COS 71 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses

Wednesday, August 6, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
201 A, Midwest Airlines Center
1:30 PM
 Effect of oak host plant species on the colonization dynamics by leaf-tying caterpillars and their associates
Robert J. Marquis, University of Missouri - St. Louis; Richard A. Lankau, University of Georgia; H. George Wang, Smithsonian Institution
1:50 PM
 Differential induced response to generalist and specialist herbivores by Lindera benzoin L. (Lauraceae) in sun and shade
Richard A. Niesenbaum, Muhlenberg College; Emily H. Mooney, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; Erin Jo Tiedeken, Trinity College Dublin; Norris Z. Muth, Juniata College
2:30 PM
 Integration of herbivore defense in Populus tremuloides: Ontogeny of resistance and tolerance
Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin; Michael T. Stevens, Utah Valley University; Jack R. Donaldson, Living Biography
2:50 PM
 Jasmonate-mediated plant defenses affect the strength of fear-induced trophic cascades
Ian Kaplan, Purdue University; Jennifer Thaler, Cornell University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 The effects of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus on plant chemical defenses of Plantago lanceolata L.
Sybille B. Unsicker, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Anna Fontana, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology; Stefan Hempel, Freie Universitaet Berlin; Michael Reichelt, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Jonathan Gershenzon, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology
3:40 PM
 Effects of inbreeding on volatile production and herbivore preference in the common weed, Solanum carolinense
Andrew G. Stephenson, The Pennsylvania State University; Casey M. Delphia, The Pennsylvania State University; Jorge I. Mena-Ali, The Pennsylvania State University; Mark C. Mescher, ETH Zurich
4:00 PM
 Altered leaf morphology and defense chemistry induction in frost damaged trembling aspen
Sam St.Clair, Brigham Young University; Steven Monson, Brigham Young University; David Cahill, Brigham Young University; Eric Smith, Brigham Young University; John Calder, Brigham Young University; Jiping Zou, Brigham Young University
4:20 PM
 Fitness and mating-system constraints on the evolution of herbivore defenses in Mimulus guttatus
David E. Carr, University of Virginia; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University; Can Ashley Dai, University of Virginia
4:40 PM
 Intra- and intergenotype variation in Solidago altissima (Asteraceae) rhizome terpenoids, and the polyacetylene dehydromatricaria ester
Robert H. Johnson III, Medaille College; Rayko Halitschke, Cornell University; Andre Kessler, Cornell University
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