Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2002/00861
The extramatrical mycelium of pine ectomycorrhizas in natural conditions: how much, where and when?
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor IJ Alexander, University of Aberdeen, Plant and Soil Science
- Grant held at:
- University of Aberdeen, Plant and Soil Science
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Community Ecology
- Population Ecology
- Soil science
- Abstract:
- The extramatrical mycelium (EMM) of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi is central to carbon and nutrient cycles in North Temperate and Boreal forests. Current information has been derived largely from single species in the artificial conditions of sheet microcosms. We propose, (1) to quantify the relative production of EMM by key species in the ECM community in the field, (2) to determine how the distribution of EMM is related to the distribution/relative abundance of mycorrhizas, (3) to examine the colonisation of specific substrates by EMM, and (4) to determine whether information on EMM obtained from small samples can be scaled up by understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of the community of ectomycorrhizas as a whole. We shall use molecular approaches (T-RFLP and DGGE) to profile EMM, combined with geostatistical-based sampling and spatio-temporal data analysis.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2002/00861
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £205,586
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £82,209 | £5,673 | £63,327 | £54,377 |
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