How to Navigate Indexes and Agronomic Insights

Step-by-Step Dashboard Navigation

1. Access Your Project

• From the main dashboard, locate your completed farm project.

• Click See last result to open the farm interface and load your field maps.
  

2. Review the BeCrop Metrics Tab

• This tab opens by default.

• It displays biological index scores on a scale from 0 to 100.

• Scores are benchmarked against the global Biome Makers database and represent microbial functional potential in your soil.

3. Identify Action Items

• In the Potential metrics to improve section, you’ll see up to three key metrics per category that fall outside of optimal range.

• These are automatically selected across:

  • Nutrition

  • Diseases and Biocontrol

  • Stress Adaptation

4. Access Recommendations

• Below any low-scoring metric, click View agronomic insights.

• • Nitrogen-fixing bacteria

  • Humic acid

  • Mycorrhizal fungi

5. Explore Comprehensive Data

• Scroll to the All metrics section to view 50–60 additional scores, including those that are within or near optimal range.

• If your project includes a BeCrop+ test, you’ll also see a Physico-chemical tab with chloropleth maps showing traditional fertility data (e.g., pH, N, P, K).

Understanding the Three Core Categories

• Nutrition

Includes metrics like Global Nitrogen, which evaluates microbial contributions to the nitrogen cycle, and Organic Phosphorus Assimilation.

• Diseases and Biocontrol

Identifies risks of soilborne pathogens (e.g., Fusarium wilt) and highlights natural biocontrol agents, including bacteria and fungi with nematicidal properties.

• Stress Adaptation and Phytohormones

Measures the soil microbiome’s capacity to help plants tolerate stress such as:

• Drought

• Salinity

• Pathogen invasion