Fine dining: root morphology, mycorrhizal colonization, and
nutrient amendments in red maple seedlings
BY CARINA BERLINGERI & EVA PARADISO

FIne DIning Experience
appetizers
❖ Predictions
❖ Experimental Design
Main Dish
❖ Mycorrhizal Associations
❖ Root Morphology
DEssert
❖ Questions

Predictions
❖ Decrease in vesicles in N amended plots
❖ Increase in coil structures in P amended plots
❖ Root morphology will vary depending on the AMF colonization, structures, and
treatment type

Data Collection

Root Processing

Root Staining

Mycorrhizal Colonization & Root Morphology

Questions
The MELNHE Project is
funded by USDA NIFA (2019-
67019-29464) and NSF
(DEB-1637685) . For more
information, please visit
www.esf.edu/melnhe