Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Willow Glen II, San Jose Marriott
COS 13 - Mycorrhizae: Plant-fungus relationships and ecosystem function
1:30 PMCOS 13-1Role of mycorrhizal networks in facilitating seedling establishment
François P. Teste, University of British Columbia, Suzanne W. Simard, University of British Columbia, Daniel M. Durall, University of British Columbia Okanagan
1:50 PMCOS 13-2Mycorrhizal fungi provide nitrogen to N-limited plants: Effect of N deposition
John E. Hobbie, Marine Biological Laboratory, Erik A. Hobbie, University of New Hampshire
2:10 PMCOS 13-3Root uptake capacity of ammonium, nitrate, and glycine in red and white oak seedlings colonized by different species of ectomycorrhizas
Hormoz BassiriRad, University of Illinois at Chicago, Louise Egerton-Warburton, Chicago Botanic Garden, Harbans L. Sehtiya, University of Illinois at Chicago, John Lussenhop, University of Illinois at Chicago
2:30 PMCOS 13-4Cranberry plants and ericoid mycorrhizal fungi affect agroecosystem nitrogen recycling
Sarah M. Stackpoole, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Beth Ann A. Workmaster, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Kevin R. Kosola, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2:50 PMCOS 13-5Differential access to groundwater modulates the mycorrhizal response of oak trees to inter-annual rainfall variability in a California semiarid woodland
Jose I. Querejeta, Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Louise Egerton-Warburton, Chicago Botanic Garden, Michael F. Allen, University of California Riverside
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 13-6Exploring a plant-soil-mycorrhiza feedback with Rhododendron maximum in a temperate hardwood forest
Nina Wurzburger, University of Georgia, Ronald L Hendrick, University of Georgia
3:40 PMCOS 13-7The effects of cottonwood litter and litter extract on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Jeff Piotrowski, University of Montana, Matthias C Rillig, University of Montana
4:00 PMCOS 13-8Evidence for mutualism-parasitism continuum of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi following defoliation of plains rough fescue (Festuca hallii)
Bryon H. Shore, University of Alberta, James F. Cahill Jr., University of Alberta
4:20 PMCOS 13-9An evaluation of planting sites and mycorrhizal amendments for successful establishment of American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) in mine reclamation
Jenise M. Bauman, Miami University, Carolyn H. Keiffer, Miami University, Kirsten J. Lehtoma, USDA Forest Service, Shiv Hiremath, USDA Forest Service
4:40 PMCOS 13-10Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on constitutive and induced plant resistances to spider mites
Takaaki Nishida, Kyoto University, Takayuki Ohgushi, Kyoto University

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