Unearthing Cover Crop Abundance to Maximize Ecosystem Service Provisioning

Konrad Holland

Cover crops (CC) play an important role helping farmers retain efficiency and yield while promoting sustainable agricultural practices. By understanding how CC allocate their biomass we can better predict their ecosystem service provisioning (e.g., nitrogen retention). Through this research, I analyzed above and below-ground allocation changes in four CC species in monocultures and mixture treatments. Insights from this work can aid growers in optimizing their planting techniques to yield specific service packages from CC.

Major: 
Environmental Resource Management
Exhibition Category: 
Physical Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Carolyn Lowry
Poster Number: 
56