Metagenomics approaches in microbial ecology and research for sustainable agriculture

Abstract: Technologies such as next generation sequencing (NGS) are transforming research fields at the methodological, conceptual, and organizational level. They open up new possibilities and bring with them new commitments and inherent limitations. We show from a philosophy of science perspective how NGS-based metagenomics has transformed microbial ecology and, with it, parts of agricultural soil science, which integrate ecological approaches with the aim to inform agricultural practices. We reconstruct agricultural science as design science (sensu Niiniluoto) and describe how the possibilities, commitments, and limitations of metagenomics approaches in microbial ecology shape values, situation assessments, and recommendations for interventions of soil microbiology in the context of sustainable agriculture

Alternative title
Metagenomische Ansätze in der mikrobiellen Ökologie und Forschung für nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis / Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice ; 30 (2021) 2 ; 24-29

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(who)
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
(when)
2021
Creator
Meunier, Robert
Bayır, Saliha

DOI
10.14512/tatup.30.2.24
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-74381-7
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Meunier, Robert
  • Bayır, Saliha
  • SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

Time of origin

  • 2021

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