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  ·  Symbioses: Plant, Animal, and Microbe Interactions

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Monday, August 1st

Monday, August 1st, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Exhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Recent Topics Posters
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PRT001August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterHermaphrodite-biased oviposition on a gynodioecious host plant in a novel nursery pollination interaction
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Recent Topics PosterDoubleday, Laura; Adler, Lynn.gynodioecy
nursery pollination
pollination
Herbivory
floral traits
evolutionary ecology
plant-pollinator interactions
plant-insect interactions
PRT002August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterEstablishing a Plant Species Checklist for Fish Lake Field Station (Lapeer, MI)
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Recent Topics PosterBunker, Margurite; Hanes , Margaret Mae.Species Checklist
Symbiota
Digitization
Field Station
PRT003August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterDiving into carnivorous pitcher plants (Sarracenia): Exploring composition and temporal trends in microbial diversity
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Recent Topics PosterTornquist, Reid; Hanes , Margaret Mae.microbiome
species-area relationship
Sarracenia
Microbial diversity
PRT004August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterEthno-Botanical Studies of Medicinal Plants ofDinga, District Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
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Recent Topics PosterHussain, Aqib.medicinal plants
ethnobotany
Medicinal uses
Gujrat
Pakistan
PRT005August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterGenetic structure in Chamaecrista fasciculata and its association with phenotypic variation
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Recent Topics PosterHosseinalizadehnobarinezhad, Mahboubeh; Wallace, Lisa.genetic structure
Phenotypic variation
Chamaecrista fasciculata
PRT006August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe demographics, life history, and population genetics of Yreka Phlox (Phlox hirsuta), an endangered species
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Recent Topics PosterRuane, Lauren; Wood, Kaitlyn; Cohen, Jim.Phlox
Polemoniaceae
conservation
California
PRT007August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterConspecific Shoot and Root Behaviors Regarding Intraspecific Competition of Arabidopsis thaliana
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Recent Topics PosterSzubryt, Austin; Liu, Xian; Rang, Wei; Gibson, David; Geisler, Matthew; Cheng, Qiang; Geisler-Lee, Jane.Arabidopsis
competition
Conspecific
Exudate
PRT008August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterEstimating the climatic tolerances of tropical plant species
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Recent Topics PosterRojas, Ana.Tropical plants
climatic tolerances
thresholds
drought
heat
PRT009August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterEcological resistance to woody species loss in two adjacent southern Appalachian communities
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Recent Topics PosterOldfield, Callie; Evans, Jonathan; Reid, Leighton.ecology
resilience
resistance
forests
disturbance
PRT010August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterAntibiotic Potential of Bryophytes, Lichens, and Pteridophytes in NW Montana
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Recent Topics PosterButterfield, Sara; McCarthy, Mirabai.Antibiotic
Bryophyte
lichen
pteridophyte
PRT011August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPromoting Botanical Literacy in a Mountain Community
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Recent Topics PosterPickering, Danner; McCarthy, Mirabai.outreach
botanical education
floristic survey
community education
PRT012August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterParallel phylogeographic histories of two widespread Viburnum species complexes revealed with RADseq data
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Recent Topics PosterSpriggs, Elizabeth; Eaton, Deren; Schlutius, Caroline; Donoghue, Michael.Phylogeography
Viburnum
morphological evolution
species delimitation
PRT013August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterInvasive plant monitoring by the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
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Recent Topics PosterKurtz, Cassandra; Hansen, Mark.Invasive
invasive plant
invasive plants
PRT014August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterDemography and Potential Deer Herbivory in Popuations of the Endangered Trillium persistens (Persistent Trillium)
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Recent Topics PosterLeege, Lissa M; Kirby, Kevin.endangered plant species
Herbivory
Trillium persistens
projection matrix
dormancy
PRT015August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterIncreasing yield, but how: Genetic Engineering (GE), Chemical Fertilizers or Bio Fertilizers, and its Effect on Obesity and Cancer?
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Recent Topics PosterSharma, Meenakshi.Plant and Microbe Interaction
economic botany
Genetically Engineered Plants
Genetic Engineering
Rhizobium
Obesity
Cancer
Bio fertilizers
Chemical Fertilizers
PRT016August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterAsymmetric Hybrid Incompatibility Drives Speciation in Neo-Allopolyploid Monkeyflower
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Recent Topics PosterKinser, Taliesin; Puzey, Joshua.speciation
hybridization
polyploidy
Mimulus
PRT017August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterSpecies diversity and seasonality in a high-latitude Permian ecosystem
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Recent Topics PosterDeWitt, Shelby; Araiza, Margarita; Kelly, Brooke; Ryberg, Patricia Elizabeth.Permian
Glossopteris
Seasonality
Pollen
PRT018August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterDigitization of Mississippi herbarium specimens aids in understanding plant diversity in the Southeast and improves K-12 education
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Recent Topics PosterWallace, Lisa; Hosseinalizadehnobarinezhad, Mahboubeh; Alford, Mac; Baghai-Riding, Nine Lucille; Fredrick, Megan; McCook, Lucile; Sullivan, Heather.Mississippi
herbarium
Digitization
Georeference
Plant Biodiversity
PRT019August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPPGtk: a software project for population genetics in polyploids
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Recent Topics PosterBlischak, Paul; Wolfe, Andrea D..polyploidy
Software
population genetics
statistical modeling
PRT020August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterNovel UAV based methods for remote sensing of epiphytes
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Recent Topics PosterLehmitz, Matthew; Brown, Gregory; Sivanpillai, Ramesh.Drone
epiphyte
Bromeliad
Remote
Sensing
UAV
photography
Video
Detailed
Canopy
Rapid
Access
PRT021August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe Flora of Colorado
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Recent Topics PosterAckerfield, Jennifer.flora
Colorado
keys
Floristics
PRT022August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe role of agricultural legacies in generating novel plant communities in nutrient-limited forests: A case study from the southern Cumberland Plateau, TN (USA)
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Recent Topics PosterBlock, Ashley; Evans, Jonathan; Reid, Leighton.agricultural legacies
land-use history
soils
forest composition
PRT023August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPhylogeny of Gleditsia (Leguminosae) and its Relationship to the “Umtiza Clade” Based on Low-Copy Nuclear Genes
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Recent Topics PosterTabner, Sara; Schnabel, Andrew.Gleditsia
Leguminosae
Umtiza
low-copy nuclear markers
Gymnocladus
PRT024August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterTransforming a large lecture class: Learning Assistant Program in Biology at the University of Florida
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Recent Topics PosterDavis, E. Christine; Harmon, Alice.pedagogy
active learning
learning assistants
PRT025August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterChange in biomass accumulation over thirty-seven years in a nutrient-limited, upland temperate forest
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Recent Topics PosterKull, Kathleen; Williams, Kimberly; Evans, Jonathan.biomass
nutrient-limited forest
Cumberland Plateau
Tennessee
PRT026August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterEvolution of Phytochemical Diversity in Pilocarpus (Rutaceae) using a combined phylogenetic and environmental analysis 
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Recent Topics PosterAllevato, Daniella; Groppo, Milton; Nixon, Kevin.Phytochemical Diversity
ecological niche modeling
RutaceaeĀ 
PRT027August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterInvestigating life history in Bromeliaceae using mathematical modeling
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Recent Topics PosterBush, Caroline; Jones, Ethan; Bodine, Erin; Jabaily, Rachel Schmidt.Bromeliaceae
life history
mathematical modeling
semelparity
PRT028August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterGenetic and morphological variation of East Florida black mangrove (Avicennia germinans)
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Recent Topics PosterKennedy, John Paul; Feller, Ilka C..climate change
functional leaf traits
mangrove
microsatellites
population genetics
range expansion
PRT029August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterAn “exceptional” reintroduction: A case-study of the reintroduction of the federally endangered Minuartia cumberlandensis using in vitro techniques
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Recent Topics PosterPhilpott, Megan; Pence, Valerie; Culley, Theresa.conservation
Tissue Culture
population genetics
PRT030August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterWhere does the water come from?  A tree's perspective on water sourcing using Eastern redcedar (Cupressaceae: Juniperus virginiana) across Oklahoma’s precipitation gradient
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Recent Topics PosterGiddens, Jon; McCarthy, Heather.Juniperus
Isotopes
Oklahoma
water relations
Groundwater
Eastern redcedar
PRT031August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterLibrary construction using RNA customized target removal for simultaneous nuclear and organelle expression profiling in species of the green microalgae Scenedesmus
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Recent Topics PosterPeredo , Elena Lopez; Cardon, Zoe; Thomas, Suzanne; Bruce, Douglas.library prep
Ribosomic removal
RNA-seq
PRT032August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPreparing nonviable Cucurbita seeds for next generation DNA sequencing to enable diverse collaborations in studies of crop wild relatives
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Recent Topics PosterBarrera, Daniel; Kates, Heather Rose; Soltis, Pamela  S.; Soltis, Douglas.crop wild relative
cucurbitaceae
PRT033August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterEvaluating Web-Based Retrieval Practice as a Self-Directed Study Tool for Plant Identification
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Recent Topics PosterProctor, Niels; Monroe, Martha.teaching
testing
Retrieval Practice
educational technology
plant identification
PRT034August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterAssessing fine-scale sampling bias in herbarium specimens 
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Recent Topics PosterDaru, Barnabas; Park, Daniel S.; Willis, Charles G. ; Kennedy, Jonathan; Davis, Charles C..Herbarium specimens
ecological bias
sampling bias
South African plants
Australian virtual herbarium
New England flora
PRT035August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterEvaluating the taxonomic status of Castilleja pilosa var. longispica using morphological data
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Recent Topics PosterHerzog, Sarah; Jacobs, Sarah; Tank, David C..Castilleja
Orobanchaceae
PCA
DFA
PRT036August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPrevailence of malaria in nigeria and the role of astonia boonei(onyame dua), khayagrandifoliola (afican mahogany) vernonia amygdalina (bitter leaf) and powdered rootsof andasonia digitata (afican bahobab) in tackling the deadly disease
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Recent Topics PosterShaafin , Orolade Shola.MALARIA

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