Multistate Project S-297

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Soil Microbial Taxonomic and Functional Diversity as Affected by Land Use Management

Officers for 2002-2003
Chair: Janice Thies
Chair-elect (secretary): Mary Savin

Annual meeting information

PROJECT DURATION:  October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2005

In this multistate project, we consider three aspects of land management and how they affect biodiversity and microbial community structure.  Our goals are to determine how:

Land-applied animal wastes affect biogeography, one important component of microbial biodiversity.  

Rhizosphere-enhanced bioremediation of organic contaminants affects biodiversity and soil community structure.  

Disturbed lands (e.g., mine reclamation sites), and urban landscapes (e.g., golf courses) affect bacterial and mycorrhizal community structure.

A crucial point of the second and third goals is that they both will determine how the rhizosphere, the zone of soil under the influence of plant roots, affects biodiversity and soil community structure.  Click here for complete project statement.

In addition, we will continue the educational activities of Regional Project S262, including the revision of Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology and enhancing applications of the world-wide web in the teaching of soil microbiology. 

For problems or questions regarding this web contact David Sylvia, Last updated: June 24, 2002.