98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013)

COS 78 - Mycorrhizae

Wednesday, August 7, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
L100I, Minneapolis Convention Center
1:30 PM
What lies beneath: A continental survey of ectomycorrhizal fungal spore banks
Sydney I. Glassman, University of California, Berkeley; Thomas D. Bruns, University of California
1:50 PM
Aggregated and complimentary: Fine root distribution patterns in a temperate deciduous forest
Oscar J. Valverde, Kent State University; Kurt A. Smemo, The Holden Arboretum; Larry M. Feinstein, Kent State University; Mark W. Kershner, Kent State University; Christopher Blackwood, Kent State University
2:10 PM
AMF effects on diversity vary with relative nitrogen, water, and light availability, but not phosphorus availability
Jonathan A. Bennett, University of Tartu; James F. Cahill Jr., University of Alberta
2:30 PM
MOVED TUES, COS 18-10, 10:50 AM // The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity on corn response to drought stress
Angel E. Cruz, North Carolina State University; Michelle Schroeder-Moreno, North Carolina State University; Dolly Watson, North Carolina State University
2:50 PM
Exploring the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in freshwater wetlands of the tallgrass prairie
Sally S. Kittrell, Oklahoma State University; Janette A. Steets, Oklahoma State University; Gail Wilson, Oklahoma State University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Uncoupling the effects of phosphorus and precipitation on arbuscular mycorrhizas in the Serengeti
Jeffrey R. Propster, Northern Arizona University; Mark E. Ritchie, Syracuse University; Nancy Johnson, Northern Arizona University
3:40 PM
Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in native prairie, agricultural, and prairie restoration sites in northwestern Minnesota
Kristi Del Vecchio, Concordia College; Sadie L. Fliegel, Concordia College; Eliza D. L. Hartmann, Concordia College; Philip R. Nelson, Concordia College; W. Gaya Shivega, Concordia College; Laura Aldrich-Wolfe, Concordia College
4:00 PM
Are roots and mycorrhizal fungi complementary in nutrient foraging of tree species?
Lei Cheng, Zhejiang University; Xing Wei, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas S. Adams, The Pennsylvania State University; Jared L. DeForest, Ohio University; Le Li, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Weile Chen, Pennsylvania State University; Roger T. Koide, Brigham Young University; David M. Eissenstat, The Pennsylvania State University
4:20 PM
Arbuscular mycorrhizal host plant diversity increases with mountain pine beetle attack severity
Gregory J. Pec, University of Alberta; Justine Karst, University of Alberta; Suzanne W. Simard, University of British Columbia; James F. Cahill Jr., University of Alberta
4:40 PM
Mycorrhizal functioning in Taraxacum hosts shifts along the mutualism-parasitism continuum in response to glacial through future changes in atmospheric [CO2]
Katie M. Becklin, University of Kansas; George W.R. Mullinix, University of Kansas; Joy K. Ward, University of Kansas