The overall goal of this research project is to increase profitability of soybean production by simultaneously enhancing yield as well as tolerance against biotic and abiotic stresses. Plant growth promoting microbes not only stimulate plant growth but can also confer resistance to microbes that cause plant diseases. The PI’s group is characterizing strains of the naturally occurring, nonpathogenic soil fungi Trichoderma spp. that serve as biocontrol agents to confer enhanced resistance against pathogens in many plant species, including soybean, tomato and tobacco. The Trichoderma spp. also improve plant growth and development, suggesting that these microbes induce root to shoot signaling...
Use of Trichoderma to enhance growth and stress tolerance in soybean varieties will be filed with the help of the University of Kentucky IP office in compliance of University regulations.
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.