Cross-disciplinary Innovations in EPG Science to Address Current and Emerging Issues

Organizer(s)

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  Anastasia Cooper (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Pathobiology
  Auburn University
  Opelika, Alabama
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  Berenice Romero (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral researcher
  Entomology
  Louisiana State University
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana

What do aphids, mosquitoes, and varroa mites have in common? They Suck!...fluids from their hosts, making their feeding behaviors challenging to study. Meet future collaborators and learn about recent advances and new applications of electropenetrography (EPG) for the quantification of cryptic probing and ingestion behaviors of diverse piercing-sucking arthropods.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Anastasia M. Cooper (she/her/hers) – Auburn University
• 8:05 AM – 8:25 AM MST

  Innovations in EPG technology accelerate its application to new and emerging issues in agriculture
  

  Presenting Author: Elaine A. Backus (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: William Patterson – Interdisciplinary Consulting Corp

  Co-Author: Timothy Ebert – University of Florida
• 8:25 AM – 8:45 AM MST

  The probing behavior and vector potential of Melanaphis sacchari in transmitting sorghum mosaic virus
  

  Presenting Author: Jeffrey Davis – Louisiana State University
• 8:45 AM – 9:05 AM MST

  Using electrical penetration graph data to reveal the effects of a bacterial plant pathogen and symbiont on psyllid phenotypic plasticity
  

  Presenting Author: Kerry Elizabeth Mauck – University of California

  Co-author: Marco Gebiola – University of Naples Federico II
• 9:05 AM – 9:25 AM MST

  Connecting gut contents to insect feeding/probing behavior and implications for data interpretation
  

  Presenting Author: Gina M. Angelella – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Rodney Cooper – USDA-ARS
• 9:25 AM – 9:35 AM MST

  Break
• 9:35 AM – 9:55 AM MST

  Blood-feeding arthropods: Thoughts and considerations when setting up your EPG study
  

  Presenting Author: Anastasia M. Cooper (she/her/hers) – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Kathryn Reif – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Kristopher Silver (he/him/his) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Dana Mitzel – USDA-ARS
• 9:55 AM – 10:15 AM MST

  Use of electropenetrography (EPG) and histology to understand the feeding behaviors and biomechanics of Varroa destructor mites on honey bee pupae
  

  Presenting Author: Andrew Y. Li – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Steven Cook – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Daniel E. Sonenshine (he/him/his) – National Institute of Health

  Co-Author: Francisco Posada-Florez – USDA-ARS
• 10:15 AM – 10:35 AM MST

  Characterization of the probing behaviors of the hibiscus mealybug, Nipaecoccus viridis trialing different tethering materials and AC-DC EPG setting
  

  Presenting Author: Emilie Pauline Demard (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Lauren M. Diepenbrock (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Elaine A. Backus (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
• 10:35 AM – 10:45 AM MST

  Break
• 10:45 AM – 11:35 AM MST

  Discussion
• 11:35 AM – 11:40 AM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Anastasia M. Cooper (she/her/hers) – Auburn University