We aim to understand and control the microscopic organisms that live on plant roots to support sustainable bioenergy. The m-CAFEs SFA (Microbial Community Analysis & Functional Evaluation in Soils Scientific Focus Area) is a multi-institutional project that will develop sufficient mechanistic and spatio-temporal understanding of plant and microbial interactions within grass rhizosphere communities to enable accurate prediction of community responses to important perturbations.
The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research under contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231