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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:OEB Seminar Series: Benton Taylor
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SUMMARY:OEB Seminar Series: Benton Taylor
DESCRIPTION:<drupal-media alt="Benton Taylor" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="2c78cc12-c199-4b70-8ee7-e47bc3935290" data-view-mode="hwp_small" data-align="left">&nbsp;</drupal-media><p>&nbsp;<a href="/people/benton-taylor">Benton Taylor</a><br>Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology<br>Faculty Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum<br>Harvard University</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Root-microbe interactions and the future of terrestrial carbon capture</em></p><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> Plants&nbsp;engage in a variety of interactions with soil bacteria and fungi that help the plants acquire soil resources in exchange for supplying photosynthesized carbon to the microbes. These interactions range from tight symbioses such as nitrogen fixation and mycorrhizal fungi to looser, but still highly impactful, interactions between roots and soil microbes mediated by root exudates. These interactions fundamentally shape patterns of primary productivity and ecosystem carbon storage, but these interactions are shifting under novel environmental conditions induced by global change. This&nbsp;talk&nbsp;features evidence from ecosystems ranging from tropical rainforests to the arctic tundra demonstrating the importance of root microbe interactions for how ecosystems respond to climate change and what these responses will mean for future terrestrial carbon storage.</p>
LOCATION:Northwest Labs B103, 52 Oxford St.
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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