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soil incubation (Asteraceae)

Subcategory: plant-microbe associations
Standard reference: similar to Nadelhoffer et al. [1991]
Papers: 7 | Mentions: 9

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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)

article

Legacy effects and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of Linaria vulgaris invasion in Colorado and Illinois, USA

2025Invasive Plant Science and Managementusing
article

Fungal colonization of plant roots is resistant to nitrogen addition and resilient to dominant species losses

2019Ecosphereintroducing
article

Soil microbes that may accompany climate warming increase alpine plant production

2019Oecologiaintroducing
article

Context dependent biotic interactions control plant abundance across altitudinal environmental gradients

2019Ecographyintroducing
student_paper

Won't you be my neighbor: neighborhood effect influences mycorrhizal and endophyte colonization

2013introducing
student_paper

Reciprocal effects among the ant <i>Formica obscuripes</i> and the asters <i>Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus</i> and <i>Artemisia tridentata</i>

2009using
article

Plant community composition mediates both large transient decline and predicted long-term recovery of soil carbon under climate warming

2002Global Biogeochemical Cyclesusing