Project Type: Graduate Student
Funds awarded in 2022: $16,454.00
Projected End Date: 08/31/2025
Grant Recipient:
University of Florida
Region: Southern
State: Florida
Graduate Student:
Major Professor:
Dr. Hui-Ling Liao
University of Florida
Description:
This side project emerged during our forage ranch visits in Central Florida, which were originally intended to collect additional samples and grasses to study the effects of phosphorus on plant–fungal activity. During the spring and summer of 2024–2025, we observed numerous spot symptoms on grass leaves from these visits. Follow-up lab investigations allowed us to quantify rust fungal pathogen titers in Central Florida pastures across the two seasons. The findings was reported in Cattleman Magazine to raise awareness among producers (see attached)
Type:
Workbook/Worksheet
File:
Download file (PDF)
Target audience:
Farmers/Ranchers
This product is associated with the project "Identifying the Microbial-mediated Strategies for Optimum Phosphorus Uptake in Bahiagrass and Rhizoma Peanut Mixture"
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