Periodic Reporting for period 1 - OakMycEvo (Functional ecology of the plant-fungus interface: Harnessing evolutionary genomics, transcriptomics and experimental ecology to dissect communication and nutrient exchange in a mutualistic symbiosis)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi are ubiquitous symbionts of forest trees. Tree and fungus engage in a mutualistic symbiosis where fungal mycelium grows around fine roots of the tree and both partners engage in a reciprocal exchange of nutrients – carbon (in the form of sugars) from...