University of Florida Department of Entomology
and Nematology
GUEST LECTURER SEMINAR SERIES
Natural Area Drive, University of Florida
September
7: Dr.
Robert W. Pemberton,
Invasive Plant Research Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Do
orchid bees need orchids? Evidence from a naturalized orchid bee in Florida”
“Modeling
arboviruses in Florida”
“Eavesdropping
between plants increases resistance to herbivores”
“Update
on whitefly transmission of begomoviruses”
Title
TBA
October
12: Dr. Billy
Crow, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida
“Turfgrass
nematology: science with a twist”
October
19: Dr. Steve Lapointe,
Research Entomologist, USDA, Fort Pierce, FL
“Examples
of IPM on three continents: where does integration occur?”
October
26: Dr.
Wayne Hunter, Research Entomologist, USDA, Fort Pierce, FL
“Virus
reduces glassy-winged sharpshooters”
November 2: Dr. Jane Southworth, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida
Title TBA
November
9: Dr.
Jim Marden, Professor,
Department of Biology, Penn State University, PA
“Molecules to metapopulations:
integrative biology of insect flight”
November
16: Dr. Bert Holldobler,
Foundation Professor of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, AZ
“Order
in chaos: communication and cooperation in ant societies”
November 30: Dr. Anthony Shelton, Professor, New York State Experimental Station, Geneva, Cornell University, NY
“Bt plants: are they sustainable?”