94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Grand Pavillion I, Hyatt

Presider:

Ariel Novoplansky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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 Wisconsin

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 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, 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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