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Decoding root biochemical fingerprints: how does species variation in root exudation patterns influence soil microbial activity in grasslands?
Plant roots release a diversity of compounds into soil, interacting with soil microbes, organic matter and minerals. Despite being a strong driver of soil carbon and nutrient cycling, the impact of plant species variation in root ...
Supervisor: Marie Zwetsloot
Department: Soil Biology

Mitigating N2O emissions from grasslands during extreme weather events using a plant trait-based approach
Intensively managed grasslands are an ecologically and economically important agroecosystem, and are more than half of all agricultural land. Due to nitrogen fertilization, they are also large sources of the potent greenhouse gas ...
Supervisor: Gerlinde De Deyn
Department: Soil Biology

The use of soil amendments to reduce cadmium availability and uptake in cacao.
Cacao production in South America is strongly promoted and linked to important environmental and rural development goals. However, important market-related challenges include new EU food safety regulation setting limits to cadmium ...
Supervisor: Mirjam Pulleman, Bert Jan Groenenberg
Department: Soil Biology

Management impact on soil foodwebs
Soil fauna plays an important role in nutrient cycling, especially in carbon and nitrogen mineralization, and the relative importance of each soil fauna group in soil processes can be assessed via foodweb models. In this master's ...
Supervisor: Luciana Chavez Rodriguez, Lia Hemerik
Department: Soil Biology

Impacts of antibiotic residues in manure on soil microorganisms, N-cycling &N2O emissions
Circular agriculture aims to close elemental cycles which increases reliance on animal manure. However, veterinary antibiotics are still commonly used in animal husbandry to treat bacterial infections. As antibiotics are not fully ...
Supervisor: Zhongchen Yang, Gerlinde De Deyn, Jan Willem van Groenigen
Department: Soil Biology

Unlocking the secret of earthworm, root and mycorrhizal fungi interactions
Among the myriad of soil organisms, earthworms and plant roots are pillars for facilitating soil structure formation and improving soil quality. It is well known that roots use old earthworm burrows to expand in the soil, and eart ...
Supervisor: Alix Vidal
Department: Soil Biology

Insects for proteins – what about soil fertility?
In a circular economy, diets will be increasingly less meat-based. One way to produce protein-rich products, is to grow insects on organic waste. But what does this mean for soil fertility? Is the manure produced by insects still ...
Supervisor: Ellis Hoffland & Renske Hijbeek
Department: Soil Biology

The relations between soil health and food safety in cacao production systems of South America
Cacao production in South America is strongly promoted and linked to important environmental and rural development goals. Cacao is mostly produced by smallholder farmers. However, important challenges to enhance profitability incl ...
Supervisor: Mirjam Pulleman, Giulia Bongiorno
Department: Soil Biology

Getting to know soil functions and multifunctionality in Chinese agricultural soils: A modelling approach
With the extensive discussion of soil health, more attention has been paid to the contribution of soil to ecosystem services, that is, soil functions, including: primary productivity; water purification & regulation; climate regul ...
Supervisor: Yizan Li
Department: Soil Biology

Settling the soil C saturation debate
Managing terrestrial ecosystems to increase the carbon contained in soils has been described as a potent way to mitigate climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Soil carbon is also key to supporting ecosyste ...
Supervisor: Gabriel Moinet (SBL), Christopher Poeplau (Thunen institute, Germany)
Department: Soil Biology

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