Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Grand Pavillion I, Hyatt
COS 76 - Mycorrhizae and Plant-Fungal Interactions
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, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 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 Illinois
2:30 PM	COS 76-4		Fungal symbionts in dominant grasses: A comprehensive view of plant-fungal systems at different scales Andrea Porras-Alfaro, University of New Mexico, Jose Herrera, Truman State University, 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			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, Duke University, James S. Clark, Duke University, Rytas Vilgalys, Duke University
3:40 PM	COS 76-7		Local intraspecific phenotypic variation in the AM fungus Gigaspora gigantea Brenda B. Casper, The University of Pennsylvania, Baoming Ji, Northern Arizona University
4:00 PM	COS 76-8		Arbuscular mycorrhizae augment Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) nutrient acquisition and growth Marissa R. Lee, Swarthmore College, 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

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