Grazing of ectomycorrhizae by microarthropods

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dc.contributor.advisor Kernaghan, Gavin, 1964-
dc.creator LeFait, Alexis Merina
dc.date.accessioned 2019-05-27T14:38:37Z
dc.date.available 2019-05-27T14:38:37Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.other SB945 C723 L44 2019
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/handle/01/28641
dc.description vii, 71 leaves : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm
dc.description Includes abstract.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-71).
dc.description.abstract Microarthropods, including Collembola and mites, are a highly diverse and abundant group of soil animals. Previous information on interactions between microarthropods and ectomycorrhizal fungi has been mainly based on mycelium grown in pure culture. Collembola feeding preferences were assessed by offering naturally occurring ECM to the Collembola species Folsomia candida. Some ECM types, including Tricholoma aestuans, Piloderma bicolor and Suillus spraguei, were grazed. Cenococcum geophilum and Lactarius vinaceorufescens were unpalatable. However, fungi forming unpalatable ECM were grazed when not in symbiosis with the host root. To determine levels of ECM grazing occurring in the field, gut contents of a species of Folsomia and a species of Phthiracaridae were assessed molecularly. No ECM fungi were detected. Although the degree to which soil microarthropods graze ECM in the field is still unknown, this work demonstrates that there is a high degree of variation in palatability among ECM formed by different fungal species. en_CA
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dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.subject.lcc SB945.C723
dc.subject.lcsh Collembola -- Food
dc.subject.lcsh Ectomycorrhizal fungi
dc.subject.lcsh Insect-fungus relationships
dc.subject.lcsh Insect antifeedants
dc.title Grazing of ectomycorrhizae by microarthropods en_CA
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thesis.degree.name Master of Science in Applied Science
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline Biology
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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