September 11, 2016:

Dasheri Auditorium, NCBS Campus, Southern Labs Ground Floor

Session 4: International Chemical Ecology

9:30 – 10:00                KEYNOTE ADDRESS TWO

                                   Robert Raguso, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

                                  “Hyperdiversity and sensory bias: A chemical ecological safari”

10:00– 10:30               11. Frédéric Marion-Poll, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Paris, France

                                    “Taste in insects: How far are we from understanding its neural code?”

10:30– 11:00               12. Andrea Clavijo-McCormick, Massey University, Palmerston North,
                                    New Zealand

“The challenges and responsibilities of endemism: Opportunities for
Indian and NZ collaborations in chemical ecology”

11:00 – 11:30        TEA BREAK

Session 5: Focus on Northeast India

Chairperson: Laishram Singh

11:30 – 11:50              13. Zavei Heise, Nagaland Science and Technology Council, Nagaland

“Perspectives of chemical ecology in Nagaland"

11:50 – 12:10              14. Y. Rajashekar, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal

                                    “Chemical ecology of insect-plant interaction on stored grain pest management”

12:10 - 12:30              15. Mutum Ranjana and T. Shantibala, IBSD, Imphal

                                   “Insects for insect control: Bio-efficacy of Lethocerus indicus (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) against crop and grain pests”

12:30 – 12:50             16. Jharna Chakrabarty, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh

                                    “Insect palatability and safety: A case study from Arunachal Pradesh”

13:00 - 14:30         LUNCH

Session 5 CONTINUED: Focus on Northeast India

Chairperson: Pardeep Bharadwaj

14:30 – 14:50              17. SK Barik, NorthEastern Hill University, Shillong

“Chemical-mediated diverse plant defense mechanisms against
herbivory, and positive associations for enhanced survival value in biodiversity-rich forests of Northeastern India”

15:00 – 15:20              18. PV Shivaprasad, NCBS, Bangalore

                                    “Characterization of the allelopathic rice lines from NE India”

15:20 – 15:40              19. Pardeep Kumar Bhardwaj, IBSD, Gangtok

“Biological and ecological importance of secondary metabolites in
medicinal plants”

15:40 – 16:00              20. DD Joshi, IBSD, Imphal

“Uniqueness of Capsicum chinense from Northwest India and
entrepreneurship”

16:00 - 16:30         TEA BREAK

Round Table Discussion 2: The future of chemical ecology

16:30-18:00                 Chairperson:

                                    Uma Shaankar, UAS, Bangalore                                 

18:00 - 19:00         ECO HOUR

19:30 - 21:30         DINNER