Hastings Natural History Reservation

14 Jan, 04 AM - 15 Jan, 04 AM

Plants in the genus Lupinus form symbioses with nitrogen fixing bacteria (rhizobia generally). Evidence suggests that individual plants and perhaps plant species associate with rhizobial strains non-randomly. These non-random associations likely have consequences for the productivity, stability and evolutionary trajectory of these species, their interaction, and the biotic communities they are part of. By a series of experiments sampling plants and rhizobial symbionts, reinfecting host plants, and measuring fitness under various treatments I will explore how partner mechanisms affect the maintenance and evolution of these symbioses. In winter 2008 I propose to collect a maximum of 50 soil cores from along a 50 meter transect on lower red hill. The cores will be a maximum of 10inches deep and 2 inches in diameter. The cores will be taken to UC Berkeley where Lupinus seeds will be planted into the cores.

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Under Project # 9312 | Research

Partner Choice Lupinus

graduate_student - University of California, Berkeley

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Joshua Povich Jan 14 - 15, 2008 (2 days)

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Ranch House 1 Jan 14 - 15, 2008