Horticulture & Related FieldsPatrick Smallwood
2018 The Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship in Conservation Horticulture
Patrick A. Smallwood is a PhD candidate in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Georgia. His research is focused on the interactions between orchids and their mycorrhizal fungal partners. Specifically, he is interested in how the identity of the fungus may change across orchid populations as the needs of the orchid change. He intends to use molecular techniques to understand how orchid mycorrhizal communities associated with the yellow lady’s slipper orchid change across eastern North America. He hopes that the results of his work will help inform native orchid conservation.
The Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship in Conservation Horticulture
To promote conservation of rare and endangered flora in the United States through the programs of the Center for Plant Conservation, Escondido, California.
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