Gavin Kernaghan

Associate ProfessorKernaghanBSc, MSc (UBC)
PhD (U Alberta)
Post Doc (U Alberta, UQAM, Agriculture Canada)

Office: Evaristus 242
(902) 457-6328
Lab: Evaristus 237
(902) 457-5066
msvu.ca

Research:

Atlantic Root Symbiosis Laboratory (new site)

Atlantic Root Symbiosis Laboratory (old site)

Current Group Members:

Tyler Black (M.Sc. Student)

Erica Fraser (NSERC USRA Student)

Ali Hosein (Technician)

Laura Reithmeier (M. Sc Student)

Jesse Johns (M.Sc. Student)

Hedi Kebli (Ph.D. Student)

Michael Mayerhofer (M.Sc. Student)

 

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Recent Publications: 

Kebli, H., Drouin, P., Kernaghan, G. and Brais, S. Molecular diversity of saproxylic fungi during wood decomposition along a forest disturbance gradient. Submitted to Functional Ecology, March 2011.

 

Kernaghan, G. and Patriquin, G. 2011. Host associations between fungal root endophytes and boreal trees. Microbial Ecology. DOI 10.1007/s00248-011-9851-6.

 

Kebli, H., Drouin, P., Brais, S. and Kernaghan, G. 2011. Species composition of saproxylic fungal communities on decaying logs in the boreal forest.Microbial Ecology. DOI 10.1007/s00248-010-9790-7.

 

Quoreshi, A., Kernaghan, G. and Hunt, G. 2009. Mycorrhizas in Canadian forest nurseries. In:  

Advances in Mycorrhizal Biotechnology: A Canadian Perspective. Edited by Piché, Y., Colgan, A. and Khasa, D. NRC Research Press.

 

Berch, S.M., Monreal, M. and Kernaghan, G., 2009. Mycorrhiza in Canadian forest and agricultural ecosystems. In: Advances in Mycorrhizal Biotechnology: A Canadian Perspective. Edited by Piché, Y., Colgan, A. and Khasa, D. NRC Research Press.

 

Kernaghan, G., Hoke, S. M. and Reeleder, R. 2008. Quantification of Pythium populations in ginseng soils by culture dependent and real-time PCR methods. Applied Soil Ecology 40: 447-455.

 

Lazaruk, L., Macdonald, S.E. and Kernaghan, G. 2008. The effect of mechanical site preparation on ectomycorrhizae of planted white spruce seedlings in a conifer-dominated boreal mixedwood forest. Can. J. For. Res. 38:2072-2079.

 

DeBellis, T., Kernaghan, G., and Widden, P. 2007. Plant community influences on soil microfungal assemblages in boreal-mixed wood forests. Mycologia 99: 356-367.

 

Kernaghan, G., Hoke, S. M. and Reeleder, R. 2007. Quantification of Cylindrocarpon destructans in soils by real-time PCR. Plant Pathology 56:508-516.

 

DeBellis, T., Kernaghan, G., Bradley, R. and Widden, P. 2006. Relationships between stand composition and ectomycorrhizal community structure in boreal mixed-wood forests. Microbial Ecology 52: 114-126.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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