Wednesday, August 6, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
201 A, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 71 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses
1:30 PMEffect of oak host plant species on the colonization dynamics by leaf-tying caterpillars and their associates
Robert J. Marquis, University of Missouri - St. Louis, Richard A. Lankau, University of Illinois, H. George Wang, University of Missouri - St. Louis
1:50 PMDifferential induced response to generalist and specialist herbivores by Lindera benzoin L. (Lauraceae) in sun and shade
Richard A. Niesenbaum, Muhlenberg College, Emily H. Mooney, Muhlenberg College, Erin Jo Tiedeken, Muhlenberg College, Norris Z. Muth, Juniata College
2:10 PMDefense priming against herbivores by plants using volatile cues as indicators of potential attack
Christopher J. Frost, Pennsylvania State University
2:30 PMIntegration of herbivore defense in Populus tremuloides: Ontogeny of resistance and tolerance
Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin, Michael T. Stevens, California State University, Stanislaus, Jack R. Donaldson, Living Biography
2:50 PMJasmonate-mediated plant defenses affect the strength of fear-induced trophic cascades
Ian Kaplan, Cornell University, Jennifer Thaler, Cornell University
3:10 PMBreak
3:20 PMThe effects of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus on plant chemical defenses of Plantago lanceolata L.
Sybille B. Unsicker, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Anna Fontana, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Stefan Hempel, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Michael Reichelt, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jonathan Gershenzon, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
3:40 PMEffects of inbreeding on volatile production and herbivore preference in the common weed, Solanum carolinense
Andrew G. Stephenson, The Pennsylvania State University, Casey M. Delphia, The Pennsylvania State University, Jorge I. Mena-Ali, The Pennsylvania State University, Mark C. Mescher, The Pennsylvania State University
4:00 PMAltered leaf morphology and defense chemistry induction in frost damaged trembling aspen
Sam St.Clair, Brigham Young University, Steven Monson, Brigham Young University, David Cahill, Brigham Young University, Eric Smith, Brigham Young University, John Calder, Brigham Young University, Jiping Zou, Brigham Young University
4:20 PMFitness and mating-system constraints on the evolution of herbivore defenses in Mimulus guttatus
David E. Carr, University of Virginia, Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University, Can Ashley Dai, University of Virginia
4:40 PMIntra- and intergenotype variation in Solidago altissima (Asteraceae) rhizome terpenoids, and the polyacetylene dehydromatricaria ester
Robert H. Johnson III, Medaille College, Rayko Halitschke, Cornell University, Andre Kessler, Cornell University

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