Dr. Yoav Bashan and Dr. Maria-Esther Puente
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Small Mamilaria cacti growing in sedimentary rocks without soil. |
Cardon growing out of rocks above Gulf of California. |
Cardon cacti growing on a lava flow in the absence of soil. |
Small cardon plant growing inside lava rock without soil. Note that after opening of the rock, the roots are attached to the stone surface. |
External Collaborators
- Dr. C.Y. Li, USDA-Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon Oregon State University , Corvallis Oregon.
- Ph.D. Al Soeldner, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Electron Microscopy, Corvallis, Oregon, USA Oregon State University.
- Dr. Bernard Bormann, USDA–Forest, Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State University Rock weathering by plants.
Relevant publications
- Bashan, Y., Puente, E., Romero, B., Li, C.Y., and de-Bashan, L.E. 2007. Mountain breakers. Tzabar 13: 2-11 (Hebrew) (Cactis and Succulent Society of Israel)
- Bashan, Y., Vierheilig, H., Salazar, B.G., and de-Bashan, L.E. 2006. Primary colonization and breakdown of igneous rocks by endemic, succulent elephant trees (Pachycormus discolor) of the deserts in Baja California, Mexico. Naturwissenschaften 93: 344–347
- Puente, M.E., Rodriguez-Jaramillo, M.C., Li, C.Y. and Bashan, Y. 2006. Image analysis for quantification of bacterial rock weathering. Journal of Microbiological Methods 64: 275-286
- Puente, M.E., Bashan, Y., Li, C.Y., and Lebsky, V.K. 2004. Microbial populations and activities in the rhizoplane of rock-weathering desert plants, I. Root colonization and weathering of igneous rocks. Plant Biology 6: 629-642
- Puente, M.E., Li, C.Y., and Bashan, Y. 2004. Microbial populations and activities in the rhizoplane of rock-weathering desert plants, II. Growth promotion of cactus seedling. Plant Biology 6: 643-650
- Bashan, Y., Li, C.Y., Lebsky, V.K., Moreno, M. and de-Bashan, L.E. 2002. Primary colonization of volcanic rocks by plants in arid Baja California, Mexico. Plant Biology 4: 392-402.
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