ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

COS 110 - Mycorrhizae III

Thursday, August 9, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Willow Glen II, San Jose Marriott
8:00 AM
Root and mycorrhizal distribution through the soil profile across a 3 million year semi-arid substrate age gradient
Greg Newman, Colorado State University; Kristin Haskins, The Arboretum at Flagstaff; Howard Van Tuyl, Northern Arizona University; Andrew Kowler, University of Arizona; Steve Hart, Northern Arizona University
8:20 AM
Structure of mycorrhizal fungal communities vary with soil fertility and grazing in the Serengeti grassland
Nancy Johnson, Northern Arizona University; Erica Lindsay, Northern Arizona University; Mark E. Ritchie, Syracuse University
8:40 AM
Soil processes, ectomycorrhizal fungi, and atmospheric nitrogen deposition: What are the connections?
Richard W. Lucas, University of Wyoming; Brenda Casper, University of Pennsylvania
9:00 AM
Effects of different mycorrhizal associations on performance within a plant-hybrid complex
Paul Sochacki, Portland State University; Jennifer M. Rhode, University of North Carolina at Asheville; Mitch Cruzan, Portland State University
9:20 AM
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant secondary chemistry and pollination
Mirka Macel, University of California, Davis; Susan E. Ebeler, University of California, Davis; Sharon Y. Strauss, University of California, Davis
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Turnover of fine roots and mycorrhizae and their relationship with continuous measurements of soil respiration
Rodrigo Vargas, University of California Berkeley; Michael F. Allen, University of California
10:50 AM
Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on an acidic mine site
Kristen R. Hunter-Cevera, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Joseph B. Morton, West Virginia University; Jonathan R. Cumming, West Virginia University