Truffle fungi enriched in cattle-grazed native pecan groves under NPK fertilization

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Oklahoma State University J.D. (Scotty) Scott Horticulture Pecan Research Professorship and Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (‘Investigating Microbial Diversity and Its Impact on Nutrient Uptake Efficiency in Oklahoma Pecans’). We thank Robert Knight, Daniel Knight, Shirley Enlow, and Todd Heitt for access to groves and University of Minnesota Genomics Center for sequencing.

Authors contributions

AK: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing-original draft, editing; WR: Investigation, Methodology, Writing-review & editing; TX: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing-review & editing; NM, SD: Writing-review & editing; JM, ZRB, HS-Investigation; LZ: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing- review & editing.

Data availability

All data supporting the findings of this study are available in the article.

Conflicts of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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