Responsiveness of Native Palouse Prairie Plants to Mycorrhizal Fungi
How do native plant species respond to inoculation with symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), and could this knowledge be used to improve restoration methods for native plants?
Project Leader: Dr. Tanya Cheeke, Assistant Professor
Lab Group: Cheeke Lab (website)
Department: School of Biological Sciences
Campus: WSU Tri-Cities
Publications from this project:
Cheeke, T.E., Zheng, C., Koziol, L., Gurholt, C.R., and J.D. Bever. 2019. Sensitivity to AMF species is greater in late-successional than early-successional native or non-native grassland plants. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2855
The Impacts of an Invasive Grass Ventenata dubia on Native Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
How do native communities of AM fungi change when invasive annual grass Ventenata dubia colonizes and dominates a plant community?
Project Leader: Alexis Sullivan, Master’s Student
Lab Group: Cheeke Lab (website)
Department: School of Biological Sciences
Campus: WSU Tri-Cities
The Impacts of an Invasive Grass Ventenata dubia on Native Dark Septate Endophytic Fungi
How do native communities of root-associated Dark Septate Endophytic (DSE) fungi in the soil change when invasive annual grass Ventenata dubia colonizes and dominates a plant community?
Project Leader: Rachel Berner, PhD Student
Lab Group: Cheeke Lab (website)
Department: School of Biological Sciences
Campus: WSU Tri-Cities
Dr. Tanya Cheeke with Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken of the Woods) fungi
Alexis Sullivan
Rachel Berner
Biological Soil Crust Community Survey
How do communities of native mosses, lichens, algae, and fungi growing on the soil surface change when invasive annual grass Ventenata dubia colonizes and dominates a plant community?
Project Leader: Rachel Berner, PhD Student
Lab Group: Cheeke Lab (website)
Department: School of Biological Sciences
Campus: WSU Tri-Cities
Insect Diversity
(More information coming soon!)
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(From R. Daubenmire, 1970. Steppe vegetation of Washington. Technical Bulletin 62. Pullman, WA: Washington State University, College of Agriculture, Washington Agricultural Experiment Station.)
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