Rethreading the needle: A novel molecular index of soil health (MISH) using microbial functional genes to predict soil health management
Heather L Deel, Daniel K Manter, Jennifer M Moore, Hao-Xun Chang · 2024
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Description
Heather Deel and co-authors build a DNA-based score for soil health, in a study from 2024. Good soil rests on a rich crowd of microbes, but most farm tests skip gene facts and lean on bulk traits. The team asked if microbe gene roles could call how a soil is farmed.
They took 536 soil samples from 26 states, across 52 crops and grass lands. Gene reads plus a guess tool gave each soil a profile of microbe jobs. A learning model then picked the enzymes that best tracked soil health marks. That set forms the new score, called MISH. The score tracked plain health marks and farm habits well. The DNA test is cheap and works across climates, which could put gene facts in the hands of more farms.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Heather L Deel, Daniel K Manter, Jennifer M Moore, Hao-Xun Chang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |