Talk at CES on 28 November 2014 at 4:00 pm titled "Are sex pheromones reproductive isolating mechanisms for two host races of the fall armyworm, *Spodoptera frugiperda*?" by Prof. Jeremy N. McNeil, FRSC from Department of Biology, University of Western On
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Topic:
Are sex pheromones reproductive isolating mechanisms for two host races of the fall armyworm, *Spodoptera frugiperda*?
Speaker:
Prof. Jeremy N. McNeil, FRSC, Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Date & Time:
28 Nov 2014 - 4:00pm
Event Type:
Talk
Venue:
CES Seminar Hall, 3rd Floor, Biological Sciences Building
Coffee/Tea:
Before the talk
Abstract:
Two morphologically indistinguishable host races of the fall armyworm have been identifies and we examined the behavioural and chemical ecology of pheromone mediated mating in the two races, as well as in the hybrids, to determine the possible role of both male and female sex pheromones for reproductive isolation.
Speaker Bio:
Distinguished University Professor, and The Helen Battle Professor of Chemical Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, Canada