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Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>
Jessica Rubin (University of Vermont)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 05, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

View or download a copy of the episode transcript\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Cate Kreider<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this podcast we\u2019ve covered everything from birds, fish, and bugs to rivers and dams, people and processes, and seeds of both native and invasive species. In this episode we\u2019re expanding that list to include a neglected player in the riparian ecosystem: mycorrhizae. A type of fungus which can form symbiotic relationships with certain plants\u2019 root systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jess Rubin, today\u2019s guest, began working with mycorrhizae seven years ago and has since become the founder of an ecological resilience service seeking to deepen our understanding of these cycles through research. Alongside managing this service, called mycoevolve<\/a>, she also obtained a second masters degree from UVM\u2019s Plant and Soil Science Department and now serves as a Myco-Phytoremediation Research Technician in her own research projects while publishing papers about the work she\u2019s been conducting (linked below). The goal is to better understand the role of mycorrhizae in plant\u2019s phosphorous uptake, thus increasing the efficacy of riparian and agrarian buffers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our discussion does not stop with the singular factor of mycorrhizae however. We discuss site management, plant selection, considerations for farmers and Abenaki people in experimental design, and the potential this work has to create new avenues of research and progress in restoration work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join in to hear where this research started, how far it has come, and what is still emerging in the application of mycorrhizae in restoration work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Interested in the projects we discussed? You can read the literature review here<\/a>, the shelburne farms project here<\/a>, and the mesocosm study with Digger\u2019s Mirth here<\/a>. You can also email Jess at Jessica.Rubin@uvm.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This episode featured the call of the Wood Thrush. It was recorded by Christopher McPherson in Hillsborough County  New Hampshire on May 20th of 2021. We downloaded the song from xeno-canto.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement (LC00A00695-0) to NEIWPCC in partnership with the Lake Champlain Basin Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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