2013
Improved plant response to potash fertilization through control of root-pruning seeding diseases
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomicsSeed quality
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Craig Canaday, University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

This project involves identifying sources of supplementary calcium that reduce the severity of soybean seeding diseases, evaluating the effects of these supplements on the calcium levels in soybean seeding roots and evaluating in field tests for the effects of calcium supplements with and without muriate of potash on the soybean seedling diseases, root pruning, plant growth, and soybean yield.

Unique Keywords:
#soil fertility
Information And Results
Final Project Results

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