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Development of a Spatially-Related Phytochemical Database for a Chihuahuan Desert ShrublandMary E. Lucero1, Rick Estell1, Ken Ramsey2, Kris Havstad11USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces New Mexico (http://jornada-www.nmsu.edu/)2Jornada Basin LTER, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (http://jornada-www.nmsu.edu/) We examinesoil and vegetation dynamics involved in arid land degradation and desertification at multiple scales.
Phytochemistry plays a role in such vegetation dynamics as allelopathy, herbivore deterrence, and plant-plant competition. Our goals are to: • determine the volatile composition of JER plants • define how these volatiles interact with key soil microbes, herbivores, and competitive plants • identify areas where phytochemical interactions contribute to success or failure of a plant species. • Apply findings to development of remediation strategies.
GCMS-TIC of essential oil from Dalea scoparia • Image (*.gif) or ASCII? • We want to avoid re-creating MS software • *.CDF files not as universal as we would like PhytoChemistry Database LTER plant species list Protocols Primary Key ID Plant species code Related Dataset ID’s (examples:Oil yield,DMA, GCMS, GCFID) X, Y, Z GPS coordinates and related details Essential Oil Projects Chemicals marker gene sequences (TBA) Datasets