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| Title | Does soil pH affect the emission of NOx from fertilized soils? |
| Group | Soil Biology |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | Jurrian van Waaij (jurrian.vanwaaij@wur.nl)
Rima Porre |
| Examiner(s) | Rachel Creamer (rachel.creamer@wur.nl) |
| Contact info | Jurrian van Waaij (jurrian.vanwaaij@wur.nl) |
| Begin date | 2025/03/01 |
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| Description | The transition to sustainable agriculture aims to lower nitrogen pollution to the environment. Current research did focus only little on the emission of nitric oxide (NO) from agricultural soils, leaving a knowledge gap on how soil properties relate to NO emission. In this thesis, the goal is to determine how liming of a soil leads to changes in NO emission. To reach this goal, a lab experiment will be conducted in which a soil is incubated at 3 different liming rates with 2 different fertilizers. The experiment will last 1-2 month. |
| Used skills | Writing proposal and thesis, experimental design, field work, chemical and biological laboratory work, data analysis. |
| Requirements | See study handbook SBL-81836 |