Peaola Rhizosphere Microbiome

The goal of this project was to determine how the pea-canola intercropping system (peaola) alters the rhizosphere microbial community compared to monoculture pea and canola. The sequences associated with this project are of the 16S V4 region and were produced using Illumina amplicon sequencing. Characterization of the microbial community was done showing its structure and predicted function. Achieving a baseline understanding of the peaola microbiome and its variation from monoculture pea and canola will give us insight into how the microbial community could be contributing to crop success.