COS 71 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses

Thursday, August 11, 2016: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Palm A, Ft Lauderdale Convention Center
8:00 AM
Impacts of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on interactions between plants and herbivores
Amanda R. Meier, University of Georgia; Mark D. Hunter, University of Michigan
8:20 AM
An assessment of the molecular mechanisms contributing to tolerance to apical damage in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana
Daniel Scholes, University of Indianapolis; Justin Dalrymple, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Joshua M. Mesa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Joshua A. Banta, University of Texas at Tyler; Ken N. Paige, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8:40 AM
The effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration on a parasite of monarch butterflies
Leslie E. Decker, University of Michigan; Jacobus C. de Roode, Emory University; Mark D. Hunter, University of Michigan
9:00 AM
How plant/herbivore interactions shape the evolution of secondary metabolites and the local diversity of a speciose genus of tropical tree (Inga, Fabaceae)
Phyllis D. Coley, University of Utah; Maria-José Endara, University of Utah; Dale Forrister, University of Utah; Kyle G. Dexter, University of Edinburgh; Natasha Wiggins, University of Tasmania; Toby Pennington, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; James Nichols, University of Edinburgh; Graham Stone, University of Edinburgh; Catherine Kidner, Royal Botanic Garden; Thomas A. Kursar, University of Utah
9:20 AM
Herbivores on plants: Ecological tracking or coevolutionary arms-race?
Maria-José Endara, University of Utah; Gabrielle Ghabash, University of Utah; James Nicholls, University of Edinburgh; Kyle G. Dexter, University of Edinburgh; Graham Stone, University of Edinburgh; Toby Pennington, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; Phyllis D. Coley, University of Utah; Thomas A. Kursar, University of Utah
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Plant tolerance and resistance: Alternative defense responses to herbivory?
J. Miles Mesa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Daniel Scholes, University of Indianapolis; Ken N. Paige, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:10 AM
Nutrient supply and simulated herbivory differentially influence the content and the potential effectiveness of glucosinolate-based defense system in brassica species
Makhdora Almuziny, Clemson University; Vidya Suseela, Clemson University; Nishanth Tharayil, Clemson University
10:30 AM
Adaptation and diversification of plant strategies in response to the combined selective pressures of nutrient limitation and herbivore grazing
Thomas Koffel, INRA/IRD/CIRAD/Montpellier SupAgro, Michigan State University; Tanguy Daufresne, INRA/IRD/CIRAD/Montpellier SupAgro; François Massol, Université Lille 1; Christopher A. Klausmeier, Michigan State University
10:50 AM
Tropical leaf defense chemistry in an increasingly oxidizing atmosphere
Gerald F. Schneider, University of Utah; Klaus Winter, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Benjamin L. Turner, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Alexander W. Cheesman, James Cook University
11:10 AM Cancelled
COS 71-10
Performance, survival, and host chemistry use of Chrysomela tremula larvae on different aspen chemotypes (widthdrawn)
Ken Keefover-Ring, University of Wisconsin; Ninon Martin, École Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires; Solange Roberts, École Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires
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