Award winners
J. L. Harley Medal
Winner: Lotus Lofgren (USA)
with an oral presentation “Modification of host specificity ‘rules’ in light of forest history: the curious case of host generalism for Suillus subaureus” in the workshop “Specificity in mycorrhizal symbioses: an evolvable trait?”
Barbara Mosse – Laval Université Prize
Winner: Gabriel Smith (USA)
with an oral presentation “Colonization-competition tradeoffs structure ectomycorrhizal diversity” in the session “Modelling of mycorrhizas”
International Mycorrhiza Society Prize
Winner: Carmen Guerrero-Galán (France)
with an oral presentation “Novel functions of fungal TOK channels: putative roles in symbiotic potassium transfer” in the session “Acquisition, assimilation and transport of nutrients and carbon in mycorrhizal symbioses”
UMAHARI Award
Winner: Rohan Riley (Australia)
with an oral presentation “Dissecting differential mycorrhizal growth responses with high throughput phenomics” in the session “Emerging technologies to make new discoveries in mycorrhizal physiology and ecology”
Biosyneterra Prize
Winner: Lukas Schütz (Switzerland)
with an oral presentation “How reliable are microbial inoculants in agriculture for improving yield and nutrient use efficiency? – a meta-analysis” in the session “Mycorrhizas in agro- and agroforestry ecosystems”
Mycorrhiza Prize
Winner: Shihomi Hachiya (Japan)
with a poster presentation “Low-phosphorus conditions increase release of acid phosphatase from extraradical hyphae of Rhizophagus clarus” in the session “Acquisition, assimilation and transport of nutrients and carbon in mycorrhizal symbioses”
Václav Melzer Prize
Winner: Ashleigh Elliott (UK)
with a poster presentation “Investigating changes to mycorrhiza-crop relationships in wheat cultivars under elevated levels of atmospheric CO2” in the session “Soil and climate feedbacks in mycorrhizal biogeography and ecology”
International Mycorrhiza Society poster Prize
Winner: Claire Willing (USA)
with a poster presentation “Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity along a precipitation gradient in coast redwood forests using next-generation sequencing” in the session “Soil and climate feedbacks in mycorrhizal biogeography and ecology”
UMAHARI Award
Winner: Krishna Saharan (India)
with a poster presentation “The potential of ‘biofertilization’ and ‘bioirrigation’ for enhancing legume-cereal intercropping yield” in the session “Mycorrhizas in agro- and agroforestry ecosystems”
Karel Cejp Prize
Winner: François Maillard (France)
with a poster presentation “Exo-chitinolytic activities: phylogenetic conservatism of a functional trait in the ectomycorrhizal fungi” in the session “Acquisition, assimilation and transport of nutrients and carbon in mycorrhizal symbioses”
Symbiom Prize
Winner: Devesh Singh (Switzerland)
with a poster presentation ““Bioirrigation” and biofertilizer based legume-millet intercropping as a tool to mitigate drought-induced crop yield loss in arid and semi-arid tropics” in the session “Mycorrhizas in agro- and agroforestry ecosystems”
InoculumPlus Prize
Winner: Vasileios Kokkoris (Canada)
with a poster presentation “Fungal bio-fertilizers may suppress local plant communities” in the session “Mycorrhizas in plant and fungal invasions”
