Project properties

Title Is there a need to apply organic fertilizers to agricultural soils?
Group Soil Biology
Project type thesis
Credits 24-39
Supervisor(s) Ellis Hoffland, Inge Regelink (WEnR)
Examiner(s) prof.dr. Rachel Creamer
Contact info Ellis.Hoffland@wur.nl
Begin date 2023/04/01
End date
Description : Soil organic matter is highly relevant to multiple soil processes and functions. How much needs to be applied from which quality to supply specific functions, however, is not clear. A long term field experiment with plots that have received input from crop roots only, can be compared with adjacent fields that received animal manure and crop residues for ±50 years. The thesis project can be designed depending on your interest in specific soil functions/processes.
Used skills field sampling, soil biological/chemical/physical analyses
Requirements SBL-35306 The Carbon Dilemma or SBL-31806 Nutrient Management