What Factors of Smilax Morphology Influence Leaf Miners' Selection?
Location
Armstrong Campus, Solms Hall, Room 214, Session 2
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis Presentation (Open Access)
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Michele Guidone
Faculty Mentor Email
mguidone@georgiasouthern.edu
Presentation Year
2022
Start Date
29-4-2022 2:00 PM
End Date
29-4-2022 3:00 PM
Description
Plants in the genus Smilax display a wide range of leaf morphologies and color variants. These features have been hypothesized to be adaptations to repel herbivores. My research of leaf miner damage on local species found no relationship between mine presence and leaf shape or leaf mottling.
Academic Unit
College of Science and Mathematics
What Factors of Smilax Morphology Influence Leaf Miners' Selection?
Armstrong Campus, Solms Hall, Room 214, Session 2
Plants in the genus Smilax display a wide range of leaf morphologies and color variants. These features have been hypothesized to be adaptations to repel herbivores. My research of leaf miner damage on local species found no relationship between mine presence and leaf shape or leaf mottling.
Comments
Honors thesis is available: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/honors-theses/714/