Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Plant-Herbivore Interactions: Bridging Multiple Dimensions
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:10 pm - 9:00 pm
"Synergy Between Basic and
Applied Studies of Herbivores and Their Hosts"
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Ecology of Plant-Herbivore Interactions
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Experimental Studies of
Plant-Insect Food Webs in Tropical Rainforests"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"From Tiny Grazers to
Global Impacts of Marine Herbivores"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Causes and Community-Level
Consequences of Clinal Adaptation in a Foundational Plant Species"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Interactive Effects of
Plant Defenses on Herbivore Population Dynamics: Insights from Theory"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
"Insights into the
Nutritional Decisions of Apes and Monkeys in Tropical Forests"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
"Herbivores,
Humans, and the Conundrum of Culture"
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Plant-Herbivore Interactions in Times of -Omics
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Recruiters, Duplicators
and Regulators: Adaptive Strategies of Insects to Host Plant Defenses"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Generalism and Specialism in the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci Species Complex: Insights from RNAseq and Metabolomics Analyses"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Leucine Aminopeptidase: A Plastid-Localized Regulator of Wound Signaling and Herbivore Defense"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Healthy Plant Protection: An Eco-Metabolomic Approach"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Induced Responses by Intimate Enemies
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
"Spiral Gall Aphid Effects
on Black Poplar: Phytochemistry and Consequences for Other Tree Antagonists"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
"Rice Nematodes: Activation
or Suppression of Plant Defense?"
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Priming and Induced Responses in Plants
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Induced and Primed
Responses by Early Herbivory: The Dialog Between Herbivore Eggs and Plants"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Root-Fungal Symbionts:
Allies in Multitrophic Interactions"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Plant Resistance and the
Ecology of Fear"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Regulation of Induced Defenses
by Photoreceptors. Ecological Context and Molecular Mechanisms"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Plant-Herbivore Interactions: An Evolutionary Perspective
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
"Detoxification
or Sequestration in a Specialist Aphid: Functional Mechanisms and Eco-Evolutionary Patterns"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
"Plant-Insect Interactions
in Deep-Time: Climate, Ecology and Digital Futures"
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Herbivores Overcoming the Challenges of Feeding on Plants
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"The Western Corn Rootworm Stabilizes, Integrates and Reactivates Plant Secondary Metabolites to Protect Itself Against Entomopathogenic Nematodes"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Individual Nutritional
State Mediates Insect Susceptibility to Bt Toxins in Transgenic Plants"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Microbial Symbionts Involved in Plant Adaptation of Their Insect Hosts"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Friends for Life: Gut Microbes Allow Mammalian Herbivores to Consume Toxic Plants"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Effects
of Global Change on Plant-Herbivore Interactions
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
"Nutrient-Dependent Thermal
Sensitivity in Insect Herbivores: Effects of Temperature on Nutrient Intake,
Utilization, and Performance"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
"Global Change and Insect Pests"
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure