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Possibilities & Potential Of Perennial Wheat: A Comparison Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Diversity And Abundance Between Winter Wheat And Kernza, Tess Noble Strohm
Possibilities & Potential Of Perennial Wheat: A Comparison Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Diversity And Abundance Between Winter Wheat And Kernza, Tess Noble Strohm
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In an effort to harness the benefits of perenniality on soil health, a perennial wheatgrass called Kernza (Thinopyrum intermedium) has been developed for commercial use at the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. The effects of a cultivar of Kernza intended for the Hudson Valley, NY were examined in this study using Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) as an indicator of soil health. AMF are an obligate symbiotic fungi known to provide physical and biological benefits to soil and plant systems. Fields containing one and four year old Kernza, as well as a field of an annual winter wheat were sampled to …