by Samantha Tank | May 17, 2017 | Blog
This week at the International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) conference, researchers from the United States and Canada will host a session focused on invasive Phragmites. The session spans two days and will feature presentations on collaborative... Continue Reading
Filed under: Conference IAGLR Research
by Samantha Tank | May 1, 2017 | Blog
May 1, 2017 The following is a summary of notes made by Great Lakes Commission staff while viewing the webinar “Roseau cane in Louisiana,” presented by Louisiana State University researchers on April 27th.These notes are provided as a summary of key points... Continue Reading
Filed under: Bio-control Roseau cane
by Samantha Tank | Apr 24, 2017 | Management
In most cases, careful use of a herbicide is the most effective method of non-native Phragmites management, and is an important component of integrated management. There are at least two herbicides (glyphosate and imazapyr) that are effective at managing... Continue Reading
by Samantha Tank | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
March 3, 2017 Dr. Kurt Kowalski of USGS traveled to Washington, DC this week to present on “Innovative Controls for Common Reed (Phragmites) in the Great Lakes Region.” The presentation was part of a Capitol Hill seminar focused on “innovative... Continue Reading
Filed under: Capitol Hill National Invasive Species Awareness Week Presentation Washington DC
by Samantha Tank | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog
February 3, 2017 A group with diverse skills and jurisdictional representations made excellent progress at a Phragmites workshop this week. The workshop was held at the US Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center and focused on development of a Common Agenda for... Continue Reading
Filed under: Collective Impact Common Agenda Workshop
by Samantha Tank | Jan 7, 2017 | Blog, Current Research
James F. White Kathryn I. Kingsley Kurt P. Kowalski Ivelisse Irizarry April Micci Marcos A. Soares Marshall S. Bergen Plant and Soil (forthcoming issue) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-3169-6 | Published online January 7, 2017 Abstract Background and aims... Continue Reading
Filed under: Bioherbicide Ecosystem engineering Microbiome Phragmites Pseudomonas Reactive oxygen Rhizophagy Symbiosis
by Samantha Tank | Jun 3, 2016 | Blog, Current Research
M. A. Soares H-Y. Li K. P. Kowalski M. Bergen M. S. Torres J. F. White Microbial Ecology 72(2) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-016-0793-x | Published online June 3, 2016 Abstract We hypothesize that bacterial endophytes may enhance the competitiveness and... Continue Reading
Filed under: Achromobacter spanius Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Lipopeptide Microbacterium oxydans Plant growth promotion
by Samantha Tank | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Current Research
Keith Clay Zackery R. C. Shearin Kimberly A. Bourke Wesley A. Bickford Kurt P. Kowalski Biological Invasions 18(9) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1137-y | Published online April 2016 Abstract Plant–microbial interactions may play a key role in plant... Continue Reading
Filed under: control diversity Fungal endophytes invasive Phragmites wetlands
by Samantha Tank | Apr 4, 2016 | Blog, Current Research
Marcos Antônio Soares, Hai-Yan Li, Kurt P. Kowalski, Marshall Bergen, Mónica S. Torres, James Francis White Biological Invasions 18(9), pp. 2703-2716 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1137-y| Published online April 4, 2016 Abstract Plant–microbial interactions... Continue Reading
Filed under: Biological Invasions control diversity Fungal endophytes invasive wetlands
by Samantha Tank | Apr 1, 2016 | Blog, Current Research
Zackery R. C. Shearin Matthew Filipek Rushvi Desai Wesley A. Bickford Kurt P. Kowalski Keith Clay Plant and Soil (forthcoming issue) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3241-x | Published online April 1, 2017 Abstract Background and aims We characterized fungal... Continue Reading
Filed under: Biological invasion Fungi Germination Phragmites australis Seed endophytes Seedling growth
