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Emily Marquardt |
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 Photo: Emily.
Photo: Cuscuta attacking Iva frutescens.
Photo: Chuan-Kai and Emily in the marsh in Alabama. |
Academic History: B.S. Plant Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 2002, Arizona State University. Graduate student award from the Texas Rodeo and Livestock Show, 2007.
Research Interests:
I am interested in the host choice of the parasitic plant, Cuscuta indecora (Dodder), under the physiologically stressful conditions (high salt and flooding) that naturally occur in Texas salt marshes. My Ph.D. research has examined 1) how abiotic stress affects parasite performance, 2) constraints on host choice by Cuscuta, 3) interactions between Cuscuta and mycorrhizal fungi, and 4) dietary mixing by Cuscuta.
Funding: 2007: Does overwintering success of a parasitic plant determine its host range? Houston Coastal Center. $13,750. 1 year (S. Pennings, PI).
2006: Diet mixing in a parasitic plant: a choice or a constraint? Houston Coastal Center. $14,875. 1 year. (S. Pennings, PI.)
2005: Multiple symbionts: interactions between mycorrhizal fungi and parasitic plants colonizing the same host. Houston Coastal Center. $14,500. 1 year. (S. Pennings, PI.)
2004: Constraints on host use by a parasitic plant. Houston Coastal Center. $14,537. 1 year. (S. Pennings, PI.)
2003: Do plant stress models predict foraging by parasitic plants? Houston Coastal Center. $14,875. 1 year. (S. Pennings, PI.)
2001: “Mycorrhizal Status of a Non-native Grass, Eragrostis lehmanniana (Lehmann lovegrass).” Wootten Foundation. $2,000. 1 year
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