COS 16 - Mutualism And Facilitation 1

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

  Nitrogen fertilization alters belowground plant – microbe interactions in two Populus species
  

  Presenting Author: Alyssa Carrell – Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Coauthor: Miranda M. Clark – Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Coauthor: Dawn Klingeman – Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Coauthor: Sara S. Jawdy – Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Coauthor: Melissa A. Cregger – Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

  Warming up mutualisms: a case study of an ant–dispersed plant, Sanguinaria canadensis
  

  Presenting Author: Melissa A. Burt – Virginia Tech

  Coauthor: Annika S. Nelson – Virginia Tech

  Coauthor: Charles Kwit – University of Tennessee

  Coauthor: Susan R. Whitehead – Virginia Tech
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

  CANCELLED - Community specificity in an aquatic plant microbiome
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher Carlson – University of Toronto

  Coauthor: Megan E. Frederickson – University of Toronto
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

  Uncovering intra- to interspecific variation in mutualist partner quality within a species complex of keystone seed-dispersing ants
  

  Presenting Author: Kirsten M. Prior – Binghamton University

  Coauthor: Carmela M. Buono – Binghamton University

  Coauthor: Gabriella I. Quartuccia – Binghamton University

  Coauthor: William R. Smisko – Binghamton University

  Coauthor: Andrew J. Lupinski – University of Notre Dame

  Coauthor: Allison Q.W. Radin – Binghamton University

  Coauthor: Thomas H.Q. Powell – Binghamton University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  Hidden trade-off in a food-for-protection mutualism: Higher fungal infection and lower survival of nectar-producing galls when ants don’t tend
  

  Presenting Author: Mattheau S. Comerford – UMass Boston

  Coauthor: Scott P. Egan – Rice Univeristy

  Coauthor: Glen Hood – Wayne State University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  In Vitro evaluation of multiple partners involved in inhibiting the fungal contaminants in the mounds of Odontotermes.
  

  Presenting Author: Rhitoban Raychoudhury – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali

  Coauthor: Rhitoban Raychoudhury – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali