A5026179539- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Insect and Pesticide Research
The University of Texas at Austin
2016-2023
We develop a method to artificially select for rhizosphere microbiomes that confer salt tolerance the model grass Brachypodium distachyon grown under sodium stress or aluminum stress. In controlled greenhouse environment, we differentially propagated between plants of nonevolving, highly inbred plant population; therefore, only evolved in our experiment, but did not evolve parallel. To maximize microbiome perpetuation when transplanting and, thus, response selection, improved earlier methods...
Abstract We develop a method to artificially select for rhizosphere microbiomes that confer salt-tolerance the model grass Brachypodium distachyon . differentially propagate within background of non-evolving, highly-inbred plant population, and therefore only evolve in our experiment, but not plants. To optimize methods, we conceptualize artificial microbiome-selection as special case indirect selection : do measure microbiome properties directly, use host performance (e.g., biomass; seed...
ABSTRACT Ants exhibit complex social organization, morphologically distinct castes with division of labor, and the exploitation diverse ecological niches. The extent to which these features have influenced embryonic development relative other insects remains unclear. Insect embryogenesis has been classified into one three modes: long, short, intermediate germ-band. In long germ-band development, exemplified by fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster , segments along entire anterior-posterior axis...