Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0454276
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The role of mycorrhizal fungi in nutrient supply and habitat specificity of the rare underground orchid (Rhizanthella gardneri). The underground orchid (Rhizanthella gardneri) is an extremely rare achlorophyllous myco-heterotroph that shares a mycorrhizal fungus with broom bush (Melaleuca uncinata). This project will investigate habitat requirements for R. gardneri and assess the orchid dependence on M. uncinata for carbon and nutrient supply. We will measure magnitude and timing of nutrient and carbon transfers between M. uncinata roots, fungal hyphae and R. gardneri using stable isotope techniques. This project will provide knowledge essential for conserving the underground orchid, a unique Australian plant, and other critically endangered orchids.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2004
End Date: 03-2007
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $88,068.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Terrestrial Ecology | Archaebacteriology | Microbiology | Plant Physiology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ornamentals, Australian natives and nursery plants | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas |
