COS 115 - Plant-insect interactions: Chemical defenses and induction

Thursday, August 9, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
San Carlos I, San Jose Hilton
8:00 AM
 Biogeography of Alaska paper birch (Betula neoalaskana): Latitudinal patterns in chemical defense and plant architecture
Michael T. Stevens, Utah Valley University; John P. Bryant, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Sarah C. Brown, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Helen M. Bothwell, Northern Arizona University; Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin; Donald M. Waller, University of Wisconsin
8:20 AM
 Secondary compounds: A search for consistency and clarity
David C. Haak, Indiana University; Joshua J. Tewksbury, Future Earth; Doug Levey, University of Florida
9:00 AM
9:20 AM
 Elevated CO2 and plant-insect interactions: Connecting gene expression to ecological responses
Evan DeLucia, University of Illinois; Clare L. Casteel, University of Illinois; Bridget F. O'Neill, University of Illinois; Jorge A. Zavala, Facultad de Agronomia, UBA-CONICET; Arthur R. Zangerl, University of Illinois; May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 QTL mapping in a foundation tree (Populus) reveals a potential relationship between introgression, ecologically significant traits, and community phenotypes
Scott A. Woolbright, Northern Arizona University; Matt Zinkgraf, Northern Arizona University; Gancho Slavov, West Virginia University; Jennifer A. Schweitzer, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Gery Allan, Northern Arizona University; Brian Rehill, U.S. Naval Academy; Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin; Steve DiFazio, West Virginia University; Tom Whitham, Northern Arizona University; Paul Keim, Northern Arizona University
10:10 AM
 Guild-specific herbivory alters physiology and the induction of plant defenses in Nicotiana attenuata
Paul D. Nabity, University of Illinois; Jorge A. Zavala, Facultad de Agronomia, UBA-CONICET; Ian T. Baldwin, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Evan H. DeLucia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:30 AM
 Regulation of insect-induced plant defenses by competition signals in the light environment
Carlos L. Ballaré, University of Buenos Aires, IFEVA-CONICET; Miriam M. Izaguirre, University of Buenos Aires; Carlos A. Mazza, University of Buenos Aires and IFEVA-CONICET; Javier E. Moreno, University of Buenos Aires
10:50 AM
 Induction of chemical defences in response to browsing: Effects of artificial and natural browsing by introduced Rusa deer on the eucalypt Corymbia gummifera
Emilie Kissler, The University of Sydney; Ross A. Coleman, The University of Sydney; Clare McArthur, The University of Sydney
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