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Dr. Coby Schal, NC State University

April 24 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

A Narrow Chemosensory Adaptation to Pest Control Drives Broad Resistance and Sexual Conflict

Coby Schal, Ph.D., North Carolina State University

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Abstract

Cockroaches pose significant challenges to human health, especially in affordable housing where resources needed to implement IPM are scarce. Significant barriers to effective pest interventions also include poor choice of control strategies, and rampant insecticide resistance. In response to strong selection with insecticide-containing baits that also contain glucose to stimulate feeding, populations of the German cockroach have rapidly evolved a novel heritable behavior, aversion of glucose, which is highly adaptive because these cockroaches avoid eating toxic baits. Our recent studies showed that the glucose aversion phenotype extends well beyond glucose, as more complex sugars are hydrolyzed by cockroach saliva into glucose monomers. Glucose aversion also profoundly affects other behaviors including courtship.


The GGA Seminar Series is held In-Person and on Zoomhttps://ncsu.zoom.us/j/99571426936?pwd=L2tqQjRUOWMzK1BkSFZSQXprYnRVQT09

Details

Date:
April 24
Time:
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Event Category:

Organizer

GGA
Phone:
919-515-1651
Email:
rsstojan@ncsu.edu

Venue

Stephens Room, 3503 Thomas Hall OR Zoom
112 Derieux Place
Raleigh, NC 27607 United States
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