Scripps Coastal Reserve

11 Feb, 08 AM - 17 Feb, 12 PM

I plan to measure soil moisture levels at the base of Eriogonum fasciculatum plants, both those infected with Cuscuta californica and those not infected, along the road to Black's Beach in Scripps Coastal Reserve. Plants at which soil moisture has been measured will be marked unobtrusively with a plastic tag in the soil next to their stems. In addition, stem growth rate of hosts of Cuscuta californica and non-hosts will be measured and compared, by temporarily attaching small tags with floral wire to affected stems and measuring at the beginning and end of the experiment. Finally, dodder seedlings would be removed from beneath approximately 8 hosts and moved beneath new hosts, of the same or different species (none of special concern) along the road, and soil moisture and stem growth of new hosts would be tracked in the ways previously described.

Visit #55239 @Scripps Coastal Reserve

Approved

Under Project # 36410 | Research

Dodder Project- effects on hosts

undergraduate_student - University of California, San Diego

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Antonia Bock Feb 11, 2018 (1 days)
Antonia Bock Feb 17, 2018 (1 days)

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Black's Canyon Road 1 Feb 11 (4 hours)
Black's Canyon Road 1 Feb 17 (4 hours)