MNPS Monthly Program: Importance of mycorrhizal fungi for tree propagation by Adriana Corrales

Speaker: Adriana Corrales, Ph. D

This meeting is on the last Monday, not our usual last Tuesday

Co-sponsor: The University of Maryland Extension

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The program is free and open to the public.

Tree propagation is a major component of many restoration and conservation projects. As research shows, mycorrhizal fungi are key to the success of this crucial work. In this talk, Dr. Adriana Corrales will explain the importance of mycorrhizal fungi for native plant propagation, along some common mistakes that practitioners can make when selecting mycorrhizal inoculum.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Adriana Corrales is Lead Field Research Scientist & Underground Explorers Program Director at the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN), which is a non-profit organization focused on the conservation of mycorrhizal fungi. Most of her work focuses on the ecology of tropical mycorrhizal associations in lowland and montane forests. Before joining SPUN, she was an Assistant Professor at Universidad del Rosario in Colombia for six years. Dr. Corrales is a Forest Engineer with an MS in Environmental Conservation from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and a PhD in Plant Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was also worked as an Ewel Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Florida.

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Zoom opens at 7:00PM for pre-program board update and member Q&A. Presentations begin at 7:30PM and generally run until 8:45PM. 

We can accommodate the first 300 people who enter the Zoom meeting at the meeting time. After you register, you will receive a registration confirmation email with a link to the Zoom meeting, as well as the in person location information.

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