Soil fungal distribution and functionality as affected by grazing and vegetation components of integrated crop-livestock agroecosystems

LS10-229 (project overview)

Project Type: Research and Education

Funds awarded in 2010: $160,000.00

Projected End Date: 12/31/2013

Region: Southern

State: Texas

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Jennifer Moore-Kucera

Texas Tech University

Description:

Compared to annual crops, ICLs hold the potential to enhance soil organic matter (OM) inputs, C sequestration, nutrient cycling, and H2O conservation. Soil fungi play an essential role in these ecosystem benefits but their specific role under ICL agroecos

Type:

Article/Newsletter/Blog

Authors:

Marko Davinic; Jennifer Moore-Kucera; Veronica Acosta-Martinez; John Zak; Vivien Zak

Target audiences:

Educators; Researchers

URL:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929139313000401

This product is associated with the project "Integrated Crop and Livestock Systems for Enhanced Soil Carbon Sequestration and Microbial Diversity in the Semiarid Texas High Plains"

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.