94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)
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COS 76 - Mycorrhizae and Plant-Fungal Interactions

Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Grand Pavillion I, Hyatt
Presider:
Ariel Novoplansky
1:30 PM
COS 76-1
Conspecific tree-soil feedbacks reduce survivorship and growth of tropical tree seedlings
Sarah McCarthy-Neumann, Michigan State University; Richard K. Kobe, Michigan State University
1:50 PM
COS 76-2
Relative abundance patterns of adult tropical trees arise from species-specific differences in strengths of negative plant-soil feedback
Scott A. Mangan, Washington University in St. Louis; Stefan A. Schnitzer, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Edward Allen Herre, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Mariana C. Valencia, University of Illinois at Chicago; Evelyn Sanchez, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2:10 PM
COS 76-3
Evolutionary declines in the soil-mediated impacts of Alliaria petiolata
Richard A. Lankau, University of Georgia
2:30 PM
COS 76-4
Fungal symbionts in dominant grasses: A comprehensive view of plant-fungal systems at different scales
Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Western Illinois University; Jose Herrera, National Science Foundation; Hana Khidir, Truman State University; Douglas Eudy, Truman State University; Robert Sinsabaugh, University of New Mexico; Don O. Natvig, University of New Mexico
2:50 PM
COS 76-5
Assessing the effects of simultaneous microbial associations on common host plant response
Anna Larimer, Indiana University; James D. Bever, Indiana University; Keith Clay, Indiana University
3:10 PM
COS 76-
Break
3:20 PM
COS 76-6
Why generalist fungi may matter in shaping plant diversity: Parsing out fungal function in a multispecies context
Michelle H. Hersh, Eastern Michigan University; James Clark, Duke University; Rytas Vilgalys, Duke University
3:40 PM
COS 76-7
Local intraspecific phenotypic variation in the AM fungus Gigaspora gigantea
Brenda Casper, University of Pennsylvania; Baoming Ji, Indiana University
4:00 PM
COS 76-8
Arbuscular mycorrhizae augment Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) nutrient acquisition and growth
Marissa R. Lee, Duke University; Cong Tu, North Carolina State University; Shuijin Hu, North Carolina State University
4:20 PM
COS 76-9
Transgenes in maize: Evidence of reduced arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in multiple Bt maize isolines
Tanya E. Cheeke-Icoz, Portland State University; Mitchell B. Cruzan, Portland State University; Todd N. Rosenstiel, Portland State University
4:40 PM
COS 76-10
Tri-tropic interaction: Antagonistic versus mutualistic effects of mycorrhizal fungi on plant compensation following herbivory
Cassandra M. Allsup, University of Illinois; Ken N. Paige, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
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