COS 61 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses I

Tuesday, August 7, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
E142, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Plants with extrafloral nectaries: Our current understanding of phylogenetic and taxonomic distributions
Marjorie G. Weber, Cornell University; Kathleen Keeler, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
1:50 PM
 Cyanogenesis in rubber tree: Post-translational regulation of the cyanogenic response
Daniel Kadow, University of Hamburg; Friedrich Buck, University of Hamburg; Dirk Selmar, Technical University Braunschweig; Reinhard Lieberei, University of Hamburg; Daniel J. Ballhorn, Portland State University
2:10 PM
 Genetic modification of cellulosic biofuel crops: Implications for pest susceptibility
Christine Buhl, University of Wisconsin; Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Communication among sagebrush benefits receiver plants and is slightly more effective among kin
Rick Karban, University of California at Davis; Kaori Shiojiri, Kyoto University; Satomi Ishizaki, Niigata University
3:40 PM
 Evolution of plant defense in real time: A multigenerational field experiment
Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University; Marc Johnson, University of Toronto; Amy P. Hastings, Cornell University; Juha-Pekka Salminen, University of Turku; John L. Maron, The University of Montana
4:20 PM
 Beetle versus bergamot: Evidence for intraspecific chemical specialization
Ken Keefover-Ring, UmeƄ Plant Science Centre