneum F52 microsclerotia applied in hydromulch for control of Asian longhorned beetles

  S. 45

  Goble, Tarryn Anne; Hajek, Ann; Jackson, Mark; Gardescu, Sana

• Effectiveness of biorationals and B. bassiana against tomato fruitworm in Sinaloa

  S. 45

  García, Cipriano; Armenta, Adolfo D.; Gaxiola, Luis A.

• Use of Beauveria bassiana (Bals) in the management of larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Horn.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) on stored maize in Tanzania

  S. 46

  Karanja, Daniel; Grammare, Pierre; Potin, Olivier; Jessop, Nick; Smith, Mathew; Day, Roger; Luke, Belinda

• Management of Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with granular formulations of entomopathogenic fungi

  S. 46

  Kim, Jae Su; Skinner, Margaret; Parker, Bruce L.; Lee, Se Jin; Yu, Jeong Seon; Kim, Si Hyeon

• A new intracellular parasite is a missing link between fungi and microsporidia

  S. 46

  Haag, Karen L.; James, Timothy Y.; Larsson, Ronny; Schaer, Tobias M. M.; Refardt, Dominik; Ebert, Dieter

• White Sea metchnikovellids: morphology, life cycles; potential ancestral features of microsporidia

  S. 47

  Sokolova, Yuliya Y.

• Parasite takes fly - A Drosophila model of Microsporidia infection

  S. 47

  Niehus, Sebastian; Franchet, Adrien; Delbac, Frédéric; Boutros, Michael; Ferrrandon, Dominique

• Microsporidia: pathogens of opportunity

  S. 47

  Becnel, James J.; Weiss, Luis M.

• Measuring entomopathogenic nematode activity, abundance and soil food web assemblage in Swiss wheat and maize cultivation

  S. 48

  Campos-Herrera, Raquel; Jaffuel, Geoffrey; Chiriboga, Xavier; Blanco-Pérez, Rubén; Fesselet, Marie; Půža, Vladimir; Mascher, Fabio; Turlings, Ted C. J.

• Insect-killing nematodes also kill competitors: lethal male-male fighting in Steinernema

  S. 48

  Zenner, Annemie; O’Callaghan, Kathryn; Griffin, Christine

• Comparison of life history traits of the entomopathogenic nematodes Steinernema feltiae and Steinernema riobrave

  S. 48

  Addis, Temesgen; Teshome, Asmamaw; Strauch, Olaf; Ehlers, Ralf-Udo

• Biocontrol and nutrition: understanding the role of environment in the trait deterioration of an entomopathogenic nematode symbiont

  S. 48

  Blackburn, Dana; Crawford, Burke; Adams, Byron

• Population genetic structure of entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema affine (Steinernematidae: Nematoda) inferred using microsatellite markers

  S. 49

  Půža, Vladimír; Žurovcová, Martina; Nermuť, Jiří; Chundelová, Daniela; Mráček, Zdeněk

• How does plant domestication influence entomopathogenic nematodes as potential biological control agents?

  S. 49

  Rivera, Monique; Rodriguez-Saona, Cesar; Alborn, Hans T.; Koppenhöfe, Albrecht M.

• Analysis of intraspecific variability in Steinernema kraussei populations using PCA

  S. 49

  Clausi, M.; Rappazzo, G.; Tarasco, E.; Leone, D.; Vinciguerra, M. T.

• The resistance of Cydia pomonella against baculoviruses is provoked by a mutation of the immediate-early pe38 gene of Cydia pomonella granulovirus

  S. 50

  Gebhardt, Manuela; Eberle, Karolin Elisabeth; Jehle, Johannes

• Insect feeding induces transgenerational resistance to NPV in Lepidoptera

  S. 50

  Olson, Grant L.; Myers, Judith H.; Cory, Jenny S.

• Eat or be eaten: Fungus and nematode switch off as predator and prey

  S. 50

  Morris, E. Erin; Hajek, Ann E.

• CpGV-R5 allows replication of CpGV-M in resistant host insect larvae

  S. 50

  Graillot, Benoit; Bayle, Sandrine; Blachere-Lopez, Christine; Besse, Samantha; Siegwart, Myriam; Lopez-Ferbe, Miguel

• Simultaneous covert infections with three different RNA viruses in the Lepidoptera Spodoptera exigua

  S. 51

  Jakubowska, Agata K.; D´Angiolo, Melania; González Martínez, Rosa M.; Leiva, Anabel Millán; Carballo, Arkaitz; Murillo, Rosa; Caballero, Primitivo; Herrero, Salvador

• Mixed SeMNPV genotypes comprised transmission capacities and insecticidal properties

  S. 51

  Virto, Cristina; Navarro, David; del Mar Tellez, Mª; Williams, Trevor; Murillo, Rosa; Caballero, Primitivo

• A novel mode of resistance of codling moth against Cydia pomonella granulovirus

  S. 51

  Sauer, Annette; Fritsch, Eva; Undorf-Spahn, Karin; Jehle, Johannes

• The functions of two Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutases and a Fe-superoxide dismutase in regulating the growth, antioxidation, UV tolerance and virulence of Beauveria bassiana

  S. 52

  Li, Fang; Wang, Zheng-Liang; Shi, Han-Qing; Ying, Sheng-Hua; Feng, Ming-Guang

• The effects of temperature on Cryptophlebia leucotreta granulovirus (GrleGV-SA) in mortality rates of false codling moth larvae Thaumatotibia leucotreta

  S. 52

  Brits, Devon; Ridgeway, Jaryd; Timm, Alicia

• Rapid and simple method for overnight development of strain-specific markers: A case study with the commercial Beauveria bassiana strain, GHA.

  S. 52

  Kyei-Poku, George; Johny, Shajahan; Roucou, Agathe; Gauthier, Debbie

• Enhancement of insecticidal activity of a nucleopolyhedrovirus isolated from Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by coinfection with granulovirus

  S. 52

  Cuartas, Paola; Villamizar, Laura

• Non-target aquatic arthropods testing of Metarhizium strains and their crude extracts produced by solvent extraction and nanofiltration technology

  S. 53

  Garrido-Jurado, Inmaculada; Williams, Steffan R.; Abdrahman, Ahmed; Oatley-Radcliffe, Darren L.; Quesada-Moraga, Enrique; Butt, Tariq M.

• Effect of temperature, water activity and UV-B radiation on conidia germination and colony growth of Beauveria bassiana isolates from soil and phylloplane

  S. 53

  Fernández-Bravo, María; Garrido-Jurado, Inmaculada; Quesada-Moraga, Enrique

• Development of analytical methods for the analysis of Metarhizium brunneum metabolites in crop matrices

  S. 53

  Taibon, Judith; Sturm, Sonja; Seger, Christoph; Stuppner, Hermann; Strasser, Hermann

• α-1, 2-mannosyltransferase ktr1, ktr4 and kre2 regulate positively growth, conidiation, viability, virulence, and multi-stress tolerances in Beauveria bassiana

  S. 54

  Wang, Juan-juan; Qiu, Lei; Ying, Sheng-Hua; Feng, Ming-Guang

• Conifer - bark beetle - fungus interactions

  S. 54

  Zhao, Tao; Krokene, Paal; Borg-Karlson, Anna-Karin

• Carbon dioxide as an orientation cue for western corn rootworm and wireworm larvae - implications for an attract and kill approach using entomopathogenic fungi

  S. 54

  Schumann, Mario; Patel, Anant; Hanitzsch, Miriam; Vidal, Stefan

• Plant-microorganism interactions that shape host-plant selection in the grapevine moth

  S. 55

  Knudsen, Geir K.; Pertot, Ilaria; Tasin, Marco

• How Fusarium graminearum influences insect-plant interactions

  S. 55

  Jassy, Drakulic; Toby, Bruce; Rumiana, Ray

• Effect of host plant on aphid susceptibility to the fungal pathogen Pandora neoaphidis.

  S. 55

  Tkaczuk, Cezary; Shah, Paresh A.; Pell, Judith K.

• Different behavioral responses in specialist and generalist natural enemy interactions (predators and fungi) in a strawberry-mite pest system

  S. 55

  Kramer Jacobsen, Stine; Eilenberg, Jørgen; Klingen, Ingeborg; Sigsgaard, Lene

• The Wolbachia endosymbiont as a nematode drug target for control of human filariasis, a neglected tropical disease and other insect borne pathogens

  S. 56

  Slatko, Barton E.

• Entomopathogenic nematode behavioral responses to chemical cues from cadavers.

  S. 56

  Redifer, Paige; Gale, Brittany; McLain, Allison; Stevens, Glen; Grochowski, Laura

• Differential PirAB expression of the entomopathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens (Enterobacteriaceae) based on tissue association and portal of entry to the insect host

  S. 56

  Castagnola, Anaïs; Davis, Nathaniel; Molina, Belen; Stock, S. Patricia; McMullen II, John G.

• Candidate virulence loci in pan-genome of the entomopathogenic bacterium, Xenorhabdus bovienii (Gamma-Proteobacteria: Enterobacteriaceae)

  S. 56

  McMullen II, John G.; Bisch, Gaelle; Ogier, Jean-Claude; Pagés, Sylvie; Gaudriault, Sophie; Stock, S. Patricia

• Natural products from entomopathogenic bacteria: Understanding the interaction of bacteria, insects and nematodes

  S. 57

  Bode, Helge B.

• Molecular mechanism of the nematicidal activity of Photorhabdus luminescens LN2 against Heterorhabditis bacteriophora H06 nematodes

  S. 57

  Qiu, Xuehong; Han, Richou

• Characterization and formulation of a Colombian isolate of Erinnyis ello granulovirus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

  S. 57

  Gómez, Juliana; Barrera, Gloria; Cuartas, Paola; Ruiz, Carolina; Santos, Adriana; Uribe, Liz; León, Guillermo; Villamizar, Laura

• Production of the Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) in a heterologous host

  S. 58

  Chambers, C. B.; Moore, Sean D.; Hill, Martin P.; Knox, Caroline

• Post-translational cleavage of P74 of the Helicoverpa armigera single nucleopolyhedrovirus facilitates per os infection

  S. 58

  Huang, Huachao; Wang, Manli; Luo, Xin; Wang, Xi; Arif, Basil M.; Deng, Fei; Wang, Hualin; Hu, Zhihong

• Isolation, genetic characterisation and evaluation of biological activity of a novel South African Phthorimaea operculella granulovirus (PhopGV)

  S. 58

  Jukes, Michael D.; Knox, Caroline M.; Moore, Sean D.; Hill, Martin P.

• Transmission of mixtures of insect pathogenic viruses in a single virion: towards the development of custom designed virus insecticides

  S. 59

  Beperet, Inés; Simón, Oihane; Williams, Trevor; López-Ferber, Miguel; Caballero, Primitivo

• Genetic and biological characterisation of a novel South African Plutella xylostella granulovirus, PlxyGV-SA

  S. 59

  Abdulkadir, Fatima; Knox, Caroline; Marsberg, Tamryn; Hill, Martin P.; Moore, Sean D.

• Comparative transcriptome analysis of CpGv-M in susceptible and resistant codling moth Cydia pomonella

  S. 59

  Schneider, Diana; Jehle, Johannes A.

• Yersina entomophaga MH96 (Enterobacteriaceae) BC subcomplex of the Yen-Tc ABC toxin is able to induce toxicity independent of the A subcomplex

  S. 60

  Marshall, Sean D. G.; Busby, Jason N.; Lott, J. Shaun; Jones, Sandra A.; Dalziel, Julie E.; Schepers, Femke; Hurst, Mark

• Pore formation helping ability and binding affinity of BmABCC2 and BtR175 against Cry1A toxins.

  S. 60

  Tanaka, Shiho; Iizuka, Ami; Miyamoto, Kazuhisa; Noda, Hiroaki; Kikuta, Shingo; Sato, Ryoichi

• Interaction of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin with Mucus-rich structures

  S. 60

  Segond, Diego; Rejasse, Agnès; Buisson, Christophe; Guo, Shuyuan; Adel-Patient, Karine; Bernard, Hervé; Lereclus, Didier; Nielsen-LeRoux, Christina

• Improvement of UV-resistance of baculovirus by displaying the nano-material binding peptides on the polyhedron envelope

  S. 60

  Li, Jin; Zhou, Yin; Lei, Chengfeng; Sun, Xiulian

• Which regions of the Bt Cry41Aa toxin are responsible for its activity against human cancer cells?

  S. 61

  Elhigazi, Alicia; Krishnan, Vidisha; Afolabi, Fatai; Domanska, Barbara; Muharib, Lisa; West, Michelle; Crickmore, Neil

• Parasporin PS1Aa2 induces ionic channels in lipid bilayer membranes and calcium oscillations in sensitive cells

  S. 61

  Narvaez, Gabriel; Vachon, Vincent; Xu, Dong; Côté, Jean-Charles; Schwartz, Jean-Louis

• How does the Bt Cry41Aa toxin kill human cancer cells?

  S. 61

  Domanska, Barbara; Krishnan, Vidisha; Altun, Gizem; West, Michelle; Crickmore, Neil

• A necessary step in the mode of action of the Cry8 toxin: the elimination of DNA from the Cry toxin-DNA complex

  S. 61

  Guo, Shuyuan; Ai, Bingjie; Li, Jie; Feng, Dongmei; Li, Feng

• Sensing viral RNA in Drosophila melanogaster

  S. 62

  Paro, Simona; Aguiar, Eric; Claydon, Bill; Marques, Joao Trindade; Imler, Jean-Luc; Meignin, Carine

• Role of cellular and virus-encoded microRNAs in insect host-virus interactions

  S. 62

  Asgari, Sassan

• Caenorhabditis elegans – Bacillus thuringiensis interactions: new insights into mechanisms of host resistance and pathogen virulence

  S. 62

  Iatsenko, Igor; Boichenko, Iuliia; Sommer, Ralf J.

• Small RNA-directed antiviral immunity in disease-vector mosquitoes

  S. 63

  Myles, Kevin M.

• Lethal and sub-lethal impacts of fungal biopesticides on house fly populations in simulated field settings of biocosms

  S. 63

  Acharya, Naworaj; Blanford, Simon; Rajotte, Edwin G.; Jenkins, Nina E.; Thomas, Mathew B.

• Double trouble for thrips: Effective biopesticide combinations to control soil-dwelling stages in chrysanthemums

  S. 63

  Brownbridge, Michael; Saito, Taro; Côté, Paul

• Controlling viral infection in in insects

  S. 63

  Kunitomi, Mark; Tassetto, Michel; Nayak, Arabinda; Andino, Raul

• Management of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn.) on stored maize using Beauveria bassiana (Bals.)

  S. 64

  Acheampong, Mavis A.; Cornelius, Eric W.; Eziah, Vincent Y.; Fening, Ken O.; Storm, Clare; Moore, Dave; Jessops, Nick; Smith, Matthew; Potin, Olivier; Grammare, Pierre; Luke, Belinda

• Lack of involvement of chitinase in direct toxicity of Beauveria bassiana exudates to the aphid Myzus persicae

  S. 64

  Cheong, Peter; Glare, Travis R.; Rostas, Michael; Haines, Stephen; Dyer, Jolon; Clerens, Stefan; Brookes, Jenny; Ford, Stephen

• Entomopathogenic fungi for control of false codling moth in South African citrus orchards

  S. 64

  Coombes, Candice A.; Hill, Martin P.; Moore, Sean D.; Dames, Joanna F.

• Wireworm control with entomopathogenic fungi and plant extracts

  S. 65

  Eckard, Sonja; Bacher, Sven; Enkerli, Jürg; Grabenweger, Giselher

• The curious case of the PaV1 in adult Caribbean spiny lobsters

  S. 65

  Behringer, Donald C.; Butler IV, Mark J.; Moss, Jessica; Shields, Jeffrey D.

• Long-term persistence of Beauveria brongniartii BIPESCO 2 used for cockchafer control in the Euroregion Tyrol

  S. 65

  Mayerhofer, Johanna; Enkerli, Jürg; Zelger, Roland; Strasser, Hermann

• Metabolomic investigation of Bitter Crab Disease in snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio)

  S. 66

  Buote, Melanie; Kerr, Russ; Cawthorn, Rick; Greenwood, Spencer; Wright, Glenda

• Effects of artificial infection of juvenile edible crabs, Cancer pagurus with the parasitic dinoflagellate, Hematodinium sp.

  S. 66

  Smith, Amanda; Rowley, Andrew

• Defining lobster-pathogen interactions via highthroughput gene expression studies: The discovery and description of the interplay between the American Lobster (Homarus americanus) and the ciliated parasite Anophryoides haemophila

  S. 66

  Greenwood, Spencer J.; Clark, K. Fraser

• Assessment of immunocompetence in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas, to natural exposure of pathogens

  S. 66

  Hall, Lauren; Hauton, Chris; Stentiford, Grant

• Observations on Agmasoma penaei and Perezia nelsoni in White shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus from the Gulf of Mexico

  S. 67

  Sokolova, Yuliya; Hawke, John

• Novel pattern recognition receptor protects shrimp from Vibrio infection by binding flagellin and LPS through different recognition modules

  S. 67

  Wang, Xian-Wei; Wang, Jin-Xing

• Comparison of ecological traits of co-existing Metarhizium: What does it take to dominate an agricultural field?

  S. 67

  Steinwender, Bernhardt M.; Stock, Miriam; Brink-Jensen, Kasper; Eilenberg, Jørgen; Meyling, Nicolai V.

• A role of polychaetes in transmission of white spot syndrome virus in shrimp ponds?

  S. 67

  Desrina, H.; Verdegem, Marc C. J.; Verreth, Johan A. J.; Prayitno, Slamet B.; Vlak, Just M.

• Potential of endophytic Beauveria bassiana in grapevine against insects

  S. 68

  Rondot, Yvonne; Reineke, Annette

• Horizontal transmission of entomopathogenic fungi by ectoparasitoid Habrobracon hebetor

  S. 68

  Kryukov, Vadim; Kryukova, Natalia; Yaroslavtseva, Olga; Glupov, Victor

• Fast spread of the parasitic Laboulbenia formicarum in a supercolony of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus

  S. 68

  Tragust, Simon; Feldhaar, Heike; Pedersen, Jes Søe

• Effect of entomopathogenic fungal strains on non-target arthropods in sour cherry orchard

  S. 68

  Balog, Emese; Tímár, Zoltán István; Papp-Komáromi, Judit; Turóczi, György

• The dietary preference of a beneficial predator in apple orchards reveals an undocumented spore dispersal mechanism for entomopathogenic fungi.

  S. 69

  Amtoft Wynns, Anja; Bruun Jensen, Annette; d'Allesandro, Celeste; Eilenberg, Jørgen

• The authorisation and regulation of microbial biopesticides: why bother?

  S. 69

  Chandler, David; Harvey, Liam; Grant, Wyn

• Effects of entomopathogenic fungi on the “Trialeurodes vaporariorum – Encarsia formosa” system: preliminary results

  S. 69

  Oreste, Monica; Tarasco, Eustachio

• Registration of biopesticides: how research can be structured to suit microbial registration needs and promote the commercial development of new biopesticides

  S. 70

  Gwynn, Roma

• Registration of Biopesticides in the EU: a company perspective

  S. 70

  Kessler, Philip

• Current developments and issues on regulation of biopesticides- Lessons from REBECA project, comparison of EU and USA systems

  S. 70

  Asser-Kaiser, Sabine; Süß, Jacqueline; Hauschilld, Rüdiger

• Biopesticide registration, a company perspective and how registration influences biopesticide R&D approach of companies in North American

  S. 70

  Leland, Jarrod

• Untangling insect pathogenicity in plant-beneficial pseudomonads by a combination of comparative genomics, bioassays and histopathology

  S. 71

  Flury, Pascale; Ruffner, Beat; Fataar, Shakira; Péchy-Tarr, Maria; Kleespies, Regina G.; Ullrich, Cornelia; Jehle, Johannes A.; Smits, Theo H. M.; Keel, Christoph; Maurhofer, Monika

• Resistance alleles to Lysinibacillus sphaericus are coselect in a Culex quinquefasciatus colony and display distinct features

  S. 71

  Silva-Filha, Maria Helena N. L.; Chalegre, Karlos D. M.; Romão, Tatiany P.; Tavares, Daniella A.; Menezes, Hervely S. G.; de Oliveira, Cláudia M. F.; de-Melo-Neto, Osvaldo P.

• Comparative analysis of the Cqm1 and Aam1 ortholog proteins from mosquitoes that have a differential capacity to bind to the Binary toxin from Lysinibacillus sphaericus

  S. 71

  Ferreira, Lígia M.; do Nascimento, Nathaly A.; Romão, Tatiany P.; Rezende, Antônio M.; de-Melo-Neto, Osvaldo P.; Silva-Filha, Maria Helena N. L.

• Resilience of the intestinal epithelium to the action of a bacterial pore-forming toxin and to xenobiotics in Drosophila

  S. 72

  Lee, Kwang-Zin; Lestradet, Matthieu; Limmer, Stephanie; Liégeois, Samuel; Ferrandon, Dominique

• Down regulation and mutation of cadherin gene associated with Cry1Ac resistance in Asian corn borer

  S. 72

  Jin, Tingting; Chang, Xue; Gatehouse, Angharad M. R.; Wang, Zhenying; Edwards, Martin E.; He, Kanglai

• Cadherin mutations and Bt resistance: Field screening and fitness costs

  S. 72

  Gahan, Linda; Gould, Fred; Hecke, David G.

• ABCC transporters mediate insect resistance to multiple Bt toxins revealed by BSA analysis

  S. 72

  Park, Youngjin; González-Martínez, Rosa M.; Navarro-Cerrillo, Gloria; Chakroun, Maissa; Kim, Yonggyun; Ziarsolo, Peio; Blanca, Jose; Cañizares, Joaquin; Ferré, Juan; Herrero, Salvador

• The involvement of bumblebee small interfering RNA pathway against two different bee viruses

  S. 73

  Niu, Jinzhi; Meeus, Ivan; Smagghe, Guy

• Nosema ceranae news: Update on species competition and host-pathogen interaction studies

  S. 73

  Solter, Leellen; Huang, Zachary; Huang, Wei-Fone; Milbrath, Meghan

• Influence of temperature on the development of Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae

  S. 73

  Gisder, Sebastian; Genersch, Elke

• Impact of Wolbachia endosymbionts on the evolution of sex determination in the isopod Armadillidium vulgare

  S. 73

  Leclercq, Sébastien; Thézé, Julien; Giraud, Isabelle; Ernenwein, Lise; Moumen, Bouziane; Grève, Pierre; Gilbert, Clément; Cordaux, Richard

• Multilocus genotyping of Amylostereum spp. associated with Sirex noctilio and other woodwasps from Europe reveal clonal lineage introduced to the US

  S. 74

  Castrillo, Louela A.; Hajek, Ann E.; Kepler, Ryan M.; Pajares, Juan A.; Thomsen, Iben M.; Csóka, György; Zamora, Paula; Angeli,Sergio P.

• Fungal dimorphism in the entomopathogenic fungus Nomuraea rileyi: A search for in vivo produced quorumsensing molecules

  S. 74

  Boucias, Drion; Liu, Shouzou; Baniszewski, Julie

• First characterization of a mollusk beta pore forming toxin

  S. 74

  Duval, David; Galinier, Richard; Mitta, Guillaume; Gourba, Benjamin

• A first report of an immune-associated cytosolic PLA2 in insects: Gene structure and function

  S. 74

  Park, Jiyeong; Kim, Yonggyun

• Transcriptomic study reveals Pandora formicae expressing pathogenicity related genes in final stages of host infection

  S. 75

  Malagocka, Joanna; Grell, Morten N.; Lange, Lene; Eilenberg, Jørgen; Bruun Jensen, Annette

• Preliminary analysis of the genome sequence of Beauveria caledonica

  S. 75

  Glare, Travis R.; McKinnon, Aimee C.; Cox, Murray P.

• MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry: A complement to sequence-based identification technologies for major fungal entomopathogens

  S. 75

  Humber, Richard A.; Lopes, Rogério Biaggioni; Faria, Marcos

• Transcriptome analysis of the entomopathogenic oomycete Lagenidium giganteum reveals putative virulence factors shared by fungal and oomycete entomopathogens

  S. 76

  Quiroz Velasquez, Paula F.; Abiff, Sumayyah; Conway, Quincy B.; Salazar, Norma C.; Delgado, Ana Paula; K. Dawes, Jhanelle; Douma, Lauren G.; Tartar, Aurélien

• Structure/function studies of Cry5B via alanine-scanning mutagenesis

  S. 76

  Sesar, Jillian; Miller, Melanie; Hu, Yan; Aroian, Raffi V.

• Structural and biophysical characterization of Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1

  S. 76

  Kelker, Matthew S.; Berry, Colin; Baker, Matthew D.; Evans, Steven L.; Pai, Reetal; McCaskill, David; Russell, Joshua C.; Wang, Nick X.; Pflugrath, J. W.; Yang, Cheng; Wade, Matthew; Wess, Tim J.; Narva, Kenneth E.

• Insights into the structures of non-3-domain toxins through structural modeling

  S. 76

  Berry, Colin

• Novel MTX toxins for insect control

  S. 77

  Yin, Yong

• Molecular basis of parasporin-2 action toward cancer cells

  S. 77

  Kitada, Sakae; Yoshida, Yusuke; Ozaki, Yoshimi; Shimada, Hirioyasu

• Insecticidal toxins from Photorhabdus luminescens and asymbiotica, targeting the actin cytoskeleton and GTPbinding proteins

  S. 77

  Jank, Thomas; Lang, Alexander E.; Aktories, Klaus

• Evaluation of the non-target effects of Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis in standardized aquatic microcosms

  S. 77

  Ketseoglou, Irene; Bouwer, Gustav

• Investigations on residues of Bacillus thuringiensis on tomato

  S. 78

  Stephan, Dietrich; Scholz-Döblin, Heike; Kessler, Hans; Reintges, Theo

• Evaluation of ten plant extracts as ultraviolet protectants for Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus

  S. 78

  Sutanto, Koko Dwi; El Salamouny, Said; Shapiro, Martin; Shepard, Merle; Miharjo, Sukirno; Tufail, Muhammad; Rasool, Khawaja Ghulam; Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.

• Biological control of western corn rootworm larvae (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) with Dianem® (Heterorhabditis bacteriophora)

  S. 78

  Ehlers, Ralf-Udo

• Bacillus thuringiensis 00-50-5 strain with high activity against plant-parasitic nematodes and insect pests

  S. 78

  Bai, Cheng; Long, Haibo; Liu, Liping; Yang, Yanling; Yue, Jianjun

• The control of fungi using with liposomal formulation of essential oil of Satureja hortensis and its cell viability assay

  S. 79

  Yazici, Müge; Duman, Gülengül; Aslan, Ismail; Asutay, Burçin; Palamut, Tuğçe; Tapşın, Sıdıka; Şahin, Fikrettin

• Oryctes rhinoceros population diversity and potential implications for control using Oryctes nudivirus

  S. 79

  Marshall, Sean D. G.; Moore, Aubrey; Campbell, Russell K.; Quitugua, Roland J.; Jackson, Trevor A.

• Interactions among fungal and viral pathogens and parasitoids

  S. 79

  Hajek, Ann E.; Nouhuys, Saskya van

• Transcriptomic analysis of a host-parasitoid interaction between a Hymenoptera Cotesia congregata, a Lepidoptera Manduca sexta and a Polydnaviridae

  S. 80

  Chevignon, Germain; Cambier, Sébastien; Drezen, Jean-Michel; Huguet, Elisabeth; Moreau, Sébastien

• Mamestra configurata nucleopolyhedrovirus- A transcriptome from infected host midgut

  S. 80

  Erlandson, Martin A.; Donly, B. Cameron; Theilmann, David A.; Hegedus, Dwayne D.; Coutu, Cathy; Baldwin, Douglas

• Genomic adaptation to different hosts – Impact of genetic diversity on viral fitness

  S. 80

  Chateigner, Aurélien; Pontleve, Cindy; Labrousse, Carole; Herniou, Elisabeth

• Expressed viral ORF and new virus discovery from high throughput transcriptomes of non-model animal

  S. 80

  Bigot, Diane; Ballenghien, Marion; Cahais, Vincent; Galtier, Nicolas; Herniou, Elisabeth; Gayral, Philippe

• Population genomics supports baculoviruses as vectors of horizontal transfer of insect transposons

  S. 81

  Gilbert, Clément; Chateigner, Aurélien; Ernenwein, Lise; Barbe, Valérie; Bézier, Annie; Herniou, Elisabeth A.; Cordaux, Richard

• Phylogenomics reveals ecological factors that lead to speciation in Baculoviridae

  S. 81

  Thézé, Julien; Lopez Vaamonde, Carlos; Cory, Jennifer S.; Herniou, Elisabeth A.

• Genomic analysis of five Lymantria dispar multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus isolates and biological activity against different host strains of Lymantria dispar

  S. 81

  Harrison, Robert L.; Rowley, Daniel L.; Keena, Melody

• Interactions between the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium, the wheat pathogen Fusarium culmorum and the mycoparasitic fungus Clonostachys rosea

  S. 82

  Keyser, Chad A.; Jensen, Birgit; Meyling, Nicolai V.

• Diversity, ecology and virulence of entomopathogenic fungi isolates naturally infecting the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) in the Mediterranean Basin

  S. 82

  González-Mas, Natalia; Ortega-García, Lola; Campos-Porcuna, Carlos; Garrido-Jurado, Inmaculada; Quesada-Moraga, Enrique

• An entomopathogenic strain of Beauveria bassiana against Frankliniella occidentalis with no detrimental effect on the predatory mite Neoseiulus barkeri

  S. 82

  Gao, Yulin; Wu, Shengyong; Lei, Zhongren; Xu, Xuenong

• Recovery and detection of an entomopathogenic endophyte: overcoming the challenges involved

  S. 83

  McKinnon, Aimee; Glare, Travis; Ridgway, Hayley; Holyoake, Andrew

• Plant volatile organic compound manipulation by endophytic entomopathogenic fungi

  S. 83

  Aragón, Sandra; Cotes, Alba Marina; Vidal, Stefan

• Patterns of host adaptation in fly infecting Entomophthora species

  S. 83

  De Fine Licht, Henrik H.; Bruun Jensen, Annette; Eilenberg, Jørgen

• Intense spatio temporal pattern in pathogen-host interaction between Pandora formicae and Formica rufa

  S. 83

  Malagocka, Joanna; Eilenberg, Jørgen; Bruun Jensen, Annette

• Multi-gene phylogeny applied to the taxonomy of microsporidian parasites of crustacean hosts

  S. 84

  Bateman, K. S.; Kerr, R.; Wiredu Boakye, Dominic; Williams, Bryony; Stentiford, Grant D.

• Features of the genomes of microsporidia in mosquitoes: status and preliminary findings

  S. 84

  Becnel, James J.; Desjardins, Christopher; Sanscrainte, Neil; Cuomo, Christina

• Effects of two microsporidia from lady beetles on the green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea

  S. 84

  Sirisio, Jackline; Bjornson, Susan

• Effects of the microsporidium Nosema adaliae on the multicoloured Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis

  S. 84

  Ellis, Bryan; Bjornson, Susan

• Understanding the evolutionary loss of glycolysis in intranuclear crab microsporidians

  S. 85

  Wiredu Boakye, Dominic; Williams, Bryony; Stentiford, Grant; Williams, Thomas

• Temporal trends and the effect of seasonal temperature on the prevalence of Nosema spp. in Apis mellifera in north-east Germany

  S. 85

  Dominic, Anto Raja; Gisder, Sebastian; Genersch, Elke; Linde, Andreas

• Characterising putative virulence factors of the bee pathogen Nosema ceranae

  S. 85

  Thomas, Graham; Haynes, Ken

• Synthesis and Characterization of fungus mediated silver nanoparticle for the toxicity on filarial Vector, Culex quinquefasciatus

  S. 86

  Kamalakannan, Siva; Gobinath, Chandrakasan; Ananth, Sivapunyam; Murugan, Kadarkarai

• Pathogenicity of three entomopathogenic fungi on larvae and adults of the sisal weevil: The less the better?

  S. 86

  Gkounti, Vasiliki; Dimitra, Markogiannaki; Kontodimas, Dimitris

• Entomopathogenic fungi as endophytes: interaction with phytohormones

  S. 86

  Muftah Alkhayat, Dalia; Döll, Katharina; Karlovsky, Petr; Vidal, Stefan

• Detection of microsporidia in gammarids in the delta of the Kuban river (Azov sea, Russia)

  S. 86

  Tokarev, Yuri; Voronin, Vladimir; Rusakovich, Egor; Issi, Irma

• Understanding Beauveria bassiana infection within its host Triatoma infestans: time course expression of genes encoding fungal toxic nonribosomal peptides and insect humoral immune proteins

  S. 87

  Lobo, Luciana S.; Fernandes, Éverton K. K.; Luz, Christian; Juárez, M. Patricia; Pedrini, Nicolás

• The seed corn maggot and Metarhizium are related to maize yield in an organic, cover crop-based farming systems experiment

  S. 87

  Barbercheck, Mary; Mullen, Christina

• Compatibility of herbicides used in olive orchards with a Metarhizium brunneum strain used for the control of the olive fly preimaginals in the soil

  S. 87

  Quesada-Moraga, Enrique; Garrido-Jurado, Inmaculada; Yousef, Meelad

• Soybean aphid viruses exploit contrasting transmission strategies

  S. 88

  Vijayendran, Diveena; Liu, Sijun; Bonning, Bryony C.

• Single-stranded DNA viruses in marine crustaceans

  S. 88

  Schenck, Ryan; Rosario, Karyna; Harbeitner, Rachel; Cannon, John; Breitbart, Mya

• Discovery of circular single-stranded DNA viruses in top insect predators

  S. 88

  Rosario, Karyna; Dayaram, Anisha; Ware, Jessica; Marinov, Milen; Breitbart, Mya; Varsani, Arvind

• Characterization of mechanisms involved in the transmission of a lepidopteran densovirus

  S. 88

  Multeau, Cécilia; Mutuel, Doriane; Rakotomanga, Manuela; Kenaghan, Anne; Bousquet, Clément; Froissart, Rémy; Volkoff, Nathalie; Ogliastro, Mylène

• Remarkable genetic diversity of single-stranded DNA viruses in cultured shrimps and crickets

  S. 89

  Pham, Hanh T.; Yu, Qian; Bergoin, Max; Tijssen, Peter

• Remarkable diversity of endogenous viruses in the genome of an isopod crustacean

  S. 89

  Thézé, Julien; Leclercq, Sébastien; Moumen, Bouziane; Cordaux, Richard; Gilbert, Clément

• Iteraviruses (Densovirinae) from monarch and black swallowtail butterflies and slug caterpillar moths and characterization of their expression strategies

  S. 89

  Yu, Qian; Bergoin, Max; Tijssen, Peter

• How do vine mealybug, grapevine leafroll-associated virus and grapevine interact on a molecular level?

  S. 90

  Timm, Alicia Eva; Reineke, Annette

• Cultivable gut bacteria of scarabs inhibit B. thuringiensis multiplication

  S. 90

  Shan, Yueming; Shu, Changlong; Crickmore, Neil; Liu, Chunqin; Xiang, Wensheng; Song, Fuping; Zhang, Jie

• Contacting microbe induce grooming behaviour in Drosophila

  S. 90

  Yanagawa, Aya; Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi; Toshimitsu, Hata; Marion-Poll, Frédéric

• Analysis of the bacterial community of the insect pest Lymantria dispar during its life cycle

  S. 90

  Metla, Zane; Maurhofer, Monika; Jankevica, Liga

• Proteomics of Brevibacillus laterosporus and its insecticidal action against noxious Diptera

  S. 91

  Marche, Maria G.; Mura, Maria E.; Falchi, Giovanni; Ruiu, Luca

• Outer membrane vesicles are vehicles for the delivery of Vibrio virulence factors to oyster immune cells

  S. 91

  Vanhove, Audrey S.; Duperthuy, Marylise; Charrière, Guillaume M.; Le Roux, Frédérique; Goudenège, David; Gourbal, Benjamin; Kieffer-Jaquinod, Sylvie; Couté, Yohann; Wai, Sun N.; Destoumieux-Garzón, Delphine

• Long-term effect of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis application on B. cereus group populations in Swedish riparian wetland soils

  S. 91

  Schneider, Salome; Tajrin, Tania; Hendriksen, Niels B.; Lundström, Jan O.; Melin, Petter; Sundh, Ingvar

• Interactions between the Med fly Ceratitis capitata (Wied.)and a new Bacillus cereus sensu lato strain

  S. 91

  Ruiu, Luca; Falchi, Giovanni; Floris, Ignazio; Marche, Maria G.; Mura, Maria E.; Satta, Alberto

• Analysis and characterization of binary AB toxins in the honey bee pathogen Paenibacillus larvae

  S. 92

  Ebeling, Julia; Poppinga, Lena; Fünfhaus, Anne; Genersch, Elke

• A new local bio-insecticide: Developing, optimization, toxicity and determination of activity

  S. 92

  Sezen, Kazım; Nalcacioglu, Remziye; Demir, Ismail; Tepe, Hüseyin; Yildiz, Islam; Eski, Ardahan; Demirbag, Zihni

• `Candidatus Rickettsiella isopodorum´, a new lineage of intracellular bacteria infecting woodlice

  S. 92

  Kleespies, Regina G.; Leclerque, Andreas

• Interplay of regulators controlling fit insect toxin expression in the biocontrol bacterium Pseudomonas protegens

  S. 93

  Imperiali, Nicola; Büchler, Flavia; Péchy-Tarr, Maria; Kupferschmied, Peter; Maurhofer, Monika; Keel, Christoph

• Identification and characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis strains with nematicidal activity

  S. 93

  Verduzco-Rosas, Luis A.; Ibarra, Jorge E.

• Gene organization of large plasmids of novel mosquitocidal Bacillus thuringiensis TK-E6

  S. 93

  Noda, Mayu; Okamoto, Naruhei; Hayasaki, Kimie; Azuma, Yoshinao; Takebe, So

• Evaluation of culture media for maximal growth, cry toxin production and insecticidal toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis

  S. 93

  Tripathi, M.; Kumari, A.; Saravanan, L.; Gujar, G. T.

• Testing of Vip3 proteins for the control of caterpillar pests

  S. 94

  Ruiz de Escudero, Iñigo; Banyuls, Núria; Bel, Yolanda; Maeztu, Mireya; Escriche, Baltasar; Muñoz, Delia; Caballero, Primitivo; Ferré, Juan

• Interactions between Cry and Vip proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis against different lepidopteran pests

  S. 94

  Nunes Lemes, Ana Rita; Davolos, Camila Chiaradia; Brunini Crialesi Legori, Paula Cristina; Aparecido Fernandes, Odair; Ferré, Juan; Lemos, Manoel Victor Franco; Desiderio, Janete Apparecida

• In vivo and in vitro binding of Vip3Aa to Spodoptera frugiperda midgut and characterization of binding sites using 125I-radiolabeling

  S. 94

  Chakroun, Maissa; Ferré, Juan

• Cry1Ac and Cry1F toxicity and binding sites study in two important soybean pests, Anticarsia gemmatalis and Chrysodeixis (=Pseudoplusia) includens.

  S. 94

  Bel, Yolanda; Narva, Ken; Sheets, Joel; Escriche, Baltasar

• Role of ABC-C2 in the interactions of Heliothis virescens with its host plants and Bt toxins

  S. 95

  Karpinski, Anne; Pauchet, Yannick; Vogel, Heiko; Heckel, David

• Comparative histopathology of two novel bacterial insecticidal proteins in Tenebrio molitor and Diabrotica virgifera virgifera larvae

  S. 95

  Abdelgaffar, Heba; Oppert, Cris; Williams, Jayme; Balasubramanian, Deepa; Jurat-Fuentes, Juan Luis

• AminomemtidaseN in Popillia japonica Newman larvae is putative Bacillus thuringiensis Cry8Da toxin receptor

  S. 95

  Taniguchi, Yuu; Yamaguchi, Takuya; Bando, Hisanori; Asano, Shin-ichiro

• A whole genome approach to determine cadherins associated with Bt toxicity in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

  S. 95

  Park, Youngjin; Kim, Yonggyun

• InterVening Sequence (IVS) elements as genetic markers for the differential diagnosis of arthropod-associated Rickettsiella bacteria

  S. 96

  Schuster, Christina; Saar, Katharina; Kleespies, Regina G.; Leclerque, Andreas

• InterVening Sequence (IVS) elements as genetic markers for the differential diagnosis of arthropod-associated Rickettsiella bacteria

  S. 96

  Schuster, Christina; Saar, Katharina; Kleespies, Regina G.; Leclerque, Andreas

• DRNA interference of integrin subunit β1 impairs development and immune responses of the Oriental tobacco budworm, Helicoverpa assulta against bacteria

  S. 96

  Park, Youngjin; Kim, Yonggyun

• Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa toxin increases the susceptibility of Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata to Beauveria bassiana infection

  S. 96

  Gao, Yulin; Lei, Zhongren; Xu, Xuenong

• A natural hybrid of a B. thuringiensis Cry2A toxin implicates domain I in specificity determination.

  S. 96

  Chen, Guihua; Shu, Changlong; Evans, Jacob; Song, Fuping; Li, Guoxun; Crickmore, Neil; Zhang, Jie

• Unbalanced polyphosphate levels impair insect pathogenicity in plant-beneficial Pseudomonas protegens

  S. 97

  Péchy-Tarr, Maria; Wenner, Nicolas; Kupferschmied, Peter; Keller, Romane; Maurhofer, Monika; Keel, Christoph

• Type IV Secretion System (T4SS) substrates as potential virulence factors of arthropod-pathogenic Rickettsiella bacteria

  S. 97

  Leclerque, Andreas

• Paenibacillus larvae and the virulence factor SplA- an ERIC II specific S-layer protein

  S. 97

  Knispel, Henriette; Poppinga, Lena; Fünfhaus, Anne; Genersch, Elke

• Influence of (varying) population size on host-parasite coevolution: an experimental approach

  S. 97

  Papkou, Andrei; Schalkowski, Rebecca; Barg, Mike-Christoph; Braker, Ines; Schulenburg, Hinrich

• Virus epizootiology in managed and native bee populations

  S. 98

  Burand, John P.; Boucher, Matthew; Averill, Anne

• Identification and characterization of immune inhibitor A metalloprotease of the honey bee pathogen Paenibacillus larvae

  S. 98

  Arlt, Birte; Hertlein, Gillian; Poppinga, Lena; Garcia-Gonzalez, Eva; Genersch, Elke

• Awareness and concept of insects in a Korean population

  S. 98

  Bae, Sung Min; Shin, Tae Young; Choi, Jae Bang; Kwak, Won Seok; Ahn, Yong Oh; Lee, See Nae; Kim, In Hui; Woo, Ra Mi; Kim, Dong Jun; Woo, Soo Dong

• An in vivo experimental evolution system for analyzing bacterial adaptation and evolution of Bacillus cereus sensu lato in an insect model

  S. 98

  Navarrete, Rafael Patiño; Jéhanno, Isabelle; Nielsen-Leroux, Christina; Sanchis, Vincent

• Venom from the ectoparasitic wasp Habrobracon hebetor activates calcium-dependent processes of haemocytic degradation in Galleria mellonella larvae

  S. 99

  Kryukova, Natalia. A.; Chertkova, Ekaterina A.; Semenova, Alexandra D.; Glazachev, Yuri I.; Slepneva, Irina A.; Glupov, Victor V.

• Honeybee virus epizootiology in bee populations in Connecticut, USA

  S. 99

  Burand, John P.; Zheng, Shuning; Stoner, Kimberly

• High-throughput sequence analysis of the change in expression profile of Ig2-, Ig3- and Ig7- variant domains in Carcinus maenas Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion (CmDscam) mRNAs in response to pathogenic infection

  S. 99

  Hauton, Chris; Hammond, John A.

• A novel pathogenic Paenibacillus strain of Biomphalaria glabrata, an intermediate host for schistosomiasis

  S. 99

  Duval, David; Galinier, Richard; Mouahid, Gabriel; Toulza, Eve; Rognon, Anne; Arancibia, Nathalie; Allienne, Jean Francois; Mitta, Guillaume; Théron, André; Gourbal, Benjamin

• New findings in genome of Apis mellifera filamentous virus

  S. 100

  Rabalski, Lukasz; Grzeda, Urszula; Topolska, Grazyna; Krejmer, Martyna; Szewczyk, Boguslaw

• Histopathological analyses of different tissues of diseased honey bees (Apis mellifera)

  S. 100

  Poppinga, Lena; Aupperle, Heike; Genersch, Elke

• Development of prototypes of rapid molecular diagnostic tests for pathogens of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) on chromatographic NALF platform (Nucleic Acid Lateral Flow)

  S. 100

  Ragni, Adriano; Tabarrini, Francesca; Carucci, Mario; Lorenzetti, Claudio E.; Cersini, Antonella; Puccica, Silvia; Antognetti, Valeria; Milito, Marcella; Giacomelli, Alessandra; Formato, Giovanni; Panara, Francesco

• What kind of insects do you like?

  S. 101

  Shin, Tae Young; Min Bae, Sung; Choi, Jae Bang; Kwak, Won Seok; Ahn, Yong Oh; Lee, See Nae; Kim, In Hui; Woo, Ra Mi; Kim, Dong Jun; Woo, Soo Dong

• Monitoring of entomopathogenic fungi in Metarhizium and Beauveria treated fields

  S. 101

  Balog, Emese; Hung, Do Van; Mayer, Zoltán; Turóczi, György

• Distribution of insect-pathogenic soil fungi in agricultural and forest ecosystems in Georgia

  S. 101

  Burjanadze, Medea; Humber, Richard; Arjevanidze, Mariam; Abramishvili, Tea; Tsereteli, Giuli; Lortkipanidze, Manana

• A muscle-infecting microsporidium infecting pink shrimp (Pandalus montagui) from Europe: closing in on the type species of Thelohania?

  S. 101

  Stentiford, G. D.; Ross, S.; Kerr, R.; Bateman, K. S.

• The entomopathogenic fungus Isaria for pest insect control in vegetables

  S. 102

  Saar, Katharina; Leclerque, Andreas; Stephan, Dietrich

• Prevalence of Beauveria pseudobassiana among tickassociated fungal isolates from the Republic of Moldova

  S. 102

  Munteanu, Natalia V.; Mitkovets, Polina V.; Mitina, Galina V.; Movila, Alexandru; Tokarev, Yuri S.; Leclerque, Andreas

• Diversity of entomopathogenic fungi in different citrus cropping systems in Brazil

  S. 102

  D’Alessandro, Celeste P.; da Silveira Duarte, Vanessa; Dominguez, Elisa S.; Oliveira dos Santos, Ana C.; Delalibera Jr., Italo

• Entomopathogenic fungi as plant growth enhancers

  S. 103

  Dara, Surendra K.; Dara, Sumanth S.; Dara, Suchitra S.

• Diversity and distribution of entomopathogenic fungi in Czech Republic soils

  S. 103

  Šimáčková, Kateřina; Kročáková, Jana; Bohatá, Andrea; Herrero, Noemi

• Diversity and abundance of entomopathogenic fungi on strawberry crops in Brazil

  S. 103

  Rodrigues de Castro, Thiago; Alves Porto, Lívia Maria; Eilenberg, Jørgen; Delalibera Jr., Italo

• Abundance and diversity of Metarhizium spp. in an agricultural landscape in Sweden

  S. 103

  Schneider, Salome; Stranne, Stefan; Friberg, Hanna; Sundh, Ingvar

• The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana improves the growth of Triticum aestivum and Triticum durum

  S. 104

  Sánchez-Rodríguez, Antonio Rafael; del Carmen del Campillo, María; Garrido-Jurado, Inmaculada; Quesada-Moraga, Enrique

• Interactions between cowpea plants vs. Metarhizium spp. entomopathogenic fungi

  S. 104

  Golo, Patrícia S.; Arruda, Walquíria; Paixão, Flávia R. S.; Alves, Fabrício M.; Fernandes, Éverton K. K.; Roberts, Donald W.; Bittencourt, Vânia R. E. P.

• Biological control in oilseed rape: An attempt to establish the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana as an endophyte in oilseed

  S. 104

  Ullrich, Cornelia; Talbi, Saoussene; Leclerque, Andreas; Rabenstein, Frank; Kleespies, Regina G.

• Azygo- and zygospore formation of Neozygites floridana in the two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) in strains from tropical and temperate regions

  S. 104

  Westrum, Karin; Duarte, Vanessa S.; Humber, Richard A.; Delalibera Jr., Italo; Klingen, Ingeborg

• Susceptibility of Biomphalaria glabrata egg masses to fungal infection

  S. 105

  Duarte, Glennyha F.; Rodrigues, Juscelino; Fernandes, Éverton K. K.; Luz, Christian

• Mycelial and conidial thermotolerance of Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. IP 46 and Metarhizium robertsii ARSEF 2575

  S. 105

  Paixão, Flávia R. S.; Muniz, Elen R.; Bernardo, Cíntia C.; Mascarin, Gabriel M.; Luz, Christian; Fernandes, Éverton K. K.

• Evolutionary-ecological strategies of Metarhizium robertsii

  S. 105

  Yaroslavtseva, Olga; Kryukov, Vadim; Dubovskiy, Ivan; Tyurin, Maxim; Glupov, Victor

• Antimicrobial, antioxidant and anticancer activity of culture filtrates from entomopathogenic fungi

  S. 105

  Shin, Tae Young; Bae, Sung Min; Choi, Jae Bang; Kwak, Won Seok; Ahn, Yong Oh; Lee, See Nae; Kim, In Hui; Woo, Ra Mi; Kim, Dong Jun; Woo, Soo Dong

• Intraspecific and interspecific variation in osmotolerance of entomopathogenic fungi

  S. 106

  Araujo, Claudineia A. S.; Oliveira, Clara C.; Rodrigues, Marília A.; Pupin, Breno; Dias, Luciana P.; Hallsworth, John E.; Rangel, Drauzio E. N.

• Influence of environmental factors on insects resistance to anamorphic fungi

  S. 106

  Kryukov, Vadim; Dubovskiy, Ivan; Yaroslavtseva, Olga; Tyurin, Maxim; Kryukova, Natalia; Glupov, Victor

• Delayed germination of heat-stressed conidia of Metarhizium anisopliae on tick cuticle

  S. 106

  Barreto, Lucas P.; Alves, Fabrício M.; Luz, Christian; Mascarin, Gabriel M.; Roberts, Donald; Arruda, Walquíria; Fernandes, Éverton K. K.

• Evaluation of destruxin A production in four strains of Metarhizium by capillary electrophoresis

  S. 107

  Ríos-Moreno, Alex; Carpio, Azahara; Garrido-Jurado, Inmaculada; Arce, Lourdes; Valcárcel, Miguel; Quesada-Moraga, Enrique

• Entomopathogenic fungal genera and the 1F=1N standard: The shape of the future begins to emerge

  S. 107

  Kepler, Ryan M.; Rehner, Stephen A.; Humber, Richard A.

• Effect of Metarhizium spp. growth media on the accumulation of destruxins in a 10-L stirred tank reactor

  S. 107

  Parth, Martin; Taibon, Judith; Strasser, Hermann

• Different intensities of visible light during mycelial growth induce differently the conidial tolerance to menadione in Metarhizium robertsii.

  S. 107

  Dias, Luciana P.; Rangel, Drauzio E. N.

• Species-specific PCR assay to identify and discriminate M. pingshaense, M. anisopliae, M. brunneum, and M. robertsii

  S. 108

  Mayerhofer, Johanna; Lutz, Andy; Widmer, Franco; Rehner, Stephen A.; Kepler, Ryan M.; Leuchtmann, Adrian; Enkerli, Jürg

• Genotyping of Georgian isolates of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria spp.

  S. 108

  Kunelauri, Nana; Baramidze, Vladimer; Burjanadze, Medea; Shubladze, Ekaterine; Mikeladze, Eka

• Genetic characterization, fungicide sensitivity, and aphicidal potential of Lecanicillium fungi from Argentina

  S. 108

  Manfrino, Romina; Schuster, Christina; Tornesello Galván, Julieta; Saar, Katharina; García, Juan J.; López Lastra, Claudia C.; Leclerque, Andreas

• The genomic basis for evolved resistance to Beauveria bassiana in Drosophila melanogaster

  S. 109

  Shahrestani, Parvin; Vandenberg, John; Griggs, Michael; Wraight, Stephen; Estrella, Yonathan; Rottschefer, Susan; Clark, Andrew; Lazzaro, Brian

• Species identification of entomopathogenic fungi of the genus Lecanicillium (=Verticillium lecanii s.l.) by mitochondrial gene sequences

  S. 109

  Mitina, Galina V.; Tokarev, Yuri S.; Kazartsev, Igor A.

• Effect of Metarhizium brunneum strain LRC112 and M. anisopliae F52 on non-target Carabid Beetles

  S. 109

  Janmaat, Alida F.; Rempel, Chera; Quik, Rita; Kabaluk, Todd; Peyre, Manon; Thomasset, Remi

• Behavioral control of malarial mosquito by entomopathogenic fungi: Death as the vector

  S. 109

  Ishii, Minehiro; Koike, Masanori; Aiuchi, Daigo

• The effect of pesticides used in strawberry and soybean on the mite pathogenic fungus Neozygites floridana

  S. 110

  Rodrigues de Castro, Thiago; Roggia, Samuel; Wekesa, Vitalis Wafula; Klingen, Ingeborg; Delalibera Jr., Italo

• Innovative biological products for soil pest control: Outline of an EU project

  S. 110

  Vidal, Stefan; Patel, Anant; Strasser, Hermann; Butt, Tariq; Eilenberg, Jørgen; Enkerli, Juerg; Quesada-Moraga, Enrique; Wesseler, Justus; Tencalla, Francesca; Peters, Arne; Nesrsta, Miloslav; Shearer, Andrew; Limbers, Hermann; Hansen, Erik; Koukoutsakis, Athanasios

• Effect of a local strain of the fungus against Corythucha ciliata (Say) and Glyphodes pyloalis (Walker) in Georgia

  S. 110

  Kereselidze, Manana; Beruashvili, Mzia; Lobzhanidze, Mzagho

• Development of a granular formulation of Metarhizium brunneum based on mycelial fragments

  S. 110

  Seib, Christopher; Schäfer, Johannes; Stephan, Dietrich

• Virulence of fungal spores produced in liquid and solid state media on nymphs of Trialeurodes vaporariorum

  S. 111

  Abreo, Eduardo; Altier, Nora

• Oxidative stress levels in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana growing in very long-chain hydrocarbons

  S. 111

  Huarte-Bonnet, Carla; Pedrini, Nicolás

• Fungal strain selection and screenhouse evaluation of the virulent isolate against aphids on crucifer and okra vegetables

  S. 111

  Bayissa, Wakuma; Ekesi, Sunday; Kaaya, Godwin P.; Mohamed, Samira; Wagacha, John M.; Maniania, Nguya K.

• The basis for rootstock resilient to Capnodis species: screening for genes encoding delta-endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis

  S. 112

  Ben-Dov, Eitan; Gindin, Galina; Mendel, Zvi; Zaritsky, Arieh; Kushmaro, Ariel

• Susceptibility of Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) populations to Bacillus thuringiensis strain HD1

  S. 112

  Placidi De Bortoli, Caroline; Polanczyk, Ricardo Antonio; Crickmore, Neil; Ferreira dos Santos, Rafael; Vacari, Alessandra Marieli; De Bortoli, Sergio Antonio

• Selection of entomopathogenic fungi for the control of Aegorhynus nodipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) under laboratory conditions

  S. 112

  Cisternas, Ernesto; France, Andrés; Urtubia, Irina

• Development of entomopathogenic fungi in mosquito control: which kind of production for which efficiency?

  S. 112

  Bawin, Thomas; Delvigne, Frank; Francis, Frédéric

• Sublethal effects of the Cry1Ac toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner in different Brazilian Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) populations

  S. 113

  De Bortoli, Sergio Antonio; Placidi De Bortoli, Caroline; Polanczyk, Ricardo Antonio; Crickmore, Neil; Ferreira dos Santos, Rafael; Vacari, Alessandra Marieli

• Evaluating microbial biocontrol agents: effects of Metarhizium brunneum on a non-target arthropod

  S. 113

  Falagiarda, Martina; Keyser, Chad Alton; Steinwender, Bernhardt M.; Sigsgaard, Lene; Eilenberg, Jørgen

• Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner on biological characteristics of Orius insidiosus Say (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) fed with eggs of Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

  S. 113

  De Bortoli, Sergio Antonio; Polanczyk, Ricardo Antonio; Vacari, Alessandra Marieli; Goulart, Roberto Marchi; Placidi De Bortoli, Caroline

• Use of a commercial Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. formulation to control Rhipicephalus microplus ticks in pen study

  S. 114

  Camargo, Mariana G.; Marciano, Allan F.; Sá, Fillipe A.; Perinotto, Wendell M. S.; Quinelato, Simone; Golo, Patrícia S.; Angelo, Isabele C.; Prata, Márcia C. A.; Bittencourt, Vânia R. E. P.

• Two Colombian entomopathogenic fungi are highly efficient on Cerotoma tingomariana

  S. 114

  Grijalba, Erika; Santos, Adriana; Espinel, Carlos

• Biological control of pollen beetles with the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

  S. 114

  Kaiser, Deborah; Bacher, Sven; Grabenweger, Giselher

• An experimental autoinoculation device to control an invasive Asiatic pest, Drosophila suzukii

  S. 114

  Fernández-Bravo, María; Quesada-Moraga, Enrique

• The use of microbial plant protection agents for insect control in Germany

  S. 115

  Jehle, Johannes; Herz, Annette; Keller, Brigitte; Kleespies, Regina G.; Koch, Eckhard; Larem, Andreas; Schmitt, Annegret; Stephan, Dietrich

• Synthesis and secretion of volatile organic compounds by Triatoma infestans infected with Beauveria bassiana

  S. 115

  Lobo, Luciana S.; Mijailosky, Sergio J.; Juárez, M. Patricia; Luz, Christian; Fernandes, Éverton K. K.; Pedrini, Nicolás

• Preliminary studies of entomopathogenic microorganisms present in Latvian population of horsechestnut leaf miner Cameraria ohridella

  S. 115

  Metla, Zane; Seskena, Rita; Voitkane, Santa; Maurhofer Bringolf, Monika; Jankevica, Liga

• Pathogenicity and virulence of Beauveria spp. against mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytidae)

  S. 115

  Kyei-Poku, George; Johny, Shajahan; Fick, William; Bleiker, Katherine

• Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis BERLINER Cry toxins in different Brazilian Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) populations

  S. 116

  Polanczyk, Ricardo Antonio; Placidi De Bortoli, Caroline; Crickmore, Neil; Ferreira dos Santos, Rafael; Vacari, Alessandra Marieli; De Bortoli, Sergio Antonio

• Effect of endophytic Beauveria bassiana on herbivore defence in Arabidopsis thaliana

  S. 116

  Raad, Maya; Glare, Travis; Rostás, Michael

• Bacillus thuringiensis isolation from Brazilian soil samples: molecular characterization and biological activity against Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

  S. 116

  Polanczyk, Ricardo Antonio; Agostini, Thiago Trevisoli; Moreira, Lais Fernanda; Duarte, Rogério Teixeira; Valicente, Fernando Hercos

• Using the combination of entomopathogenic fungi and extracts improves control of Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

  S. 117

  Resquín-Romero, Gloria; Garrido-Jurado, Inmaculada; Quesada-Moraga, Enrique

• Pathogenicity of Beauveria and Metarhizium to the two stink bug species Nezara viridula and Piezodorus guildinii (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in laboratory and semi-field

  S. 117

  González, Yordanys Ramos; Klingen, Ingeborg; Gómez Sousa, Jorge R.

• Evidence for synergies between Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Nematoda: Heterorhabditidae) and Metarhizium brunneum (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) in western corn rootworm control

  S. 117

  Rauch, Hannes; Strasser, Hermann; Zelger, Roland

• Evaluation of the effectiveness of the entomopathogens for the management of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) on spring wheat

  S. 117

  Reddy, Gadi V. P.; Tangtrakulwanich, Khanobporn; Wu, Shaohui; Miller, John H.; Ophus, Victoria L.; Jaronski, Stefan T.

• Wireworm control with fungus colonized barley kernels in cover-crops

  S. 118

  Rogge, Sina; Grabenweger, Giselher

• Ultrastructure of midgut of Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) after consumption of prey with the Bacillus thuringiensis strain HD1

  S. 118

  Vacari, Alessandra Marieli; Pereira de Carvalho, Vanessa Fabíola; Placidi De Bortoli, Caroline; Polanczyk, Ricardo Antonio; De Bortoli, Sergio Antonio

• A resource efficient method to test non target effects of new biocontrol agents in vitro

  S. 118

  Steinwender, Bernhardt M.; Eilenberg, Jørgen; Panahi, Elina; Fløistrup, Kiri M.; Cáceres, Marta M.; Vergara, Gabriela M.; Sigsgaard, Lene

• Identification and functional analysis of two ABCC family genes in Helicoverpa armigera

  S. 119

  Xiao, Yutao; Wu, Kongming

• Development and application of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for rapid detection of Nosema ceranae

  S. 119

  Kyei-Poku, George; Gauthier, Debbie; Johny, Shajahan

• Control of sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis, with formulations of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae

  S. 119

  Wenzel, Inajá M.; Filho, Antonio Batista; Forim, Moacir R.; Giordano, Isabella B.; Denadae, Bárbara E.

• Ultrastructural characterization of a new microsporidium (Opisthokonta: Chytridiopsida) from the pigeon feather mite Falculifer rostratus (Astigmata: Pterolichoidea)

  S. 120

  Radek, Renate; Kariton, Madlen; Dabert, Jacek; Alberti, Gerd

• Permanent level of pathogens within ten bark beetles generations

  S. 120

  Lukášová, Karolina; Holuša, Jaroslav; Trombik, Jiří

• Microsporidia in beet webworm Loxostege sticticalis (Pyraloidea: Crambidae): a survey of 2013

  S. 120

  Malysh, Julia; Tokarev, Yuri; Frolov, Andrei; Ignatieva, Anastasia; Issi, Irma

• Microsporidia from larvae of different lepidopteran species in Bulgaria

  S. 120

  Pilarska, Daniela; Takov, Danail; Hylis, Miroslav; Radek, Renate; Solter, Leellen; Linde, Andreas

• Increased infectivity in Steinernema websteri IJ after development in desiccationstressed hosts

  S. 121

  Binnebose, Andrea; Bornstein-Forst, Susan M.

• First release of the mermithid Strelkovimermis spiculatus in Culex pipiens mosquito populations in Argentina

  S. 121

  Muttis, Evangelina; Achinelly, María F.; Micieli, María V.

• Use of entomopathogenic nematodes to control vine weevils on Chilean berry orchards

  S. 122

  France, Andrés; Cisternas, Ernesto; Urtubia, Irina

• Pathogenicity of nematobacterial complexes and its development

  S. 122

  Dobes, Pavel; Berka, Jakub; Hurychova, Jana; Vojtek, Libor; Hyrsl, Pavel

• Nematodes of large larch bark beetle Ips cembrae (Coleoptera: Scolytinae)

  S. 122

  Grucmanová, Sarka; Čermák, Václav; Holuša, Jaroslav

• Natural occurence of entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae) in the Aydin district of Turkey

  S. 122

  Gulcu, Baris; Hazir, Canan; Karagoz, Mehmet; Kesici, M. Alper

• Characterization of symbiotic bacteria Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. laumondii associated with Heterorhabditis bacteriophoraisolated from Turkey

  S. 122

  Çimen, Harun; Hazır, Selçuk

• Oscheius rugaolensis, new genus and species of insect parasitic nematodes from Iran

  S. 123

  Darsouei, Reyhaneh; Karimi, Javad

• Detection of dsRNA virus-like molecules in entomopathogenic nematodes

  S. 123

  Herrero, Noemi; Nermuť, Jiří; Půža, Vladimír; Mráček, Zdeněk

• Celullar and humoral interactions between the white grub, Polyphylla adspersa Motschulsky (Col., Melolonthidae) and entomopathogenic nematodes

  S. 123

  Avandi, Jamileh; Karimi, Javad; Ghadamyari, Mohammad; Asoode, Ahmad

• The non-sterilizing strain of Deladenus siricidicola (Tylenchida: Neotylenchidae) and its development on different strains of Amylostereum (Basidiomycota: Russulales)

  S. 124

  Caetano, Isis A. L.; Hajek, Ann E.

• Steinernema feltiae (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) to control fungus gnat, Bradysia mabiusi (Diptera: Sciaridae): effect of dosage and application time*

  S. 124

  Ballone, Patricia; Leite, Luis G.; Schmidt, Fabio S.; Campos, Victória R.; Bueno, Roselaine N. S.

• Reproduction status of Tribolium castaneum affects its response to infection by Steinernema feltiae

  S. 124

  Małek, Dariusz; Homa, Joanna; Gaweł, Maria; Kramarz, Paulina

• Effect of culture type, container type, and temperature on a Korean strain of the entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae

  S. 124

  Lee, DongWoon; Choo, Ho Yul

• Use of entomopathogenic nematodes in the biological control of gypsy moth Lymantria dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

  S. 125

  Lortkipanidze, Manana; Gorgadze, Oleg; Kuchava, Madona; Gratiashvili, Nana; Kokhia, Mzia; Gabroshvili, Nino

• The susceptibility of Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata, and mulberry moth Glyphodes pyloalis to entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema carpocapsae and Steinernema feltiae in Georgia

  S. 125

  Mikaia, Nona

• Some observation on morphology and ecology of molluscparasitic nematode Alloionema appendiculatum

  S. 125

  Nermuť, Jiří; Půža, Vladimír; Mráček, Zdeněk

• Co-infection interactions between entomopathogenic fungi and Steinernema feltiae using Tenebrio molitor as a model system

  S. 125

  Morris, E. Erin; Jensen, Annette B.; Wynns, Anja A.; Eilenberg, Jørgen

• High-level expression of foreign protein using the partial polyhedrin-fused baculovirus expression system

  S. 126

  Bae, Sung Min; Shin, Tae Young; Choi, Jae Bang; Je, Yeon Ho; Jin, Byung Rae; Woo, Soo Dong

• Assessing entomopathogenic nematode population genetics: a research and teaching approach

  S. 126

  Lewis, Abigail; Jefferson, Logan; Stevens, Glen; Gazdik, Michaela

• Proteomic analysis of the occluded Tipula oleracea nudivirus (ToNV)

  S. 127

  Bézier, Annie; Harichaux, Grégoire; Gaillard, Julien; Musset, Karine; Labas, Valérie; Herniou, Elisabeth A.

• Host specificity and PIFs based phylogeny of Betabaculovirus isolates from Gelechiidae family

  S. 127

  Gómez, Juliana; Villamizar, Laura; Barrera, Gloria; Turco, Cecilia; Belaich, Mariano; Ghiringhelli, Daniel

• Diagnosing the unknown – advancing the taxonomy of aquatic invertebrate viruses

  S. 127

  Bateman, Kelly S.; Stentiford, Grant D.; Oers, Monique M. van

• A natural recombinant between S. frugiperda MNPV and S. litura NPV

  S. 127

  Barrera, Gloria; Villamizar, Laura; Patarroyo, Manuel Alfonso; Simón, Oihane; Caballero, Primitivo; Belaich, Mariano; Ghiringhelli, Daniel

• Regulation and activation of two effector caspases that affect Sindbis virus replication in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

  S. 128

  Huang, Ning; Passarelli, A. Lorena; Clem, Rollie J.

• Proteomic analysis and in vivo diferential gene expression of Trichoplusia ni granulovirus (TnGV)

  S. 128

  Hernández, Angeles Bivián; Zanella-Sainz, Ingrid; Dávila-Alvarez, Paloma; Barboza-Corona, J. Eleazar; León-Galván, Fabiola; Del Rincón-Castro, M. Cristina

• Nucleopolyhedrovirus and microsporidia in winter moth (Operophtera brumata, L.) and bruce spanworm (O. bruceata, Hurst) populations in the Northeast US

  S. 128

  Broadley, Hannah J.; Elkinton, Joseph S.; Burand, John P.; Tian, Lina; Solter, Leellen F.

• Recombinant Iridovirus IIV-6 expresing the Cn-10 neurotoxin from Centruroides noxius scorpion

  S. 129

  Arellano-Villagómez, Flor C.; Ibarra, Jorge E.; Del Rincón-Castro1, M. Cristina

• Identification of a new multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus isolated from the Jasmine moth, Palpita unionalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Egypt

  S. 129

  Kleespies, Regina G.; Wang, Yongjie; El Salamouny, Said; Awad, Mona; Agamy, Essam; Salama, Ramadan; Jehle, Johannes

• Genomic sequencing and analysis of Sucra jujuba nucleopolyhedrovirus

  S. 129

  Liu, Xiaoping; Yin, Feifei; Zhu, Zheng; Hou, Dianhai; Wang, Jun; Zhang, Lei; Wang, Hualin; Hu, Zhihong; Deng, Fei

• Functional analysis of exonuclease gene (012L) of Chilo iridescent virus

  S. 129

  Dizman, Yeşim Aktürk; Sandallı, Cemal; Demirbağ, Zihni; Nalçacıoğlu, Remziye

• Evaluation of the transcriptional transactivation of betabaculovirus regulatory elements in transformed cell lines by alphabaculovirus transcription factors

  S. 130

  Haase, Santiago; Ferrelli, M. Leticia; Pidre, Matías L.; Sciocco-Cap, Alicia; Romanowski, Víctor

• Enhancin genes of Lymantria dispar NPV do not increase potency via metalloprotease activity

  S. 130

  Hoover, Kelli; Slavicek, James; Valaitis, Algimantas P.; Hayes-Plazolles, Nancy; McCarthy, Elizabeth

• Determining the role of P10 during baculovirus infection through the development of novel mutants in Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus

  S. 130

  Graves, Leo; Raza, Farheen; Irons, Sarah L.; Possee, Robert D.; King, Linda A.

• A single baculovirus for the production of recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus 8 vectors

  S. 130

  Galibert, Lionel; Jacob, Aurélien; Bertin, Bérangère; Boutin Fontaine, Marjorie; Bonnin, Delphine; Lecomte, Christophe; Rivière, Christel; Merten, Otto-Wilhelm

• iLOV baculovirus: Using a novel small fluorescent protein for imaging virus proteins during infection

  S. 131

  Raza, Farheen; Irons, Sarah; Graves, Leo; Botchway, Stan; Possee, Robert; King, Linda

• Expression analysis of the nsd-2 gene encoding the putative densovirus receptor in the midgut

  S. 131

  Ito, Katsuhiko; Tabunoki, Hiroko; Yokoyama, Takeshi; Kadono-Okuda, Keiko

• A recombinant Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrosis virus expressing a Cyt1A/GFP chimera in Trichoplusia ni larvae

  S. 131

  Salas-Marina, Miguel A.; Del Rincón-Castro, Cristina; Ibarra, Jorge E.

• A cypovirus VP5 displays the RNA chaperone-like activity that destabilizes RNA helices and accelerates strand annealing

  S. 131

  Yang, Jie; Zhang, Jiamin; Kuang, Yuehua; Hu, Yuanyang

• Simultaneous covert infections with three different RNA viruses in the Lepidoptera Spodoptera exigua

  S. 132

  Jakubowska, Agata K.; D´Angiolo, Melania; González Martínez, Rosa M.; Leiva, Anabel Millán; Carballo, Arkaitz; Murillo, Rosa; Caballero, Primitivo; Herrero, Salvador

• RNA interference and insect-virus interactions

  S. 132

  Neunemann, David; Heckel, David G.; Vogel, Heiko

• Construction and characterization of a recombinant invertebrate iridovirus

  S. 132

  Ozgen, Arzu; Muratoglu, Hacer; Demirbag, Zihni; Vlak, Just M.; Oers, Monique M. van; Nalcacioglu, Remziye

• A novel baculovirus-derived promoter with high activity in the Baculovirus Expression System

  S. 132

  Martinez-Solis, Maria; Gomez-Sebastian, Silvia; Escribano, Jose M.; Jakubowska, Agata K.; Herrero, Salvador

• Studies on existing and new isolates of Cryptophlebia leucotreta granulovirus (CrleGV) on FCM populations from a range of geographic regions in South Africa

  S. 133

  Opoku-Debrah, John K.; Hill, Martin; Moore, Sean; Knox, Caroline

• Sensitivity and vertical transmission of nuclearpolyhedrovirus in various populations of gypsy moth Lymantria dispar

  S. 133

  Polenogova, Olga; Ilyinykh, Alexandr; Kurenschikov, Dmitriy; Ilyinykh, Philipp; Imranova, Elena; Baburin, Alexandr

• Effects of the baculovirus fibroblast growth factor on Sindbis virus replication

  S. 133

  Wu, Wenbi; Clem, Rollie J.; Passarelli, A. Lorena

• “11K” genes family sf68, sf95 and sf138 modulate transmissibility and insecticidal properties of Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus

  S. 134

  Beperet, Inés; Simón, Oihane; Williams, Trevor; López-Ferber, Miguel; Caballero, Primitivo

• Larvicidal activity of an ascovirus from Spodoptera litura against parasitoid wasps

  S. 134

  Sagawa, Shiori; Arai, Eiko; Inoue, Maki; Kunimi, Yasuhisa; Nakai, Madoka

• Establishment of SeMNPV persistent infection and screening of persistent infection associated genes in baculovirus

  S. 134

  Qingbei, Weng; Min, Li; Kai, Yang; Yi, Pang

• Characterization of two ORFs undergoing positive selection in a genotype of Chrysodeixis chalcites single nucleopolyhedrovirus from the Canary Islands

  S. 134

  Simón, Oihane; Palma, Leopoldo; Bernal, Alexandra; Muñoz, Delia; Williams, Trevor; Caballero, Primitivo

• Genome sequence and organization of a Betabaculovirus pathogenicto cassava hornworm, Erinnyis ello ello (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

  S. 135

  Ardisson-Araújo, Daniel M. P.; Melo, Fernando Lucas; Andrade, Miguel S.; Sihler, William; Báo, Sonia N.; Ribeiro, Bergmann M.; Souza, Marlinda L.

• Comparative fitness of a granulovirus mutant possessing larger occlusion bodies than wild type Adoxophyes orana granulovirus

  S. 135

  Uchida, Haruaki; Kunimi, Yasuhisa; Inoue, Maki; Nakai, Madoka

• Analysis of genetic interactions among four non-essential genes of BmNPV

  S. 135

  Taka, Hitomi; Ono, Chikako; Sato, Masanao; Asano, Shin-ichiro; Bando, Hisanori

• Granulovirus detection in larvae of sugarcane borers Diatraea spp. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Colombia

  S. 136

  Guzmán, Cristian; Pinzón, Diana; Ruiz, Carolina; Gómez, Juliana; Espinel, Carlos; Barrera, Gloria; Villamizar, Laura

• Effects of rearing temperature on the susceptibility of larvae of the smaller tea tortrix, Adoxophyes honmai (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to A. honmai nucleopolyhedrovirus

  S. 136

  Yamaga, Takeshi; Nakai, Madoka; Inoue, Maki; Kunimi, Yasuhisa

• Earthworm-mediated dispersal of baculovirus occlusion bodies in soil: a laboratory study

  S. 136

  Infante-Rodríguez, Dennis A.; Muñoz, Delia; Valenzuela, Jorge; Williams, Trevor

• Characterization of nodaviral protein A revealed RNA synthesis and terminal nucleotidyl transferase activity

  S. 136

  Wang, Zhaowei; Zhou, Xi; Li, Dong; Zheng, Congyi

• Your right to know what you eat: On the eccurrence of viable Bacillus thuringiensis in commercial food products

  S. 137

  Federici, Brian

• The impact of herbicide tolerant crops on non-target organisms

  S. 137

  Albajes, Ramon; Lee, Marina S.; Ardanuy, Agnès

• Environmental risk assessment of genetically engineered crops for spiders

  S. 137

  Meissle, Michael; Romeis, Jörg

• Conclusions from 10 years of accumulated evidence from publicly funded field trials research with Bt-maize in Germany

  S. 137

  Rauschen, Stefan

• The next generation of crustacean health: Disease diagnostics using modern transcriptomics

  S. 138

  Clark, K. Fraser; Greenwood, Spencer J.

• Policy, phylogeny, and the parasite

  S. 138

  Stentiford, Grant D.; Feist, Stephen W.; Stone, David M.; Peeler, Edmund J.; Bass, David

• Early mortality syndrome is an infectious disease with a bacterial etiology

  S. 138

  Tran, Loc; Fitzsimmons, Kevin; Lightner, Donald V.

• The Role of biocontrol agents within IPM of Tuta absoluta on tomato in Egypt

  S. 139

  Abd-Elgawad, Mahfouz

• Insecticidal activity of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Shandong toward Brontispa longissima and Cryptothelea variegate

  S. 139

  Bai, Cheng; Liu, Liping; Long, Haibo; Jin, Qian; Peng, Zhengqiang

• Environmental DNA as a tool for detection and identification of aquatic parasites: known unknowns and just plain unknowns

  S. 139

  Hartikainen, Hanna; Stentiford, Grant D.; Bateman, Kelly; Feist, Stephen W.; Stone, David M.; Longshaw, Matt; Ward, Georgia; Wood, Charlotte; Okamura, Beth; Bass, David

• Prospects for using entomopathogenic nematodes to control the vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus, in South African vineyards

  S. 140

  Le Vieux, Patrique D.; Malan, Antoinette P.

• New data on Steinernema ichnusae distribution in the Mediterranean Area

  S. 140

  Tarasco, E.; Clausi, M.; Rappazzo, G.; Oreste, M.; Rubino, L.; Leone, D.; Vinciguerra, M. T.

• Evaluation of entomopathogenic nematodes for control of the diapausing overwintering codling moth population

  S. 140

  Odendaal, Deidré; Addison, F. Matthew; Malan, P. Antoinette

• A new entomopathogenic Oscheius (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) from Italian cave

  S. 140

  Torrini, Giulia; Carletti, Beatrice; Mazza, Giuseppe; Roversi, Pio Federico; Fanelli, Elena; De Luca, Francesca; Troccoli, Alberto; Tarasco, Eustachio

• Perspectives of new nematode formulation technology for biological control to pest insects in Georgia

  S. 141

  Chubinishvili, Mariam; Chkhubianishvili, Tsisia; Kakhadze, Manana; Iatamze, Malania

• Interactions between salivary gland hypertrophy virus and tsetse microbiota

  S. 141

  Uzel, Güler Demirbas; Doudoumis, Vangelis; Augustinos, Antonios; Ouedroogo, Gisele; Parker, Andrew; Boucias, Drion; Bourtzis, Kostas; Abd-Alla, Adly

• Genetic improvement of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

  S. 141

  Ehlers, Ralf-Udo

• Two nucleopolyhedroviruses isolated from the genus Adoxophyes inhibit juvenile hormone (JH) esterase activity but not JH epoxide hydrolase activity

  S. 142

  Saito, Yasumasa; Kamita, Shizuo G.; Hammock, Bruce D.; Kunimi, Yasuhisa; Inoue, Maki N.; Nakai, Madoka

• Temporal proteomics to study virus infection and function in the host cell

  S. 142

  İnce, İkbal Agah; Boeren, Sjef; Vlak, Just; Oers, Monique van

• Mechanisms of tree-top disease induced by the specialist baculovirus SeMNPV

  S. 142

  Han, Yue; Houte, Stineke van; Ros, Vera I. D.; Vlak, Just M.; Oers, Monique M. van

• Characterization of an atypical fast-killing ascovirus: Spodoptera frigiperda ascovirus 1d (SfAV-1d)

  S. 142

  Arai, Eiko; Sagawa, Shiori; Saito, Yasumasa; Cheng, Xiao-Wen; Bideshi, Dennis; Inoue, Maki; Kunimi, Yasuhisa; Federici, Brian; Nakai, Madoka

• The genome of a baculovirus isolated from Lonomia obliqua (Lepidoptera:Saturniidae) reveals a new transcription terminator factor possible acquired from the host

  S. 143

  Wandenkolck, Clara; Aragão, Silva; Ribeiro, Bergmann Morais; Melo, Fernando Lucas

• The essential baculovirus protein VP1054 is a hijacked cellular PURα, a nucleic-acid-binding protein specific for GGN repeats

  S. 143

  Marek, Martin; Romier, Christophe; Galibert, Lionel; Merten, Otto-Wilhelm; Oers, Monique M. van

• Mechanism underlying virus-induced hyperactive behavior: Substrate identification of the baculovirus protein tyrosine phosphatase

  S. 143

  Houte, Stineke van; Embregts, Carmen; Andel, Esther van; Ros, Vera I. D.; Vlak, Just M.; Oers, Monique M. van

• Rapid adaptation of Bacillus thuringiensis to its nematode host Caneorhabditis elegans

  S. 144

  Masri, Leila; Branca, Antoine; Sheppard, Anna; Schulenburg, Hinrich

• Overcoming external immunity: An increase in virulence as a result of host-parasite coevolution in Beauveria bassiana

  S. 144

  Rafaluk, Charlotte; Yang, Wentao; Rosenstiel, Philip; Schulenburg, Hinrich; Joop, Gerrit

• Escaping parasite manipulation: Apoptosis and hostparasite co-evolution in Apis mellifera

  S. 144

  Kurze, Christoph; Lewkowski, Oleg; Le Conte, Yves; Dussaubat, Claudia; Müller, Thomas; Erler, Silvio; Kryger, Per; Moritz, Robin F. A.

• Rapid reciprocal adaptation between the red flour beetle and Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria during experimental coevolution

  S. 145

  Milutinovic, Barbara; Kurtz, Joachim

• Intra-host parasite interactions between co-infecting Bacillus thuringiensis strains

  S. 145

  Klösener, Michaela H.; Bose, Joy; Schulte, Rebecca D.

• Immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis in Tribolium castaneum

  S. 145

  Kurtz, Joachim; Milutinovic, Barbara; Peuss, Robert; Knoblich, Kevin; Eggert, Hendrik; Behrens, Sarah; Greenwood, Jenny

• Experimental evolution in silico: host-parasite coevolution versus parasite adaptation

  S. 145

  Strauß, Jakob; Crain, Philip; Beshir, Sultan; Kurtz, Joachim; Schulenburg, Hinrich; Telschow, Arndt

• The interplay of Paenibacillus larvae with honey larvae during infection

  S. 146

  Genersch, Elke; Fünfhaus, Anne; Garcia-Gonzalez, Eva; Hertlein, Gillian; Poppinga, Lena

• The Bacillus thuringiensis way of life: communicate to kill and survive in the insect host

  S. 146

  Lereclus, Didier

• Means of fast virulence adaption: the plasmid and prophage equipment of selected Bacillus thuringiensis strains

  S. 146

  Hollensteiner, Jacqueline; Kurtz, Joachim; Schulenburg, Hinrich; Liesegang, Heiko

• Antimicrobial defense and persistent infection in insects revisited

  S. 146

  Rolff, Jens

• Vibrio and the intraphagosomal environment: how an oyster pathogen evades intracellular killing in oyster hemocytes

  S. 147

  Vanhove, Audrey; Jacq, Annick; Le Roux, Frédérique; Rubio, Tristan; Calteau, Alexandra; Bachère, Evelyne; Nicod, Julie; Vergnes, Agnès; Lemire, Astrid; Charrière, Guillaume; Destoumieux-Garzón, Delphine

• Establishing the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) as an endophyte in cucurbits for managing Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus

  S. 147

  Jaber, Lara R.; Salem, Nida’

• Bean plant Phaseolus vulgaris endophytically colonized by Beauveria bassiana and Hypocrea lixii acquires protection against Liriomyza huidobrensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in the field

  S. 147

  Gathage, Jane W.; Akutse, Komivi S.; Fiaboe, Komi K. M.; Ekesi, Sunday; Maniania, Nguya K.

• Perceptions, trust, terminology and influence: What do consumers think about biological control?

  S. 148

  Brownbridge, Michael; Grygorczyk, Alexandra

• Colonized plants with entomopathogenic fungi produce mortality in Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae

  S. 148

  Resquín-Romero, Gloria; Delso, Cristina; Campos, Carlos; Ortega, Lola; Garrido-Jurado, Inmaculada; Quesada-Moraga, Enrique

• Beauveria bassiana and California strawberries: endophytic, mycorrhizal, and entmopathogenic interactions

  S. 148

  Dara, Surendra K.

• A phylogenetic survey of protistan parasites

  S. 148

  Bass, David; Hartikaine, Hanna; Berne, Cedric; Neuhause, Sigrid; Ward, Georgia; Stentiford, Grant

• Lysine residues in N-terminal tail of a viral histone H4 are crucial in controlling host gene expression

  S. 149

  Hepat, Rahul; Kim, Yonggyun

• Heat-shock protein 90 is a broadly active regulator for baculovirus infection

  S. 149

  Li, Shufen; Hou, Dianhai; Deng, Fei; Wang, Hualin; Wang, Manli; Hu, Zhihong

• Development and immunity-related microRNAs of the lepidopteran model host Galleria mellonella

  S. 149

  Mukherjee, Krihnendu; Vilcinskas, Andreas

• Bacillus thuringiensis toxins vs baculovirus: differential induction of immune system related genes in Spodoptera exigua

  S. 149

  Crava, Cristina M.; Jakubowska, Agata; Herrero, Salvador; Escriche, Baltasar; Bel, Yolanda

• FP25K acts as a negative regulator in the infectivity improvement of AcMNPV Budded viruses

  S. 150

  Li, Shufen; Wang, Manli; Hu, Zhihong; Deng, Fei; Wang, Hualin

• Effect of a viral encoded protein kinase on gene expression in Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus infected cells

  S. 150

  Muratoglu, Hacer; Nalcacioglu, Remziye; Arif, Basil; Demirbag, Zihni

• The leucines in the transmembrane domain of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus Ac76 are important for intranuclear microvesicle formation

  S. 151

  Wei, Denghui; Wang, Yan; Zhang, Xiaomei; Yuan, Meijin; Yang, Kai

• High-throughput purification of dsRNA against sacbrood virus disease in honey bees Apis cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

  S. 151

  Zhang, Jianqing; Zhang, Yi; Han, Richou