New Projects
Clivus Multrum Compost Toilet Liquid Fertilizer, Deb Neher is PI on this project funded by Resource Institute for Low Entropy Systems. The goal is to characterize nutrients and microbiology to assess potential use on agricultural soils.
Ongoing and Current Projects
Designing Compost:
- Readyhough, T., Neher, D.A., and Andrews, T. 2021. Organic amendments alter soil hydrology and belowground microbiome of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Microorganisms 9: 1561. doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9081561 (open access)
- Designing compost for disease suppression on specialty crops. This is funded by Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station Competitive Hatch, Northeastern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Farmers Advocating for Organic, and Vermont Specialty Crop Block Grant programs.
- Neher, D.A., Limoges, M.A., Weicht, T.R., Sharma, M., Miller, P.D. and Donnelly, C. 2020. Bacterial community dynamics distinguish poultry compost from dairy compost and unamended soils planted with spinach. Microorganisms 8(10):1601. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8101601 (open access)
- Neher, D.A., Cutler, A.J., Weicht, T.R., Sharma, M., and Millner, P.D. 2019. Composts of poultry litter or dairy manure differentially affect survival of enteric bacteria in fields with spinach. Journal of Applied Microbiology 126:1910-1922. doi.org/10.1111/jam.14268
