COS 32
Plant-Insect Interactions II

Tuesday, August 6, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
M100HC, Minneapolis Convention Center
8:20 AM
 Macronutrient content of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) tissues across genotypes and environments: an indicator of resource quality for insect herbivores
Carrie A. Deans, Texas A&M University; Justin G. Fiene, Texas A&M University; Gregory A. Sword, Texas A&M University; Spencer T. Behmer, Texas A&M University
8:40 AM
 You are what you eat: the effect of Euphydryas phaeton’s novel host plant use on its morphology
Aubrie R.M. James, Iowa State University; Greg A. Breed, Harvard University; Elizabeth E. Crone, Tufts University
9:00 AM
 Is cryptic diversity in the Pilosella leaf gall wasp associated with geography, host plant, or Wolbachia?
Chandra E. Moffat, University of New Brunswick; Robert G. Lalonde, University of British Columbia Okanagan; Jason Pither, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus; Gitta Grosskopf-Lachat, CABI Europe-Switzerland; Kevin D. Floate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
9:20 AM
 Consequences of root herbivory for aboveground plant interactions with herbivores, pollinators, and a fungal pathogen
Nicholas A. Barber, Northern Illinois University; Nelson J. Milano, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; E. Toby Kiers, Vrije Universiteit; Nina Theis, Elms College; Ruth V. Hazzard, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Lynn S. Adler, University of Massachusetts
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Interaction of native and invasive grasses with a generalist herbivore insect
Alina Avanesyan, University of Cincinnati; Theresa M. Culley, University of Cincinnati
10:10 AM
 Drivers of grassland invertebrate communities: Effects of soil nutrient availability on invertebrate resource limitation
Kimberly J. La Pierre, UC Berkeley; Melinda D. Smith, Colorado State University
10:30 AM
 Landscape simplification and plant tolerance responses to herbivory affect the outcome of plant-herbivore interactions
Katja Poveda, Cornell University; Maria Fernanda Diaz, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
10:50 AM
 Plant responses to herbivores and their effects on pest outbreaks
Christopher R. Stieha, Cornell University; Karen C. Abbott, Case Western Reserve University; Katja Poveda, Cornell University
11:10 AM
 Nectar plant abundance and richness are not primary drivers of monarch ovipositing patterns at a local scale
Elizabeth M. Stelzner, Michigan State University; Carolyn M. Malmstrom, Michigan State University