96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

18B, Austin Convention Center

8:00 AM

The role of chitin in the decomposition of ectomycorrhizal fungal litter
Christopher Fernandez, The Pennsylvania State University; Roger T. Koide, Brigham Young University

8:20 AM

A field evaluation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization in multiple transgenic Bt maize lines
Tanya E. Cheeke, Portland State University; Todd Rosenstiel, Portland State University; Mitch Cruzan, Portland State University

8:40 AM

Do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inhibit or stimulate organic C decomposition in soil?
Lei Cheng, Zhejiang University; Cong Tu, North Carolina State University; Fitzgerald Booker, USDA, Plant Science Research Unit; Kent O. Burkey, USDA, Plant Science Research Unit; Shuijin Hu, North Carolina State University

9:00 AM

The fungal fast lane: Common mycorrhizal networks extend bioactive zones of allelochemicals in soils
Kathryn Barto, Xavier University; Monika Hilker, Freie Universitaet Berlin; Frank Mueller, Freie Universitaet Berlin; Brian K. Mohney, Ashland University; Jeffrey D. Weidenhamer, Ashland University; Matthias C. Rillig, Freie Universitaet Berlin

9:20 AM

CANCELLED - Resource partitioning of soil organic phosphorus: Investigations from a tropical montane forest
Brian S. Steidinger, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

9:40 AM

Break

9:50 AM

Mycorrhizal abundance nonlinearly affects plant growth, plant defense and caterpillar performance
Rachel L. Vannette, Stanford University; Mark D. Hunter, University of Michigan

10:10 AM

Mycorrhizas and secondary succession in aspen-conifer forests: Light limitation differentially affects a dominant early and late successional species
Amy L. Clark, Colorado State University; Samuel B. St. Clair, Brigham Young University

10:30 AM

Plant community composition is influenced by successional stage of the soil community
Elizabeth L. Middleton, Missouri Department of Conservation; James D. Bever, Indiana University

10:50 AM

Does endophyte status of tall fescue impact mycorrhizal colonization of native species commonly planted in grassland restorations?
Sarah L. Hall, University of Kentucky; Rebecca L. McCulley, University of Kentucky; Keith Clay, Indiana University; Elizabeth Koziol, Indiana University

11:10 AM

From pine to oak: Ectomycorrhizal host preference facilitates succession
Gwendolyn C. Williams, Duke University

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