Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2000/00158
Multitrophic links between arbuscular mycorrizal fungi and insect parasitoids.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor A Gange, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor V Brown, University of Reading, Agriculture
- Grant held at:
- Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Community Ecology
- Population Ecology
- Soil science
- Abstract:
- Colonization of plants by AM fungi is known to alter the growth and survival of foliar-feeding insects. This project aims to examine if these effects are also manifest in a higher trophic level, namely insect parasitoids. A model system of Leucanthemum vulgare, a leaf mining fly and its associated parasitoids will be studied in observational and manipulative experiments in the field. Specifically, we ask whether AMF affect parasitoid performance through changes in plant architecture or chemistry or through changes in the growth and abundance of the fly. Natural colonization of plants will be reduced in the field and growth, survival and fitness of fly and parasitoids assessed. In addition, a semi-controlled experiment will examine fly and parasitoid performance on plants grown with different combinations of fungi, isolated from the field site.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2000/00158
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £35,451
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £347 | £23,346 | £1,020 | £10,738 |
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