Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
Summer 2018
Abstract
Plant-associated microorganisms can have major effects on plant health, but climate change can affect plant microbiomes. While it is unknown how climate change will affect aboveground plant-associated microorganisms, such as foliar endophytic fungi, we hypothesize that increased CO2 concentrations will increase species richness and diversity in endophytic fungal communities, because increased plant photosynthesis under elevated CO2 will increase the resources available to the fungi.
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Recommended Citation
Toussaint, Amber; Christian, Natalie; and Heath, Katy, "How Does Climate Change Affect Endophytic Fungi?" (2018). PRECS student projects. 22.
https://spark.parkland.edu/precs_student/22
Comments
This research was conducted with the cooperation of the Department of Plant Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Financial support was provided by the National Science Foundation under grant #NSF REU 1559908/1559929, as part of the Phenotypic Plasticity Research Experience for Community College Students, through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute for Genomic Biology and Parkland College.