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soil incubation (Asteraceae)
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Description
Factorial greenhouse experiment testing effects of soil inoculum source and sterilization on alpine grass growth, traits, and fungal colonization. Plants grown in standardized sand-inoculum mixtures with controlled watering and fertilization.
Typical Equipment
- ~150 mL plastic root trainer pots
- QUIKRETE Play Sand
- automatic overhead spraying system
- FloraGro fertilizer
Output Measurements
- plant biomass
- plant height
- specific leaf area
- root:shoot ratio
Papers Using This Protocol (7)
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Legacy effects and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of Linaria vulgaris invasion in Colorado and Illinois, USA
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Fungal colonization of plant roots is resistant to nitrogen addition and resilient to dominant species losses
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Soil microbes that may accompany climate warming increase alpine plant production
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Context dependent biotic interactions control plant abundance across altitudinal environmental gradients
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Won't you be my neighbor: neighborhood effect influences mycorrhizal and endophyte colonization
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Reciprocal effects among the ant <i>Formica obscuripes</i> and the asters <i>Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus</i> and <i>Artemisia tridentata</i>
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