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24,576 grants matching “microbiome”
Discerning the influence of maternal obesity, weight gain, and diet on the infant microbiota and programming of NAFLD
$300,000Jacob E Friedman · University Of Colorado Denver · R56 · FY2018 · DK
RFA-TS-22-001: Interactions between the microbiome, metabolome, and immune system as underlying mechanisms of ALS pathogenesis
$300,000Benjamin Joseph Murdock · University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor · R01 · FY2024 · TS
PAPM EAGER: High-throughput experimental methods to link mobile genetic elements with their bacterial hosts
$300,000Ilana L Brito · Cornell University · · FY2016 · BIO
TARGETABLE BACTERICIDAL PROTEINS TO SPECIFICALLY KILL CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE BACTE
$300,000David William Martin · Avidbiotics Corporation · R43 · FY2012 · AI
TARGETABLE BACTERICIDAL PROTEINS TO SPECIFICALLY KILL CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE BACTE
$300,000David William Martin · Avidbiotics Corporation · R43 · FY2013 · AI
Epidemiology of the gut-liver axis and hepatocellular carcinoma risk in a multiethnic liver cirrhosis cohort: defining the role of bacteria, metabolites, and glycoproteins
$300,000Shehnaz Khursheed Hussain · University Of California At Davis · R56 · FY2024 · CA
Deciphering Molecular Networks Driving Community-Level Functions: A Generalizable Systems Biology Framework for Microbiome Research and Engineering.
$300,000Ophelia S Venturelli · University Of Wisconsin-Madison · · FY2024 · BIO
Selection and preclinical development of a bacteria-targeting, non-antibiotic lead candidate to improve cancer chemotherapy outcomes
$300,000Ward Peterson · Symberix, Inc. · R44 · FY2018 · CA
IPP: AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES STATISTICAL AND CLINICAL COORDINATING CENTER (ADSCCC)
$300,000Christina Millin · Rho Federal Systems Division, Inc. · N01 · FY2024 · AI
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** FARMERS CHOOSE WHICH COVER CROPS TO USE BECAUSE OF THE SPECIFIC AGROECOSYSTEM SERVICES THEY PROVIDE (E.G., NITROGEN MANAGEMENT, NUTRIENT SCAVENGING, WEED SUPPRESSION, AND PEST REDUCTION). LEGUMES ARE USED AS COVER CROPS BECAUSE THEY INCREASE SOIL NITROGEN LEVELS FOR FUTURE CROPS. LEGUMES ACCOMPLISH THIS FEAT BY ESTABLISHING BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH RHIZOBIAL BACTERIA WHO PERFORM BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION AND THUS PROVIDE NITROGEN (N) FERTILIZATION WITHOUT THE ECONOMIC AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION COSTS OF CHEMICAL N INPUTS. IN ADDITION TO THIS DIRECT EFFECT, GROWING LEGUME COVER CROPS CHANGES SOIL MICROBIOMES VIA ENRICHMENT OF SPECIFIC STRAINS, SPECIES, OR GENERA OF RHIZOBIA. SOME LEGUME COVER CROP SPECIES ARE PARTICULAR ABOUT WHICH RHIZOBIA THEY ASSOCIATE WITH, WHILE OTHERS ARE GENERALISTS. FURTHER, SOME COVER CROP SPECIES SHARE RHIZOBIAL PARTNERS WITH FUTURE LEGUME CASH CROPS IN ROTATIONAL CONTEXTS, WHILE OTHERS DO NOT. HERE FIELD AND GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS WILL BE USED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT RHIZOBIAL CYCLING AND EFFECTIVE N- FIXATION DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFICITY AND DEGREE OF SYMBIOTIC PARTNER OVERLAP BETWEEN COVER CROP AND FOCAL CROP HOSTS. SEQUENCING DATA WILL BE USED TO TEST METHODS THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY EXAMINE SPECIES COMPOSITION AND STRAIN-LEVEL VARIATION AND THUS ENABLE THE EXAMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING ACROSS SCALES. ULTIMATELY, LEVERAGING THE POWER OF HOST-MICROBIOME MANIPULATION TO ENRICH SPECIFIC POPULATIONS REPRESENTS A NOVEL, COST-EFFECTIVE AVENUE TO PROMOTE EFFICIENT N-FIXATION, THEREBY SUPPORTING ROBUST YIELDS, IMPROVING SOIL HEALTH, AND DECREASING CHEMICAL N-INPUTS AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
$300,000The Pennsylvania State University · · FY2022 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Kidney Precision Medicine Program (KPMP): Columbia AKI Recruitment Site
$300,000Krzysztof Kiryluk · Columbia University Health Sciences · UH3 · FY2020 · DK
Mitigation of Ionizing Irradiation-Induced Intestinal Damage by Second-Generation Probiotics LR-IL-22 and LR-IFN-β
$300,000Claude J. Rogers · Chromologic, Llc · R41 · FY2022 · AI
Metagenomic discovery and optimization of novel endolysins targeting Gardnerella vaginalis to treat bacterial vaginosis
$300,000Oliver Wei Liu · Topaz Biosciences, Inc. · R43 · FY2024 · AI
NSF 2026: EAGER: Accelerated carbon mineralization sequestration in cation rich rock formations via microbial augmentation and stimulation
$300,000Bret N Lingwall · South Dakota School Of Mines And Technology · · FY2021 · ENG
BBSRC-NSF/BIO:Collaborative Research: Phage host range evolution in spatially structured microbiomes
$300,000Carey D Nadell · Dartmouth College · · FY2020 · BIO
PAPM-EAGER: Single-locus multi-hormone reporters for comprehensive plant phenotyping: a synthetic-biology approach.
$300,000Anna N Stepanova · North Carolina State University · · FY2016 · BIO
Comparative Efficacy of Therapeutics for Clostridioides difficile Infection
$300,000Raquel Hontecillas · Biotherapeutics, Inc. · R43 · FY2024 · AI
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** PANCREATIC CANCER IS OFTEN DIAGNOSED AT AN ADVANCED STAGE AND IT IS HIGHLY RESISTANT TO CONVENTIONAL CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO TREAT. THE PROGRESSION FROM NORMAL PANCREATIC EPITHELIUM TO PANCREATIC CANCER IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCUMULATION OF SEVERAL GENETIC MUTATIONS AND GRADUALLY EVOLVES VIA PRECURSOR LESIONS, CALLED PANCREATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA (PANIN) LESIONS. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED THAT CONSUMPTION OF CRUCIFEROUS VEGETABLES IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER RISK OF DEVELOPING CANCERS, INCLUDING PANCREATIC CANCER.THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CHARACTERIZE THE EFFICACY OF ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE CRUCIFEROUS VEGETABLE WATERCRESS (NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE) ON PREVENTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSION OF EARLY LESIONS OF PANCREATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA TO MORE ADVANCED LESIONS AND PANCREATIC CANCER, AND ON MODULATING THE GUT MICROBIOME. THE SPECIFIC AIMS OF THIS PROJECT ARE (1) TO DETERMINE THE EFFICACY OF FREEZE-DRIED WATERCRESS ON PREVENTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSION OF PRECURSOR PANIN LESIONS TO INVASIVE PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA, BY USING A TRANSGENIC ANIMAL MODEL WHICH RESEMBLES HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE HUMAN DISEASE, AND (2) TO CHARACTERIZE THE EFFECT OF FREEZE-DRIED WATERCRESS CONSUMPTION ON THE GUT MICROBIOME USING METAGENOMICS SEQUENCING.THIS STUDY WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING BIOMARKERS OF RESPONSE TO FREEZE-DRIED WATERCRESS IN A PANCREATIC CANCER MODEL. THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO PREVENT THE PROGRESSION OF PANIN LESIONS TO PANCREATIC CANCER USING A WHOLE-FOOD APPROACH.
$300,000Board Of Regents Of Nevada System Of Higher Education · · FY2023 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
NECROTIC ENTERITIS (NE) IS ONE OF THE MOST ECONOMICALLY DEVASTATING DISEASES OF POULTRY COSTING THE INDUSTRY APPROXIMATELY $6 BILLION ANNUALLY. CURRENTLY, NO EFFECTIVE PREVENTIVE OR THERAPEUTIC MEASURES EXIST AGAINST NE. IN THIS PROJECT, WE SEEK TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF MANIPULATING GUT MICROBIOTA IN THE MITIGATION OF NE. NE-RESISTANT AND -SUSCEPTIBLE CHICKEN BREEDS WILL BE SUBJECTED TO NE WITH THE GOAL TO IDENTIFY GUT BACTERIA AND THEIR METABOLITES THAT ARE ENRICHED IN RESISTANT CHICKENS. FECAL MICROBIOTA FROM NE-RESISTANT AND -SUSCEPTIBLE CHICKENS WILL BE FURTHER TRANSPLANTED INTO NAÏVE CHICKENS, FOLLOWED BY A COMPARISON OF THEIR EFFICACY IN ALLEVIATING NE. ADDITIONALLY, SELECTED GUT BACTERIA AND METABOLITES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH NE RESISTANCE WILL BE INOCULATED INTO NAÏVE CHICKENS AND ASSESSED FOR THEIR ROLE IN NE MITIGATION. UPON COMPLETION, THIS PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE PROOF-OF-CONCEPT FOR A NOVEL MICROBIOME-BASED, ANTIBIOTIC-FREE APPROACH TO THE ALLEVIATION OF NE AND POSSIBLY OTHER ENTERIC DISEASES AS WELL.
$300,000Oklahoma State University · · FY2022 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Mitigation of Ionizing Irradiation-Induced Intestinal Damage by Second-Generation Probiotics LR-IL-22 and LR-IFN-β
$300,000Claude J. Rogers · Chromologic, Llc · R41 · FY2021 · AI
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** SUMMARYCLIMATE CHANGE IS PREDICTED TO INCREASE THE VARIABILITY IN TIMING AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATIONACROSS THE GLOBE, AND STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ARE NECESSARY. COMPONENTS OFTHE PLANT MICROBIOME ARE CAPABLE OF ENHANCING DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN AGRICULTURAL AND RANGELANDCOMMUNITIES AND COULD SUSTAIN ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION AND AGRICULTURAL YIELDS IN THE FACE OF CLIMATECHANGE. ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ARE BENEFICIAL PLANT SYMBIONTS KNOWN TO PROMOTEDROUGHT TOLERANCE. WE PROPOSE TO LEVERAGE THE INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION OF (VESICULAR-)ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI (INVAM), OUR LAB CULTURE COLLECTION, AND AM FUNGAL SEQUENCEDATA FROM ACROSS PRECIPITATION GRADIENTS TO SELECT AM FUNGAL ISOLATES THAT ARE LIKELY TO BERESISTANT TO DROUGHT AND CONFER DROUGHT TOLERANCE TO ASSOCIATED HOST PLANT SPECIES.THE GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF AM FUNGAL ACCESSIONS IN INVAM SPAN THE GLOBE. EACH OF THEAPPROXIMATELY 1000 ISOLATES ARE CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR SPORE MORPHOLOGY AND HYPHALCHARACTERISTICS. IN ADDITION, OUR LAB HAS ADDITIONAL AMF THAT WE HAVE ISOLATED FROM INDIANA,ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. WE WILL USE PHYLOGENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS,AND GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN, TO IDENTIFY AND PREDICT WHICH AMF SPECIES OR ISOLATES ARE MOSTPROFICIENT AT CONFERRING DROUGHT TOLERANCE TO THEIR PLANT HOSTS. USING THESE DATA AND AMPLICONDATASETS OF AMF ACROSS NATURAL MOISTURE GRADIENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATIONS OFPRECIPITATION IN THE MIDWESTERN USA, WE WILL IDENTIFY AM FUNGAL CANDIDATES FOR TESTING. WE WILLTHEN ESTABLISH GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS TO TEST THEIR ABILITY TO INCREASE DROUGHT TOLERANCE ONSORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR) AND BIG BLUESTEM (ANDROPOGON GERARDII).WE WILL MEASURE THE ABILITY OF AMF TO CONFER DROUGHT TOLERANCE THROUGH GROWTH,ASSIMILATION AND STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE RESPONSE TO DROUGHT. WE WILL THEN EVALUATE WHETHER THESEMETRICS ARE BEST PREDICTED BY FUNGAL TRAITS, ISOLATE ORIGIN, OR INFORMATION ON DISTRIBUTION. THE BESTFUNGAL ISOLATES WILL BE USED IN FIELD TESTS OF DROUGHT RESILIENCE IN FUTURE TRIALS. THIS RESEARCHADVANCES EFFORTS OF BEST UTILIZE PLANT MICROBIOMES.
$300,000University Of Kansas Center For Research Inc · · FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Core Support for the Board on Life Sciences
$300,000Frances E Sharples · National Academy Of Sciences · · FY2016 · BIO
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** HEAT STRESS POSES A SIGNIFICANT GLOBAL CHALLENGE TO SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, LEADING TO DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS ON ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND WELFARE. DAIRY COWS ARE PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO HEAT STRESS DUE TO ELEVATED INTERNAL HEAT LOADS CAUSED BY HIGH MILK PRODUCTION AND SUFFER FROM REDUCED APPETITE, IMPAIRED RUMEN FERMENTATION FUNCTIONS, AND GUT MICROBIOTA DYSBIOSIS. THE CENTRAL HYPOTHESIS FOR THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS THAT THE RUMINAL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES OF DAIRY CATTLE POSSESS IMMENSE NEUROACTIVE POTENTIAL IN MODULATING HEAT STRESS RESPONSES THROUGH THE BRAIN-RUMEN AXIS. OUR RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ARE TO GAIN A HIGH-RESOLUTION RUMEN MICROBIOME CHARACTERIZATION OF LACTATING COWS UNDER HEAT-STRESSED AND HEAT-STRESS-RELIEVED CONDITIONS, UNCOVER HEAT STRESS-RELATED NEUROACTIVE SUBSTANCES DERIVED BY RUMEN MICROBIOTA AND HOST, AND EXPLORE THE UNIQUENESS IN THE BRAIN-RUMEN-MICROBIOME CROSSTALK BETWEEN HEAT-TOLERANT JERSEY COWS AND HEAT-SUSCEPTIBLE HOLSTEIN COWS. WE EXPECT TO IDENTIFY HEAT-STRESS-ASSOCIATED RUMEN MICROBES IN DAIRY CATTLE AS WELL AS UNDERSTAND THEIR NEUROACTIVE POTENTIAL AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH HOSTS' HEAT-TOLERANCE PROPERTIES AND HEAT-STRESS RESPONSES. THE FINDINGS FROM THIS PROJECT ARE EXPECTED TO ILLUSTRATE: THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN RUMEN AND BRAIN OF RUMINANTS, HOW THIS SYSTEMATIC COMMUNICATION RESPONDS TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS, AND DIFFERENCES IN THIS CROSSTALK BETWEEN STRESS-SUSCEPTIBLE AND STRESS-TOLERANT ANIMALS. THESE OUTCOMES WILL DIRECT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF RUMEN-MICROBIOTA-BRAIN AXIS-GUIDED STRATEGIES INCLUDING TARGETED BREEDING AND PRECISE DIET MANAGEMENT TO OPTIMIZE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROBIOTICS SUCH AS MICROBE-DERIVED NEUROACTIVE ADDITIVES TO ALLEVIATE HEAT STRESS RESPONSES AND IMPROVE ANIMAL WELFARE.
$300,000Mississippi State University · · FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** DIETARY LONG-CHAIN (LC) POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS (PUFAS) ARE IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS IN THE HUMAN DIET OBTAINED VIA CONSUMPTION OF FOODS OF MARINE AND ANIMAL ORIGIN. LC PUFA INTAKE IMPROVES HUMAN HEALTH, IN PART, VIA STIMULATORY EFFECTS ON SKELETAL MUSCLE METABOLISM. THE RESIDENT MICROBES THAT INHABIT THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT MEDIATE SOME OF THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF LC PUFAS ON THEIR HUMAN HOST, ALTHOUGH THE CHEMICAL SIGNALS INVOLVED REMAIN UNKNOWN. MANY OF THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF LC PUFAS ARE ELICITED SECONDARY TO THEIR ENZYMATIC CONVERSION TO OXYGENATED LIPID METABOLITES (OXYLIPINS). GUT MICROBE-HOST CELL INTERACTIONS METABOLIZE LC PUFA SUBSTRATES TO FORM A VARIETY OF OXYLIPINS, BUT THE ROLE OF THESE POTENTIALLY BIOACTIVE LIPID MEDIATORS IN MODULATING HOST METABOLISM IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. IN THE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT ADDRESSING THE AFRI PROGRAM PRIORITY AREA FOOD AND HUMAN HEALTH, WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF LC PUFAS AS IMPORTANT FOOD COMPONENTS ON THE HUMAN GUT MICROBIOME, ITS METABOLITES, AND THE SUBSEQUENT IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH VIA THE GUT-MUSCLE AXIS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE WILL UTILIZE WELL-ESTABLISHED MOUSE MODELS OF GUT MICROBIOTA DYSBIOSIS AND ORAL FECAL TRANSPLANTATION. WE WILL FIRST TEST THE EFFECT OF LC PUFAS AND ORAL ANTIBIOTICS ON THE GUT MICROBIAL COMMUNITY AND ITS INTERRELATIONSHIP WITH BLOOD AND MUSCLE OXYLIPINS. WE WILL THEN TEST THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF THE GUT-MUSCLE AXIS IN MEDIATING THE PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF LC PUFAS IN DIET-INDUCED OBESITY. ULTIMATELY, THIS WORK WILL PROVIDE A SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION REGARDING THE NUTRIENTS IN FOOD AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE GUT MICROBIOTA TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH.
$300,000Purdue University · · FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** SOIL-BORNE PLANT PATHOGENS ARE MAJOR YIELD-LIMITING FACTORS IN THE PRODUCTION OF FOOD, FIBER, AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS. THESE PATHOGENS ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL BY CONVENTIONAL STRATEGIES DUE TO THEIR OFTEN-RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMICAL RESISTANCE AND THE LACK OF DISEASE-RESISTANT CULTIVARS. RECENTLY, MY LAB HAS IMPLEMENTED A STRATEGY TO STEER SOIL-BORNE DISEASE SUPPRESSIVENESS AGAINST THE FUNGAL PATHOGEN VERTICILLIUM DAHLIA RACE 1 VIA SOIL AND PLANT-RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIOME MANIPULATION. THIS RESEARCH PROPOSAL AIMS TO EXTEND THIS WORK TOWARD ELUCIDATING THE ORGANISMS AND MICROBIAL-MEDIATED MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH V. DAHLIA CONTROL IN DISTINCT DISEASE-SUPPRESSIVE SOILS. BRIEFLY, AIM 1 WILL LEVERAGE AN EXISTING RESOURCE OF DISEASE-SUPPRESSIVE AND CONDUCIVE (I.E., NON-SUPPRESSIVE) SOILS TO IDENTIFY THE SET OF MICROBIAL TAXA AND FUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH V. DAHLIA CONTROL (USING AMPLICON SEQUENCING AND METAGENOMICS). AIM 2 WILL TEST A REPRESENTATIVE COLLECTION OF BACTERIAL ISOLATES OBTAINED FROM THESE SUPPRESSIVE SOILS FOR THEIR POTENTIAL TO CONTROL V. DAHLIA GROWTH IN VITRO VIA TWO DISTINCT MECHANISMS (I.E., THE PRODUCTION OF EXOMETABOLITES OR VOLATILE COMPOUNDS). FINALLY, AIM 3 WILL EXPLORE THE RESILIENCE OF THESE DISEASE-SUPPRESSIVE SOILS ONCE EXPOSED TO TWO COMMON AGRICULTURAL DISTURBANCES (I.E., HERBICIDE APPLICATION AND SOIL ACIDIFICATION). THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE PROGRAM GOALS BY (I) ADVANCING THE CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE SUPPRESSION, AND (II) ELUCIDATING THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION OF MICROBIOMES CONFERRING SPECIFIC HOST PHENOTYPES (IN THIS CASE, PLANT PROTECTION). THIS PROJECT HAS GREAT POTENTIAL TO INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING SOIL-BORNE PATHOGENS WHILE MINIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY IN AGROECOSYSTEMS.
$300,000The Pennsylvania State University · · FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture