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Section Symposium

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Bodyguards for Plants: Integrating Indirect Defense into Plant Breeding and Pest Management

Sunday, November 5, 2023
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Chesapeake G-H

In-Person

This session will highlight the importance of indirect defenses and their applications in agricultural pest management. This session will explore synergistic effects of plant resistance and natural enemies on pests. 

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM ET
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Micky Eubanks – Texas A&M University

  • 1:35 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    The prospects of exploiting herbivore-induced plant volatiles for crop protection

    Presenting Author: Ted Turlings – University of Neuchatel

  • 2:25 PM – 2:50 PM ET
    Out of the lab and into the field: Can indirect plant defense play a meaningful role in insect pest management?

    Presenting Author: Anjel Helms – Texas A&M University

    Co-author: John Grunseich – Texas A&M University

    Co-author: Danielle Merrell – Texas A&M University

    Co-author: Laura O. Marmolejo – Michigan State University

    Co-author: Garrett Soto – Texas A&M University

  • 2:50 PM – 3:05 PM ET
    Break
  • 3:05 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Plants attracting killers: Using plant resistance to suppress an invasive aphid pest

    Presenting Author: Emily Melissa Russavage (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: David L. Kerns – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Adrianna Szczepaniec – Colorado State University

    Co-Author: William L. Rooney – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Anjel Helms – Texas A&M University

    Co-author: Micky Eubanks – Texas A&M University

  • 3:30 PM – 3:55 PM ET
    The scent of impending doom: Induction of genes involved in indirect plant defenses and implications for pest management

    Presenting Author: Adrianna Szczepaniec – Colorado State University

    Co-author: Micky Eubanks – Texas A&M University

    Co-author: Mahnaz Kiani – Texas A&M University

  • 3:55 PM – 4:20 PM ET
    Genetic crop diversification alters the effect that herbivores have on crop production

    Presenting Author: Luuk Croijmans – Wageningen University

    Co-author: Erik Poelman – Wageningen University

    Co-author: Dirk van Apeldoorn – Wageningen University

  • 4:20 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Indirect plant defense depends on ant behavior in protection mutualisms with aphids

    Presenting Author: Annika S. Nelson (she/her/hers) – University of California

    Co-author: Kailen Mooney – University of California

  • 4:45 PM – 4:50 PM ET
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Micky Eubanks – Texas A&M University