| Sunday |
| 2:00pm-11:00pm | Arrival & Registration |
| 6:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:30pm - 9:35pm | EVENING SESSION:
A new century of plant-herbivore studies |
| 7:30pm | Welcome and introduction
Jack C. Schultz (Chair), Ellen L. Simms (Vice-Chair) |
| 7:45pm - 8:15pm | Ian T. Baldwin (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology),
"Plant-herbivore interactions in the post-genomic era" |
| 8:15pm - 8:30 | Discussion |
| 8:30pm-9:00pm | General discussion |
| Monday |
| 7:30am-8:30am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am-9:10am | Jack C. Schultz, (Penn State), Ellen L. Simms, (UC Berkeley)
Announcements and introduction |
| 9:00am-12:30pm | MORNING SESSION:
Induced defenses |
| 9:00am-9:10am | Discussion Leader: Consuelo DeMoraes (USDA-ARS) |
| 9:10a.m. - 9:35am | Wilhelm Boland (Max Planck ICE),
"Differential induction of plant volatile biosynthesis by microbial and herbivore elicitors" |
| 9:35am - 9:50am | Discussion |
| 9:50am - 10:30am | Photo & Coffee Break |
| 10:30am - 10:55 am | Jim Tumlinson (USDA-ARS),
"The complex language of insect-plant chemical communication" |
| 10:55am - 11:10am | Discussion |
| 11:10am - 11:35am | Edward Farmer (Univ of Lausanne),
"Differential gene expression in damaged leaves: new molecular approaches" |
| 11:35am - 11:50am | Discussion |
| 11:50am-12:15am | Nora Underwood (UC Davis),
"Population level consequences of induced resistance: some theory, some data and mostly unanswered questions" |
| 12:15pm - 12:30pm | Discussion |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm - 6:00pm | Free of all formal activities |
| 6:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:30pm | EVENING SESSION:
Crosstalk in responses to pathogens and insects |
| 7:30pm - 7:40pm | Discussion Leader: Jennifer Thaler (Univ. Toronto) |
| 7:40pm-8:05pm | Richard Bostock (UC Davis),
"Crosstalk in tomato stress signaling to diverse attackers: molecular biology to field assessment" |
| 8:05pm- 8:20pm | Discussion |
| 8:20pm - 8:45pm | Paul Hatcher (Reading),
"Crosstalk in induced responses: ecological implications" |
| 8:45p.m. - 9:00pm | Discussion |
| 9:00pm-9:30pm | General discussion of day's proceedings |
| Tuesday |
| 7:30am-8:30am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am-12:30pm | MORNING SESSION - A
Mechanisms at the plant-herbivore interface |
| 9:00am-9:10am | Discussion Leader: Ellen Simms (UC Berkeley) |
| 9:10am-9:35am | Denise Dearing (Univ. of Utah),
"Mechanisms and costs of detoxification in mammalian herbivores" |
| 9:35am-9:50am | Discussion |
| 9:50am-10:30am | Coffee break |
| 10:30am-10:55am | Richard ffrench-Constant (Univ. Bath),
"Sex, drugs and molecular biology: three short stories in natural selection" |
| 10:55am-11:10am | Discussion |
| 11:10am | MORNING SESSION - B
Endophytes as plant-herbivore mediators |
| 11:10am-11:35am | Keith Clay (Indiana Univ.),
"Neotyphodium endophytes of grasses, alkaloid toxins, and plant-animal interactions" |
| 11:35am-11:50am | Discussion |
| 11:50am-12:15pm | Stan Faeth (Ariz. State Univ.),
"Endophytic fungi: common symbionts but are they mutualists?" |
| 12:15pm-12:30pm | Discussion |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm - 6:00pm | Free of formal programs |
| 6:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:30pm | EVENING SESSION:
Posters |
| Wednesday |
| 7:30am-8:30am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am-12:30pm | MORNING SESSION
Communities and multitrophic cascades |
| 9:00am-9:10am | Discussion Leader: Pedro Barbosa (Univ. of Maryland) |
| 9:10am-9:35am | Dick Root (Cornell),
"Some challenges in measuring the long-term impact of herbivores on perennial plants" |
| 9:35am-9:50am | Discussion |
| 9:50am-10:30am | Coffee break |
| 10:30am-10:55am | Mathew Liebold (Chicago),
"Implications of anti-herbivore traits in plants at the community and ecosystem level: Why tolerance is different than resistance" |
| 10:55am-11:10am | Discussion |
| 11:10am-11:35am | Oswald Schmitz (Yale),
"Herbivore state-dependance and behavior-mediated trophic interactions: toward generalizable theory for the dynamics of plant-herbivore systems" |
| 11:35am-11:50am | Discussion |
| 11:50am-12:15pm | Tom Whitham (N. Ariz. Univ.),
"Plant genetics and ontogeny contribute to community structure and biodiversity" |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Free of formal programs |
| 4:00 - 6:00pm | Posters |
| 6:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:30pm - 9:35pm | EVENING SESSION:
Plants and herbivores at larger spatial scales |
| 7:30pm-7:40pm | Discussion Leader: William Mattson (USDA-FS) |
| 7:40pm-8:05pm | Jim Elser (Ariz. State Univ.),
"Biological stoichiometry from genes to ecosystems" |
| 8:05pm-8:20pm | Discussion |
| 8:20pm-8:45pm | Mark Hunter (Univ. of Georgia),
"From molecules to ecosystems: complex feedback loops among plants, herbivores, and the environment" |
| 8:45pm-9:00pm | Discussion |
| 9:00pm-9:30pm | General discussion of day's proceedings |
| Thursday |
| 7:30am-8:30am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am-12:30pm | MORNING SESSION
Coevolution and adaptation |
| 9:00am-9:10am | Discussion Leader: Heidi M. Appel (Penn State) |
| 9:10am-9:35am | Heiki Roinen and Tommi Nyman (Univ. Joensu, Finland),
"The evolution of willow-galling sawflies" |
| 9:35am-9:50am | Discussion |
| 9:50am-10:30am | Coffee break |
| 10:30am-10:55am | Graham Stone (Univ of Edinburgh, UK),
"The evolution of oak galls and their associated parasitoid communities: a phylogenetic perspective and the beginnings of a comparative approach" |
| 10:55am-11:10am | Discussion |
| 11:10am-11:35am | Fred Gould and Amy Sheck (NC State Univ.),
"Genetics of host range differences between a generalist and specialist caterpillar" |
| 11:35am-11:50am | Discussion |
| 11:50am-12:15pm | Erkki Haukioja (Univ.of Turku, Finland),
"Short-lived herbivores on a long-lived host: short-term and long-term defenses" |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Free of formal programs |
| 4:00 - 6:00pm | Posters |
| 6:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:30pm - 9:30pm | EVENING SESSION:
Risks of deploying transgenic plants |
| 7:30pm-7:35pm | Discussion Leader: Kim Waddell (Nat. Res. Council) |
| 7:35pm-8:00pm | Allison Snow (Ohio State),
"Gene flow from transgenic crops to weeds - when is it a problem? |
| 8:00pm-8:15pm | Discussion |
| 8:15pm-8:40pm | Angelika Hilbeck (Swiss Fed. Inst. Technology, Zurich),
"Ecological implications of transgenic insecticidal plants: An option for sustainable agriculture?" |
| 8:40pm-9:25pm | Discussion |
| 9:25pm-9:30pm | Business meeting |
| Friday |
| 7:30am-8:30am | Breakfast |
| 8:30am | Departures |