A5028726112- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Humor Studies and Applications
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Education Practices and Challenges
- Film in Education and Therapy
- Lichen and fungal ecology
Arizona State University
2018-2021
University of Arizona
2015
For over 50 years instructor humor has been recognized as a way to positively impact student cognitive and affective learning. However, no study explored exclusively in the context of college science courses, which have reputation being difficult boring. The majority studies that explore assumed students perceive be funny, yet likely some unfunny or offensive. Further, evidence suggests women certain subjects more offensive than men, we do not know what this may on experience classroom. To...
A growing interest in fungi that occur within symptom-less plants and lichens (endophytes) has uncovered previously uncharacterized species diverse biomes worldwide. In many temperate boreal forests, endophytic Coniochaeta (Sacc.) Cooke ( Coniochaetaceae , Coniochaetales, Sordariomycetes Ascomycota ) are commonly isolated on standard media, but rarely characterized. We examined 26 isolates of housed at the Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium. The were collected from healthy photosynthetic...