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Valentine Camp

01 Jul, 01 PM - 15 Jul, 01 PM

We have been interested in understanding volatile communication between sagebrush plants that allow them to adjust their defenses against insect herbivores. This past year we found that populations that had higher levels of pressure from herbivores exhibited fewer chemotypes. We hypothesize that risk of herbivory selected for plants that could respond to cues from most other individuals (fewer chemotypes). Patches of sagebrush at Valentine and along Convict Cr have experienced outbreaks of leaf beetles over the past seasons. We now hypothesize that plants of common chemotypes in outbreak areas will experience less damage and will produce more flowers than plants of rare chemotypes.

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Communication between sagebrush plants

faculty - University of California, Davis

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Rick Karban Jul 1 - 15, 2021 (15 days)

Pamela Huntzinger Jul 1 - 15, 2021 (15 days)

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