97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

Wednesday, August 8, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

E144, Oregon Convention Center

8:00 AM

COS 86-1

Plant resistance regulates the strength of density-dependent processes in aphid populations
Monica F. Kersch-Becker, Sate University of Campinas; Jennifer S. Thaler, Cornell University

8:20 AM

COS 86-2

Silica as a plant defense against herbivorous insects
Kristine Callis, University of California-Irvine; Kaoru Kitajima, University of Florida; Heather McAuslane, University of Florida; Doug J. Levey, University of Florida

8:40 AM

COS 86-3

Individual and synergistic effects of monoterpenes on caterpillar growth and immune response: Herbivore-induced resistance versus susceptibility
Amy M. Trowbridge, Montana State University; M. Deane Bowers, University of Colorado; Russell K. Monson, University of Arizona

9:00 AM

COS 86-4

Predictions of herbivory in monocultures and mixtures based on plant functional traits
Sebastian T. Meyer, Technische Universität München; Jessy Loranger, Université de Sherbrooke; Bill Shipley, University of Sherbrooke; Wolfgang W. Weisser, Technical University of Munich

9:20 AM

COS 86-5

Methanol production and emission by plants in response to damage and wounding
Patricia A. Oikawa, University of California, Riverside; Lei Li, University of Virginia; Michael Timko, University of Virginia; John Mak, State University of New York; Manuel Lerdau, University of Virginia

9:40 AM

COS 86-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 86-6

The adaptive value and costs of plasticity in the induced defenses and tolerance to herbivory of Solanum carolinense
David W. McNutt, Florida State University; Nora Underwood, Florida State University

10:10 AM

COS 86-7

Rhizobial symbiosis affects higher trophic levels by altering direct and indirect plant defenses
Daniel J. Ballhorn, Portland State University; Stefanie Kautz, Field Museum of Natural History; Martin Schädler, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

10:30 AM

COS 86-8

Concerted effects of direct and indirect plant defenses in nature: A case study using lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.)
Stefanie Kautz, Field Museum of Natural History; Daniel J. Ballhorn, Portland State University

10:50 AM

COS 86-9

Nutrient-allelochemical interactions and generalist insect herbivores: A fitness landscape approach
Marion Le Gall, Texas A&M University

11:10 AM

COS 86-10

Chemical mediation of Penstemon-herbivore interactions: A comparison among Colorado populations
Caitlin A. Kelly, University of Colorado

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COS 86 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses II