Crop rotation affects disease suppressive soil microbiomes
Posted on 14.02.2022 | Last Modified 14.02.2022
Lead Researcher (PI): Xiben Wang
Institution:
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Total WGRF Funding:
$84,000
Co-Funders:
Ag Action Manitoba, Manitoba Crop Alliance
Start Date:
2021
Project Length:
2 Years
Objectives:
Quantify abundance, composition, and diversity of fungal and bacterial phylogenetic taxa in soils within diversified crop rotations. Quantify disease suppressive functional genes, phlD and prnD produced by soil bacterial communities.