2015
Impact of Tillage and Residue Management on Soil Biodiversity Under Soybean-Corn Rotation (Year 2 of 1420-732-7234)
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Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
(none assigned)
Lead Principal Investigator:
William Kingery, Mississippi State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Normie Buehring, Mississippi State University
Wayne Ebelhar, Mississippi State University
Shanmugam Shankar, Mississippi State University
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Project Code:
1420-732-7234
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Brief Project Summary:

Unique Keywords:
#soil and tillage management, #soil fertility studies, #soybean production systems, #tillage, crop rotation, residue management, soil microbe diveristy
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

The project will provide USB with scientific data showing how tillage, crop rotation and residue management contributes to the soil biodiversity of the soil. Since soil microbial diversity will be characterized at microbial community level using state-of-the-art molecular techniques, soil biodiversity can be described a finer taxonomic level (“species” level) which gives a comprehensive and clearer picture of the soil biodiversity. Since soil biodiversity is a strong indicator for a healthy soil, a strong baseline for sustainability measure can be established which will be strengthened by correlating it with yield and other soil parameters.

Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.