Twelfth International
Symposium on Insect-Plant
Relationships
The twelfth International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships
(SIP) will take place in Berlin, Germany, from August 7 to 12,
2004.
For further information visit http://www.biologie.fu-berlin.de/SIP12-Berlin
or contact us via e-mail: SIP12@zedat.fu-berlin.de
The Symposium
Studies of interactions between plants and herbivorous
insects cover a fascinating and multifaceted research field.
The enormous geno- and phenotypic plasticity of plants meets
the richness of insect species and their great adaptive
abilities. The high diversity of both plant secondary
metabolites and chemicals used by insects for communicative
and defensive purposes make the interactive net between the
first and higher trophic levels very sophisticated. Analyses
of insect - plant interactions need to be embedded into the
complex food web, which also includes hidden players, such
as symbiotic microorganisms as well as phyto- and
entomopathogens. To gain deep insight into insect - plant
interactions, scientific approaches from different
perspectives are necessary, which range from molecular to
physiological, chemical, ecological and evolutionary points
of view. New results of studies on insect - plant
interactions may not only promote our scientific curiosity,
but could also help to develop novel and intelligent methods
for crop protection.
The International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships (SIP)
will take place for the 12th time. In 2004, Berlin will host this
symposium. The birthplace of this symposium is Wageningen, The
Netherlands, where Professor de Wilde organised the first meeting
in 1958. During the past decades, the symposium was held in several
European countries and was attended by scientists coming from all
over the world. Following the tradition of the symposium different
facets of insect-plant relationships will be highlighted from a
multidisciplinary perspective. Like former symposia on insect-plant
relationships, also SIP 12 will put special emphasis on the
presentation of emerging new routes and hitherto neglected aspects.
The oral and poster contributions intend to induce vivid
discussions among participants from different disciplines. This
scientific exchange aims to stimulate a look beyond the end of ones
nose (antenna, top leaf) in order to open new doors in the research
field of insect-plant-relationships.
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