Publications


Years 2006 - 2009

Rosendahl, S., P. McGee, and J. Morton. 2009. Lack of global population genetic differentiation in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae suggests a recent range expansion which may have coincided with the spread of agriculture. Molecular Ecology 18:4316-4329.

Morton, J. B. 2009. Reconciliation of conflicting morphological and rRNA gene phylogenies of fungi in Glomeromycota based on underlying patterns and processes. Pp. 137-154. In: Mycorrhizas – Functional Processes and Ecological Impact. C. Azcon-Aguilar, J. M. Barea, S. Gianinazzi, and V. Gianinazzi-Pearson (eds). Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.

Msiska, Z. and J.Morton. 2009. Isolation and sequence analyses of a β-tubulin gene from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza 19:501-513.

Msiska, Z. and J. Morton. 2009. Phylogenetic analysis of the Glomeromycota by a partial β-tubulin gene. Mycorrhiza 19:247-254.

Borstler, B., P. A. Raab, O. Thiery, J. B. Morton, and D. Redecker. 2008. Genetic diversity of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices as determined by mitochondrial large subunit rRNA gene sequences is considerably higher than previously expected. New Phytologist 180:452-465.

Violi, H., A. F. Barrientos-Priego, S. F. Wright, E. Escamilla-Prado, J. B. Morton, J. A. Menge, and C. J. Lovatt. 2008. Disturbance changes arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal phenology and soil glomalin concentrations but not fungal spore composition in montane rainforests in Veracruz and Chiapas, Mexico. Forest Ecology and Management 254:276-290.

Lekberg, Y., R. T. Koide, J. R. Rohr, L. Aldrich-Wolfe, and J. B. Morton. 2007. Role of niche restrictions and dispersal in the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities. Journal of Ecology 95:95-105.

Panaccione, D. G., J. B. Kotcon, C. L. Schardl, R. D. Johnson, and J. B. Morton. 2006. Ergot alkaloids are not essential for endophytic fungus-associated population suppression of the lesion nematode, Pratylenchus scribneri, on perennial ryegrass. Nematology 8:583-590.