GLOBAM

Global biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: taxonomic and functional patterns

Coordinatore	TARTU ULIKOOL    more  Organization address address: ULIKOOLI 18 city: TARTU postcode: 50090 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Martin Cognome: Zobel Email: send email Telefono: -375858 Fax: -375857
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Estonia [EE]
Totale costo	45˙000 €
EC contributo	45˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008
Funding Scheme	MC-ERG
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-10-01   -   2011-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	TARTU ULIKOOL  Organization address address: ULIKOOLI 18 city: TARTU postcode: 50090 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Martin Cognome: Zobel Email: send email Telefono: -375858 Fax: -375857	EE (TARTU)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The project has three objectives: (1) Describe the biodiversity patterns of Glomeromycota in plant roots in selected global biodiversity hotspots. Current information about the global biodiversity patterns indicates major gaps in several types of ecosystems and geographic regions. We will focus on two contrasting geographic ecosystems: tropical forests and deserts. Descriptive biodiversity surveys of Glomeromycota will be implemented using existing methodological approach of PCR, cloning and sequencing. (2) Develop global database of Glomeromycota identified in plant roots. The database will include all published environmental sequences and relevant related information. As a critical part, synonymy of researcher-created operational taxonomic units will be created in order to progeress comparability of independent data. This will enable to create distribution maps of molecular AM fungal taxa, which will be provided online. This publicly accessible and searchable database will further generate understanding of worldwide biodiversity of Glomeromycota. (3) Identify the functional diversity patterns of Glomeromycota in an ecosystem that is well described in terms of Glomeromycota biodiversity patterns – boreo-nemoral forest - and the ecosystems studied for biodiversity in Obj.1. The interpretation of biodiversity patterns in terms of their functional significance is pivotal in order to understand ecosystem functioning and to predict the impact of management/disturbance and climate change on soil microbial communities. The experimentation complementing biodiversity surveys will use both native fungal inoculum and pre-existing isolates, in order to specify the functional profiles of fungal assemblages at locations. We will focus on description of functional properties of individual fungi and their assemblages in single plant and plant community conditions. Fungal growth (biomass) will be assessed in these conditions, and under different nutrient and water availability.'