ENRTF ID: 228-F Project Title: Lowering Nitrogen Requirements for Agricultural Crops Category: F. Methods to Protect, Restore, and Enhance Land, Water, and Habitat Summary: We will bestow upon plants the ability to obtain nitrogen through sustainable biological processes by improving associations between plants and nitrogen-fixing microbes that live with the above-ground plant tissues. Total Project Budget: $ 271,000 Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2023 (3 yrs) Name: Brett Barney Sponsoring Organization: U of MN Job Title: Professor Department: Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering Address: 1390 Eckles Ave St. Paul MN 55108 Telephone Number: (612) 562-3061 Email bbarney@umn.edu Web Address: http://barneybioproductslab.cfans.umn.edu/brett-barney Location: Statewide Alternate Text for Visual: Graphic illustrating the concept of nitrogen-fixing endophyte enhancement