ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Almaden Blrm II, San Jose Hilton

1:30 PM

COS 92-1

What is the influence of phytoanticipin production on fungal endophyte community structure?
Megan Saunders, University of California Santa Cruz; Linda M. Kohn, University of Toronto

1:50 PM

COS 92-2

Occurrence of plant viruses in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma
Vaskar Thapa, Oklahoma State University; Ulrich Melcher, Oklahoma State University; Marilyn Roossinck, Pennsylvania State University; Vijay Muthukumar, Oklahoma State University; Michael W. Palmer, Oklahoma State University

2:10 PM

COS 92-3

Anti-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 PM

COS 92-4

Mycoviruses in symbiotic plant-fungal interactions
Olga Blinkova, Oklahoma State University; Nathan R. Walker, Oklahoma State University; Tracy S. Feldman, The University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

2:50 PM

COS 92-6

The 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

COS 92-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 92-7

Temperature and symbiosis: Thermal stress shifts a parasitic relationship to mutualism in a marine invertebrate
Christopher D.G. Harley, University of British Columbia

3:40 PM

COS 92-8

Restoring 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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