{"id":139,"date":"2026-07-27T22:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/?p=139"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:56:06","slug":"holy-smokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/2026\/07\/27\/holy-smokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy smokes!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marie, Steve, John, and Aaron collected rhizosphere\/bulk soil samples and root exudates from three varieties of Kernza intermediate wheatgrass. Multiple active wildfires were visible from the OSU Central Oregon Agricultural Research Center as sampling was underway. Exudates and fresh root samples will be sent to the Prenni Lab at Colorado State University to determine whether intermediate wheatgrass domestication has altered belowground root carbon inputs to soil. Meanwhile, the Schaedel Lab will analyze microbial functional gene abundances in rhizosphere and bulk soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4488-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4488-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4488-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4488-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4488-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4488-2048x1536.png 2048w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4488-1200x900.png 1200w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4488-1980x1485.png 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4496-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4496-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4496-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4496-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4496-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4496-2048x1536.png 2048w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4496-1200x900.png 1200w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4496-1980x1485.png 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_9638-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_9638-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_9638-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_9638-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_9638-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_9638-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_9638-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9506\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_9638-1980x1485.jpeg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marie, Steve, John, and Aaron collected rhizosphere\/bulk soil samples and root exudates from three varieties of Kernza intermediate wheatgrass. 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