Harnessing the Power of Soil Microbes for More Sustainable Farming

Program Document · 14 March 2018

OSTI ID:1468945

LBNL, Berkeley Lab

How will the farms of the future feed a projected 9.8 billion people by 2050? Our “smart farm” project, in collaboration with the University of Arkansas, marries microbiology and machine learning in an effort to reduce the need for chemical fertilizers and enhance soil carbon uptake, thus improving the long-term viability of the land while increasing crop yields.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1468945
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English