Christina Ek

Based on prior research and setbacks caused by COVID-19, I am reconsidering my crop choices to be spinach and collards. Both are commercially important, commonly consumed leafy greens that will gro...

I am expanding my literature review. I have found multiple articles that were recently published earlier this year about algae and crops. I am comparing and contrasting the parameters studied, the ...

I am continuing to gather material for my literature review and am researching a Chlorella processing plant in Charleston, South Carolina. I am researching nutrient content of Chlorella and conditi...

I am researching prior studies on competition (allelopathy) among microbial species. I found that Chlorella can compete with algae species that can produce harmful blooms; many of these algae are r...

I started a book called Unwelcome Harvest, about agriculture and pollution. It contains a wealth of information about fertilizers, pesticides, and other factors that render industrial modern agricu...

I am continuing to read up on the literature for my project. One of the best books I have found is Gordon Conway's The Doubly Green Revolution: Food For All in the Twenty-First Century. It describe...

I have been extensively studying the literature on phospholipid fatty acid tests (PLFA). They measure changes in microbial community structure. Some research, for example, has examined the impact o...

I am researching fungi that are plant pathogens, especially Aspergillus flavus. Aspergillus flavus is responsible for much economic loss with corn and peanut harvests, as those are the two most imp...

I am researching soil erosion and am especially focused on the Sahel, the region of Africa south of the Sahara.