BIOEE 7640 - Plant-Insect Interactions Seminar

(crosslisted)
(also BIONB 7640, ENTOM 7640)

Fall, spring. 1 credit. (May be repeated for credit) S-U grades only.

Permission of instructor or graduate standing required.

A. Agrawal, A. Kessler, R. Raguso, J. Thaler.

Group intensive study of current research in plant-insect interactions. Topics vary from semester to semester but include chemical defense, coevolution, insect community structure, population regulation, biocontrol, tritrophic interactions, and mutualism.

Outcome 1: Students will be able to read, synthesize, and discuss findings from original scientific research in the ecology and evolution of plants interacting with their environment