Session: Plant-insect interactions: Chemical defenses and induction (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

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

COS 115-2

Secondary compounds: A search for consistency and clarity
David C. Haak, Indiana University; Joshua J. Tewksbury, Future Earth; Doug Levey, University of Florida

8:40 AM

COS 115-3

The multivariate defences of Solanum carolinense in the field
Stuart Campbell, Cornell University

9:00 AM

COS 115-4

Patterns of local adaptation in an insect-plant interaction
Rodrigo Cogni, Stony Brook University

9:20 AM

COS 115-5

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

COS 115-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 115-6

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

COS 115-7

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

COS 115-8

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

COS 115-9

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

11:10 AM

COS 115-10

Induced airborne volatiles coordinate systemic defense responses to insect herbivores
Christopher J. Frost, Pennsylvania State University

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