Event
PhD Oral Defense: Chemical Ecology of Azoxyglycosides: Plant-Insect Interactions Between Neotropical Cycads (Zamiaceae) and Leaf Herbivores
Thursday, October 9, 2014 09:15
Macdonald-Stewart Building
MS2-022 (Faculty Lounge), 21111 Lakeshore Road, St Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, CA
PhD Oral Defense of Alberto Prado, Department of Plant Science
Cycad plants protect all their tissues with a group of toxic metabolites, called azoxyglycosides (AZGs). Only specialist herbivores can feed on the cycad foliage. We describe phenological changes in leaf structure and toxicity in the Panamanian cycad Zamia stevensonii which correlate with patterns of activity and herbivory by specialist insects.