Soil Microbiome Effect on Seedling Diseases and High Throughput isolate Identification

Authors

• Annalaysia Smith, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
• Mara Krone, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Santiago Mideros, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Summer 2026

Abstract

The soil microbiome has a substantial effect on disease suppression. Organic farming is a practice used to create a more diverse microbiome which can create disease suppression. Different agricultural practices such as fertilization and rotation system are known to affect the microbiome (Schlatter et al 2017). Therefore, it is important to study the effects of different microbiomes on disease suppression. Furthermore, methods are necessary for quantifying the effect of disease suppression on specific pathogen populations. To do this, it is important to properly identify the pathogens.

Objectives:

1. Test if different nitrogen treatments cause variations in organic soils disease suppression.

2. Develop protocol for direct PCR for fast identification of pathogen isolates.

Rights

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Recommended Citation

Smith, Annalaysia; Krone, Mara; and Mideros, Santiago, "Soil Microbiome Effect on Seedling Diseases and High Throughput isolate Identification" (2026). MICRO-CCS student projects. 32.
https://spark.parkland.edu/micro_ccs_student/32