New publication: Pigeon pea-mediated soil microbial shifts improve #agroecosystem multifunctionality in long-term maize–palisade grass intercropping. #soilfertility #sustainableagriculture

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00727-0

Peter Kleinman (USDA) led seminar to our #Soil & #Crop students: "From phosphorus to sawflies: Navigating collaborative #science to generate innovation and impact." He shared his experiences on #agroecosystem research and the integration of crop & livestock systems through manuresheds. #agsky 🌾🌱🧪

Agroecosystem is a promising shift in how we feed ourselves that has been under developed outside of academia for a number of political and economic reasons. Scientists, food security advocates, and social justice organizations need to rethink how we can leverage an integrated understanding of social and ecological systems to feed ourselves in the future. (Ong etal 2024 https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01006-w)

#agroecosystem #ecology #agricultural #TheoryOfChange #SciLit

Manure application and local variation dominates the microbial signal (PLFA/PLEL: 244 chains x 5 systems, block design) compared to crop rotation and other management practices. Signals in soil organic carbon, and total nitrogen are less clear. Esperschutz etal 2007 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00318.x #SoilMicrobes #PLFA #Agroecosystem

Agroecosystem (Ecosystems 🏞️)

Agroecosystems are the ecosystems supporting the food production systems in farms and gardens. As the name implies, at the core of an agroecosystem lies the human activity of agriculture. As such they are the basic unit of study in Agroecology, and Regenerative Agriculture using ecological approaches. Like other ecosystems, agroecosystems form partially cl...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroecosystem

#agroecosystem #sustainableagriculture #ecosystems #wikipedia

Katy Evans @KatyCiola
drivers of #pollination change in the #agroecosystem.

http://kathleenciolaevans.weebly.com/