Project description:We seek to determine the effects of foliar endophytes on soybean physiological traits, and their effect on plant responses to elevated carbon dioxide. We are using three dominant endophytes extracted from the SoyFACE facility at UIUC.
Project description:The meristem-associated endosymbiont M. extorquens DSM13060 significantly increases needle and root growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings without producing plant hormones, but by aggregating around host nuclei. Here we studied gene expression of the pine host induced by M. extorquens DSM13060 infection. We selected the time point of 90 days post-inoculation for our analysis based, because at this point, Methylorubrum extorquens DSM13060 has systemically colonized the pine seedlings, being found throughout tissues of roots and shoots.
Project description:To identify specific gene networks induced in host roots by C. geophilum, we inoculated seedlings of Scots pine simultaneously with C. geophilum and either Suillus granulatus or Rhizopogon roseolus, two common ECM fungi associated to pines. We then measured the differential expression of Scots pine genes in the respective mycorrhizas using oligoarrays.