Dr. Victoria Borowicz
Associate Professor Emeritus
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SLB Science Laboratory Building 415
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- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Research Interests & Areas
Species interactions involving plants. Recent research concerns:
- mycorrhizal fungi and plant-herbivore relations
- resource limitation and the role of a hemiparasitic plant in prairie communities.
Ph D Ecology
The Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
MS Zoology
The Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
BS Science & Environmental Change
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Green Bay, WI
Grants and Contracts
Do hemiparasitic plants increase diversity, and if so, how?
Victoria Borowicz, Anna Scheidel.
Friends of Nachusa Grasslands. March 2019
NFIG: Response of a native parasitic plant to an aggressive alien legume
Victoria Borowicz.
URO. July 1 2014 - June 30 2015
Journal Article
Coming undone: Hemiparasite presence and effects in a prairie grassland diminish over time
Victoria Borowicz, Morgan R Walder, Joseph Armstrong.
Oecologia, 190, 679-688, (2019), 10.1007/s00442-019-04443-8
The Plant Vigor Hypothesis applies to a holoparasitic plant on a drought-stressed host
Bethany Evans, Victoria Borowicz.
Botany, 93 (10), 685-689, (2015), doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2015-0099.
The impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth following herbivory: a search for pattern
Victoria Borowicz.
Acta Oecologica, 52, 1-9, (2013), 10.1016/j.actao.2013.06.004
Verbesina alternifolia Tolerance to the Holoparasite Cuscuta gronovii and the Impact of Drought.
Bethany A Evans, Victoria A Borowicz.
Plants, 2 (4), 635-649, (2013)
Verbesina alternifolia tolerance to the holoparasite Cuscuta gronovii and the impact of drought
Bethany Evans, Victoria Borowicz.
Plants, 2, 635-649, (2013), 10.3390/plants2040635
Resource limitation and the role of a hemiparasite on a restored prairie.
Victoria Borowicz, Joseph Armstrong.
Oecologia, 169, 783-792, (2012), 10.1007/s00442-011-2222-7
Comparison of the effect of early and late removal of second-year garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on first-year plants and deciduous forest and summer-dominant herbaceous groundlayer species in central Illinois, USA
Jamie Herold, M R Anderson, J T Bauer, Victoria Borowicz, R C Anderson.
Ecological Restoratation, 29, 225-233, (2011)
Hemiparasite-host plant interactions and the impact of herbivory: a field experiment.
Mickayla D Van Hoveln, Bethany Evans, Victoria Borowicz.
Botany, 89, 537-544, (2011), 10.1139/B11-045
Effect of removal of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata, Brassicaeae) on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculum potential in forest soils
R C Anderson, M R Anderson, J T Bauer, M Slater, J Herold, P Baumhardt, Victoria Borowicz.
The Open Ecology Journal, 3, 41-47, (2010)
The impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on strawberry tolerance to root damage and drought stress.
Victoria Borowicz.
Pedobiologia, (53), 265-270, (2010), 10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.01.001
Organic farm soil improves strawberry growth but doesn't diminish spittlebug damage.
Victoria Borowicz.
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 33, 1-12, (2009)
Direct and interactive effects of enemies and mutualists on plant performance: a meta-analysis
W F Morris, R A Hufbauer, A A Agrawal, J D Bever, Victoria Borowicz, G S Gilbert, J L Maron, C E Mitchell, I M Parker, A G Power, M E Torchin, D P Vázquez.
Ecology, 88, 1021-1029, (2007)
Interactions between a hemiparasitic plant, Pedicularis canadensis L. (Orobanchaceae), and members of a tallgrass prairie community
A M Hedberg, Victoria Borowicz, Joseph Armstrong.
Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 132, 401-410, (2005)
Effects of nutrient supply and below-ground herbivory by Diaprepes abbreviatus L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on citrus growth and mineral content
Victoria Borowicz, R Alessandro, U Albrecht, R T Mayer.
Applied Soil Ecology, 28, 113-124, (2004)
Effects of nutrient supply on citrus resistance to root herbivory
Victoria Borowicz, U Albrecht, R T Mayer.
Environmental Entomology, 32, 1242-1250, (2003)
Multitrophic interactions of the silverleaf whitefly, host plants, competing herbivores, and phytopathogens
R T Mayer, M Inbar, C L McKenzie, R Shatters, Victoria Borowicz, U Albrecht, C A Powell, H Doostdar.
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 51, 151-169, (2002)
Do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter plant-pathogen relations?
Victoria Borowicz.
Ecology, 82, 3057-3068, (2001)
Effects of nitrogen fertilizer and defoliation on growth, foliar nitrogen, and foliar coumesterol concentrations of soybean
A Q Khanna, Victoria Borowicz, Marjorie Jones.
Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, 92, 167-179, (1999)
A fungal root symbiont modifies plant resistance to an insect herbivore
Victoria Borowicz.
Oecologia, 112, 534-542, (1997)
Effects of benomyl, artificial herbivory, and genotype on carbon transfer between neighbors via VAM fungi
J R Waters, Victoria Borowicz.
Oikos, 71, 246-252, (1994)
Effects of benomyl, clipping, and competition on pre-reproductive growth of Lotus corniculatus
Victoria Borowicz.
Canadian Journal of Botany, 71, 1169-1175, (1993)
Specificity in host-fungus associations: Do mutualists differ from antagonists?
Victoria Borowicz, Steven Anthony Juliano.
Evolutionary Ecology, 5, 385-392, (1991)
Effects of endomycorrhizal infection, artificial herbivory, and parental cross on growth of Lotus corniculatus
Victoria Borowicz, A H Fitter.
Oecologia, 82, 402-407, (1990)
Do vertebrates reject decaying fruit? An experimental test with Cornus amomum fruit
Victoria Borowicz.
Oikos, 53, 74-78, (1988)
Fruit consumption by birds in relation to fat content of pulp.
Victoria Borowicz.
American Midland Naturalist, 119, 121-127, (1988)
Pulp composition and the invasion and decay of fruit by microbes
Victoria Borowicz.
Canadian Journal of Botany, 66, 1068-1072, (1988)
Parasitism of a frugivorous fruit fly, Rhagoletis cornivora, by the wasp Opius richmondi: relationships to fruit and host density
Steven Anthony Juliano, Victoria Borowicz.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65, 1326-1330, (1987)
Inverse density-dependent parasitism of Cornus amomum fruit by Rhagoletis cornivora
Victoria Borowicz, Steven Anthony Juliano.
Ecology, 67, 639-643, (1986)
Social preferences of domestic hens to domestic vs. Red Junglefowl males and females
Victoria Borowicz, H B Graves.
Behavioral Processes, 12, 125-134, (1986)
The effect of fruit condition on germination success of two dogwood species
Victoria Borowicz.
The Michigan Botanist, 25, 11-15, (1986)
Fruit composition and patterns of fruit removal of two Cornus spp.
Victoria Borowicz, A G Stephenson.
Oecologia, 67, 435-441, (1985)
Other
When enemies attack do plants get by with a little help from their friends? Commentary
Victoria Borowicz.
New Phytologist, 169, 644-646, (2006)
Presentations
Combining The Ecological Dynamics of Aboveground and Belowground Processes
Diane Byers, Victoria Borowicz.
International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology; Education and Research, Normal, IL, October, 2015
Plant-enemy relations and the role of plant symbionts
Victoria Borowicz.
ISU, ISU, February 14, 2013