Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Plant-Herbivore Interactions and Abiotic Stress
Discussion Leader: Ofer Aidlin Harari (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Rocio Escobar-Bravo (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
"Ultraviolet Radiation Effects on Jasmonic Acid and Salicylic Acid Signaling Modulate Herbivore and Pathogen Resistance in Tomato"
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
Discussion
4:05 pm - 4:20 pm
Ana Salgado (University of Helsinki, Finland)
"Summer Drought Changes the Host Plant Quality and Impacts Its Insect Herbivore"
4:20 pm - 4:25 pm
Discussion
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
General Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Bottom-up Effects and Ecological Consequences of Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Discussion Leader: Megan Blanchard (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Mia Howard (Cornell University, USA)
"Soil Microbes Have the Potential to Mediate the Escalation of Plant Herbivore Defenses over Succession"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Swayamjit Ray (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"Chitinases in Caterpillar Frass Alter Plant Volatile Profiles and Reduce Performance of Subsequent Herbivore"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Amanda Meier (Washington State University, USA)
"Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Alter Herbivore-Predator Interactions"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Yann-Ru Lou (Michigan State University, USA)
"Metabolic Engineering of Solanum Plants for Diverse Acylsugar Chemotypes: Applying Molecular Biology Knowledge to Chemical Ecology"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Grace Freundlich (University of Louisville, USA)
"HIPV Duration and Identity Affect Growth and Reproductive Costs in Phaseolus lunatus Under Field Conditions"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Diversity and Adaptation
Discussion Leader: Katherine Holmes (Cornell University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Ana Miller-ter Kuile (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Eradication of Invasive Rats Alters Aboveground Carbon Storage on Palmyra Atoll"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Bernardus Schimmel (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland)
"Suppression of Plant Defenses Shapes Interactions Between Competing Herbivores"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Rebekka Sontowski (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany)
"Tug of War: The Interaction Between Cabbage Root Flies (Delia spp. ) and Host Plant Defence Compounds"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Ernesto Villacis-Perez (Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Genomics of Host-Race Formation in a Phytophagous Mite"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Lachlan Jones (University of Queensland, Australia)
"Insects Allocate Eggs Adaptively When Host Plants Are Native"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Moe Bakhtiari (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
"Genetically-Based Variation in Below-to-Aboveground Systemic Induction of Glucosinolates Mediates Plant Fitness Consequences Under Herbivore Attack"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Perspectives for the Next Generation of Researchers in Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Discussion Leader: Lauren Brzozowski (Cornell University, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Perspectives in the Science of Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Carmen Blubaugh (Clemson University, USA)
Georg Jander (Boyce Thompson Institute, USA)
Nicole van Dam (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
