Hastings Natural History Reservation

15 Jun, 01 AM - 15 Jun, 05 AM

I will be identifying and sampling populations of the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) to use in a local adaptation study. During this trip I will sample mature seed pods from plants along a transect through a selected population. I will sample no more than 2 pods per individual plant. I will also place polyester bags on 1 to 2 immature pods for each individual along the transect not possessing mature pods. The total number of individuals with bags will not exceed 50. The overall goal of the experiment is to do reciprocal planting experiments in the greenhouse where seeds from each of the comparison populations are grown in home and foreign soil to compare fitness measures over a generation. This will require soil sampling on subsequent visits but I will not sample soil for some time and will provide a description prior to visiting the reserve for soil samples.

Visit #12952 @Hastings Natural History Reservation

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Under Project # 8318 | Research

Local adaptation to soil microbial communities in the California Poppy.

graduate_student - University of California, Santa Cruz

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Robert Clak Jun 15, 2007 (1 days)

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