Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Almaden Blrm II, San Jose Hilton
COS 92 - Parasites, pathogens, and hosts
1:30 PMCOS 92-1What is the influence of phytoanticipin production on fungal endophyte community structure?
Megan Saunders, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Linda M. Kohn, University of Toronto at Mississauga
1:50 PMCOS 92-2Occurrence of plant viruses in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma
Vaskar Thapa, Oklahoma State University, Ulrich Melcher, Oklahoma State University, Marilyn Roossinck, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Vijay Muthukumar, Oklahoma State University, Michael W. Palmer, Oklahoma State University
2:10 PMCOS 92-3Anti-pathogen effects of fungal endophytes in roots and leaves of Theobroma cacao: Implications for tropical host plants
Edward Allen Herre, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2:30 PMCOS 92-4Mycoviruses in symbiotic plant-fungal interactions
Olga Blinkova, Oklahoma State University, Nathan R. Walker, Oklahoma State University, Tracy S. Feldman, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
2:50 PMCOS 92-6The role of pathogen infection in field vole (Microtus agrestis) population cycles
Sandra Telfer, Univeristy of Liverpool, Xavier Lambin, University of Aberdeen, Malcolm Bennett, Univeristy of Liverpool, Richard Birtles, Univeristy of Liverpool, Steve Paterson, Univeristy of Liverpool, Mike Begon, Univeristy of Liverpool
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 92-7Temperature and symbiosis: Thermal stress shifts a parasitic relationship to mutualism in a marine invertebrate
Christopher D.G. Harley, University of British Columbia
3:40 PMCOS 92-8Restoring parasites, parasitoids, and pathogens: Using the natural enemies of bumblebees as indicators of restoration success
Kate S.E. Henson, University of Bristol, Jane Memmott, University of Bristol

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