David J Read
Emeritus Professor of Plant Sciences
Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
Biography
BSc (1960) PhD (1963) University of Hull Junior Research Fellow, University of Sheffield (1963-1965) Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in Botany, University of Sheffield (1965-1990) Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield (1990-2004) Emeritus Professor of Plant Sciences (2004-present) Millar Visiting Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA (2003) Elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society 1990 Leverhulme Senior Fellowship (1994-95)
Research Interest
Plant Physiological Ecology, Plant Microbial-Interactions, Plant-Nutrient and Water Relations, Mobilisation of Soil Organic matter, Microbial Ecology, Pollution Biology. The role of plant-fungus symbioses of roots - mycorrhizas - with particular reference to their importance at the plant community and ecosystem levels.
Publications
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Duckett JG, Burch J, Fletcher PW, Matcham HW, Read DJ, Russell AJ, Pressel S. In vitro cultivation of bryophytes: a review of practicalities, problems, progress and promise. Journal of bryology. 2004 Mar 1;26(1):3-20.
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Taylor AF, Gebauer G, Read DJ. Uptake of nitrogen and carbon from doubleâ€labelled (15N and 13C) glycine by mycorrhizal pine seedlings. New Phytologist. 2004 Nov 1;164(2):383-8.
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Bidartondo MI, Burghardt B, Gebauer G, Bruns TD, Read DJ. Changing partners in the dark: isotopic and molecular evidence of ectomycorrhizal liaisons between forest orchids and trees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 2004 Sep 7;271(1550):1799-806.
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Johnson D, Vandenkoornhuyse PJ, Leake JR, Gilbert L, Booth RE, Grime JP, Young JP, Read DJ. Plant communities affect arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and community composition in grassland microcosms. New phytologist. 2004 Feb 1;161(2):503-15.
