Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Herbivore Adaptations for Optimal Performance on Plants
Discussion Leader: Gauri Binayak (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Johannes Körnig (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany)
"Costs and Benefits of Myrosinase Gene Copy Number Polymorphism in a Glucosinolate Sequestering Insect"
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
Discussion
4:05 pm - 4:20 pm
Kaley Hallmark (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Larval History Effects on Morphology, Flight Metabolic rate, and Longevity of lab-reared Monarch Butterflies"
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
Multi-trophic Interactions and Ecological Networks
Discussion Leader: Jessica Kansman (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Els van de Zande (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
"Biological Control in Circular Agriculture - Using Insect Residual Streams to Prime Plant Defenses and Attract Parasitoids"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Sujay Paranjape (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Cover Crops Influence Indirect Defence of Maize Against fall Armyworm and Corn Leaf Aphids"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Luuk Croijmans (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
"Crop Diversity Outweighs Nectar Provision and Volatile Attraction to Enhance Natural Biological Control in Strip Intercropping"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Anna Parker (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)
"Combined Effects of Heat Stress and a Novel, Introduced Host Plant on a Tritrophic System"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Dale Forrister (University of Utah, United States)
"Leafing Phenology and Insect Seasonality in an ever-wet Tropical Forest"
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
Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions in a Changing Environment
Discussion Leader: Chase Stratton (The Land Institute, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Annika Nelson (Virginia Tech, United States)
"Changes in Plant Chemical Traits Across Space and Time Mediate Interactions with Fruit Consumers"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Megan Blanchard (Northern Arizona University, United States)
"Testing the role of Gibberellin in Mediating Differences in Allocation to Reproduction and Herbivore-Resistance in Locally-Adapted Monkeyflowers"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Rituparna Ghosh (INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, PUNE, India)
"Chemical Ecology of Himalayan Eggplant Variety’s Antixenosis: Identification of Geraniol as an Oviposition Deterrent Against the Eggplant Shoot and Fruit Borer"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Juan Pablo Jordan (Cornell University, United States)
"Maize Intercropping Differentially Changes Plant Secondary Metabolism and Mediates Resistance to Herbivores"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Quint Rusman (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
"Turn up the Heat: An Experimental Test of the Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution Theory in a Plant-Pollinator-Herbivore System"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Bram Kamps (Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands)
"Adaptations to Water Gradient in Three Rorippa Plant Species Affect Plant Defence to Insect Herbivory Under Drought and Waterlogged Conditions"
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 on Career Planning in the Academia and Private Sector
Discussion Leader: Katherine Barragán Fonseca (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Perspectives on Career Planning in the Academia and Private Sector
Deane Bowers (University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
Katja Poveda (Cornell University, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes