Friday, August 10, 2018: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
345, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Organizer:
Alyssa Carrell
Co-organizer:
Dana L. Carper
The symbiosis between plants and complex communities of microbes is one of the most widespread and ecologically important host-microbiome associations. Plant microbiomes affect ecosystem functioning directly through nutrient cycling, and indirectly through their ability to influence host response to abiotic and biotic perturbations. Plant microbiomes have been found to be structured by both abiotic and biotic factors and thus susceptible to environmental changes. Recent studies have found evidence that environmental stress influences the plant microbiome which in some cases result in plant adaptation to stress. However, it is not clear if this is universal or specific to the stress, host plant, or ecosystem. Additionally, it is not known how specific microbial communities influence host acclimation and adaptation to changing environmental conditions. Here we will explore the complex relationships of microbes and plants and how environmental perturbations affect these relationships. We will examine various plant microbial interactions across plant species, plant developmental stages, and plant tissue types with diverse speakers at different stages in their careers. Talks will range from microbial community structure to nutrient cycling including warming experiments, CO
2 manipulations, and nutrient additions, all in the context of plant microbiomes in a changing environment.
8:00 AM
Abiotic stresses shift belowground Populus-associated bacteria towards a core stress microbiome
Collin M. Timm, Johns Hopkins University;
Alyssa Carrell, University of Tennessee Knoxville;
Kelsey R. Carter, Michigan Technological University;
Christopher Schadt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Mitchel Doktycz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Gerald Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Dale A. Pelletier, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
David Weston, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
9:00 AM
Experimental warming reduces diversity and functional potential of the Sphagnum microbiome
Alyssa Carrell, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee Knoxville;
Max Kolton, Georgia Institute of Technology;
Melissa Warren, Georgia Institute of Technology;
Dale A. Pelletier, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Jennifer B. Glass, Georgia Institute of Technology;
Joel E. Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology;
Paul J. Hanson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
David Weston, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
9:50 AM
Capacity of root endophytes to buffer dominant grass species against heat and drought
Jennifer Rudgers, University of New Mexico;
Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Western Illinois University;
Katy Beaven, University of New Mexico;
Katherine Anderson, University of New Mexico;
Samantha Fox, Kansas State University;
Jose Herrera, Mercy College;
Y. Anny Chung, Utah State University;
Chris Reazin, Kansas State University;
Dylan R. Kent, University of New Mexico;
Ari Jumpponen, Kansas State University