Submission Date

7-25-2025

Document Type

Paper- Restricted to Campus Access

Department

Biology

Faculty Mentor

Denise Finney

Student Contributor

Noah Berger

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Presented during the 27th Annual Summer Fellows Symposium, July 18, 2025 at Ursinus College.

Project Description

Conventional farming practices are ecologically costly, especially through soil degradation and nitrogen (N) pollution. Cover crops, non-cash crops grown to protect and enrich soil, provide an alternative that broadly benefits aspects of soil health, including microbial community structure, retention of organic matter, and prevention of N leaching. This research studied the effect of cover cropping on the potential for soil to generate mineral N from organic N, and was completed during Summer Fellows 2025 under the mentorship of Dr. Denise Finney.

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