01/29/2026
Our next Green Bagger Presentation is coming up on February 11th!
This presentation unpacks the complex "handshake" between plants and their associated soil microbes during recovery from defoliation stress. Using a red clover-grass system, we reveal that a plant's ability to "bounce back" aboveground does not guarantee a return to the original state belowground. Crucially, we show that this recovery is intensity-dependent: while the system may tolerate moderate stress, high-intensity defoliation triggers a fundamental reset of the soil ecosystem.
Presented by University of Alberta PhD Candidate (and CSA's Student Rep), Chathuranga De Silva!
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