Understanding the effect of winter cover crops on the maize microbiome

Winter cover crops have the potential to increase soil quality but the effect on the microbiome in not known

Photo credit: Damien Creatz

Adam R. Rivers, PhD

Computational biologist and microbial ecologist using microbiome data and machine learning to create safe, productive, and sustainable agricultural systems.

Collaborators

Terrence Gardener, NCSU, Raleigh, NC

Project

We assisted Dr. Gardner in a microbiome project assessing the effect of winter cover crops in on soil microbiomes. We developed the software ITSxpress in response to this request.