Dr. Michelle Carkner

  • Dr Michelle Carkner


  • Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Science
    University of Manitoba
    Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
    309 Agriculture Building
    66 Dafoe Road
    Winnipeg, MB  R3T 2N2
    michelle.carkner@umanitoba.ca
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Education

  • PhD, University of Manitoba, Canada
  • M.Sc, University of Manitoba, Canada
  • BSc (Agr.), Univeristy of Guelph, Canada 

Teaching

  • PLNT 3560/0820 Organic Crop Production on the Prairies

Research

Research interests

Natural systems agriculture for the Canadian Prairies finding solutions that are informed by natural ecosystems' structure, function, and diversity. I design and test agricultural production practices that encompass lessons we learn from the ultimate experts in our agricultural environments - nature and the farmers that work in these systems every day. Through participatory and interdisciplinary research, I am interested in understanding the benefits and trade-offs of functional crop diversity in space and time, crop-livestock integration, and biologically mediated nutrients to increase productivity, resiliency, and efficient nutrient cycling (N, P). 

Current research projects

  • Maintaining the Glenlea Long-term Rotation - Canada's oldest organic-conventional crop rotation and collaborating with multi-disciplinary researchers.
  • Crop-livestock integration
  • Legume-intensified organic crop rotation study (nutrient cycling, weed dynamics)
  • Participatory plant breeding
  • Greenhouse Gas (GHG) monitoring and modelling (using HOLOs) in organic vs. conventional rotations

Publications

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Other information

  • Professional Agrologist (PAg)
  • Certified Crop Advisor (CCA)