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IMPLEMENTING COVER CROPS AND COMPOST ADDITIONS TO IMPROVE SOIL MICROBIOMES AND MITIGATE STRESS IN SEMI-ARID COTTON PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Objective

The overall goal of this project is to determine how cover crops and compost application in semi-arid cotton systems alters soil microbiomes and the ability of cotton plants to resist drought (abiotic) and pathogen (biotic) stress.The major specific goals of this project are to 1) Identify changes in soil microbiomes and cotton productivity in response to cover cropping and compost applications, 2) Quantify how cover cropping and compost application affects the resistance and resilience of soil microbiomes and cotton growth to severe drought, and 3) Quantify how cover cropping and compost addition affects soil suppressiveness to a widespread cotton pathogen, Verticillium dahliae.

Investigators
Slaughter, L. C.; Wheeler, TE, .; Ritchie, GL, L.; Echevarria Laza, HA, JO.
Institution
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
Start date
2024
End date
2028
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
TEXW-2023-07682
Accession number
1031864
https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/1031864.html