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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please join us for our Tuesday’s seminar tomorrow,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">February 6<sup>th</sup>, 2024 from 4pm-5pm in Marley 230
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">for
<u>Brooke Emma Sykes’</u> presentation titled:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spatial variation in foliar endophytes: links to sapling success in a conservation nursery?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Refreshments will be provided in the Marley Lobby at 3:30.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Zoom link below:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/4959286223">https://arizona.zoom.us/j/4959286223</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Abstract below:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="oypena"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">All plants, including those in cultivated and managed settings, host diverse fungal symbionts called endophytes in their healthy photosynthetic
tissue. While plant genotype is often linked with endophytic community structure in agroecosystems, it is becoming increasingly evident that community assembly and function are context-dependent and change across species and ecological scales. We sampled Torreya
taxifolia saplings at a conservation nursery in Durham, North Carolina to characterize foliar endophytic fungi for this species the first time, and link variation in endophyte communities to host genotype and to the nursery setting. We found all trees to be
healthy and pathogen-free, each harboring distinct endophytic fungal communities that are structured spatially based on proximity to a forest edge. We saw class-level differences in fungal taxa between two sampling years, indicating that young saplings may
be experiencing successional dynamics in their endophyte communities after 7 years in-ground. Overall, our results show that fine-scale environmental variation is a strong influence on endophyte communities, that T. taxifolia possesses a high capacity for
establishing symbioses with fungi outside of its native range, and that understanding these symbioses has the potential to inform cultivation practices in host taxa that are rare or threatened.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="691" height="518" style="width:7.1979in;height:5.3958in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA581E.E29A5800" alt="A poster for a plant nursery
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