2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Importance of Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Invasion and Persistence of Cheatgrass.
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701-5 Importance of Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Invasion and Persistence of Cheatgrass.



Wednesday, 8 October 2008
George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E
Ryan Busby1, Mary Stromberger2, Dick Gebhart1 and Mark Paschke3, (1)US Army, US Army ERDC-CERL, PO Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826
(2)1170 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Colorado State University, Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1170
(3)Colorado State University, Colorado State Univ. Dept. of FRWS, 1472 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1472
Cheatgrass invasion of sagebrush steppe has many well known consequences, such as altered fire interval and water utilization, but cheatgrass also appears to alter the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community as well. This presentation will provide results from a study comparing the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity of big sagebrush with cheatgrass across three sites in the western United States where both species currently coexist.
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