Kari Dunfield

Assistant Professor
Applied Soil Ecology
Department of Land Resource Science
Richard's Building, Office 210
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1
Telephone: (519) 824-4120 x.58088
Fax: (519) 824-5730
E-mail:

Degrees

B.Sc.(University of Calgary), M.Sc., Ph.D. (University of Saskatchewan)

Research Interest

General areas of interest include: Applied Soil Ecology, Molecular Microbial Ecology, Soil Microbiology. The long-term objective of my research program is to study the relationship between genetic diversity of soil microbial communities and soil ecosystem functioning. My research program uses established molecular biology techniques to assess how agricultural and environmental practices impact soil microbial communities, and microbially mediated soil processes, such as nitrogen cycling. This is accomplished through a number of collaborative research programs with research groups across the University of Guelph campus.

Teaching

SOIL 3080 - Soil and Water Conservation
SOIL 3200 - Environmental Soil Biology

Select Publications

Powell, J. R., Dunfield, K. E. (2007). Non-target impact of genetically-modified, herbicide-resistant crops on soil microbial and faunal communities. pp. 127-137 in R. H. Gulden and C. J. Swanton, eds. 2007. The First Ten Years of Herbicide-Resistant Crops in Canada. Topics in Canadian Weed Science, Volume 4. Sainte-Anne-de Bellevue, Québec: Canadian Weed Science Society – Société canadienne de malherbologie. 176 pp.

Dunfield, K.E., King, G.M. (2005). Analysis of the distribution and diversity in recent Hawaiian volcanic deposits of a putative carbon monoxide dehydrogenase large sub-unit gene. Environ. Microbiol. 7: 1405-12.

Dunfield, K.E., King, G.M. (2004). Molecular Analysis of Carbon Monoxide-Oxidizing Bacteria Colonizing Recent Hawaiian Volcanic Deposits. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 4242-4248.

Dunfield, K.E., Germida, J.J. (2004). Impact of genetically modified crops on soil and plant associated microbial communities. J. Environ. Quality. 33: 806-815.

Dunfield, K.E., Germida, J.J. (2003). Seasonal changes in the rhizosphere microbial communities associated with field grown genetically modified canola (Brassica napus). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 3710-3718.

Website

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~dunfield/

Lab Website