Keywords and topics that are found in this program: ecology, ecosystems,
species, entophytes, fungi, spores, anti-cancer compounds, experimental design,
controls.
| Topic |
Time |
| Show - intro, grasses, ecosystems, and Sleepy Grass. |
00:00 |
| Ecosystem - species - microscopic world - fungi. |
02:07 |
| Fungus - fungi |
03:31 |
| How did you discover the fungus in these grasses? |
0424 |
| Chemical compounds - alkaloids - strychnine - nicotine, mescaline. |
05:10 |
| Anti-cancer compounds unique to these fungi. |
05:38 |
| Definition of entophytes. |
06:32 |
| Description of research field site. |
07:03 |
| Faeth explains the experiment and some basic experimental design. |
07:37 |
| Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. |
08:23 |
| Faeth continues to explain the experimental design and how they
control water. |
08:41 |
| How long have you been doing this research as an ecologist. |
11:20 |
| Faeth perspective on his type of ecological research. |
12:13 |
| Symbiotic relationships - mutualism - parasites. |
13:03 |
| What are the symbionts of the grasses? [microizee] |
14:41 |
| What are the fungal entophytes helping the plants to do? |
15:23 |
| Importance of all living things in a food web - large and
small. |
16:18 |
| How did Sleepy Grass get its nickname? [LSD, Narcotic Effects} |
17:39 |
| What would happen if humans eat this grass? [Native American legend] |
19:22 |
| When did you first realize you wanted to be biologist or scientist? |
21:10 |
| What would you be if you were not a biologist or scientist? |
21:28 |
| What advice do you have for someone wanted to be a
scientist/biologist? |
22:15 |
