The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Mandaamin Institue Inc. a $1,498,705 Project Grant under the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative federal grant program. The award will support research from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025 to facilitate the development of organic agriculture production methods through partnerships between corn crops and beneficial soil microbes in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Specifically, the grantee will functionally identify soil microbial communities and ways to manage microbial dynamics to enhance nutrient cycling and disease suppression. The research aims to develop symbiotic relationships between corn and native endophytes to improve organic crop health, yield, and farmer profitability.
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