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| Title | BSc thesis: roots traits and carbon storage |
| Group | Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 12 |
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| Examiner(s) | Fons van der Plas |
| Contact info | fons.vanderplas@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2021/12/01 |
| End date | 2026/11/01 |
| Description | Maximizing belowground carbon strategy can significantly contribute to the mitigation of carbon storage. Most plant-derived soil carbon comes from roots, but we still understand little of which root traits are most important in driving belowground carbon storage. Here, you will do a literature study to find out to which extent the recently discovered 'collaboration axis' of plant roots drives carbon storage. The collaboration axis describes to which extent roots are suitable for myccorhizal partners (associated with thick roots) and thereby outsource nutrient acquisition, or follow a more do-it-yourself strategy (associated with thin roots) of nutrient acquisition. The aim of this thesis is to find out whether (and if so: how) this resource acquiaition strategy also matters for carbon storage. |
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