BotanyNicki Gustafson
2018 The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany
Nicki Gustafson is a rst- year master’s student at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg. She is interested in how herbivore interactions in uence plant reproduction. Her current project is looking at the potential for specialist herbivores to bene t reproductive e orts in common milkweed. is summer at Blandy Experimental Farm, a research institute in Virginia, Gustafson will be working on pollination studies with common milkweed (Asclepias syrica) and milkweed longhorn beetles (Tetraopes) while mentoring two undergraduate students. She will also be conducting a greenhouse experiment looking at how beetle larvae in uence asexual reproduction.
The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany
To support students' field studies and offer an opportunity to gain knowledge and experience beyond the regular course of study.
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