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Into the wild: the impact of plant domestication on root exudation patterns and agro-ecosystem processes.
Plant domestication has led to increases in plant yield and other aboveground plant traits associated with fertile and stable soil environments. However, it is unclear how this process of artificial selection has changed root exud ...
Supervisor: Marie Zwetsloot
Department: Soil Biology

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

Developing methodologies for measuring the impact of root exudation on soil microbial processes
Plant roots release a diverse cocktail of compounds into soil. These root exudates interact with soil microbes, organic matter and minerals, with important implications for soil functions including soil carbon sequestration, nutri ...
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

Soil bacteriophages in carbon and nutrient cycles
Nematodes and viruses (phages) are important predators of bacteria. Soil is a complex, spatially structured habitat that presents unique challenges for bacteria and their predators. Model experiments have shown that bacteria-feedi ...
Supervisor: Wim van der Putten / Kyle Mason-Jones , NIOO Terrestrial Ecology / WUR Nematology
Department: Soil Biology

Soil bacteriophages in carbon and nutrient cycles, thesis or internship
Soil microorganisms play important roles in carbon cycling, plant nutrition, and greenhouse gas production. Viruses that infect bacteria (phages) are abundant in soil, but their influence on these soil functions is not well known. ...
Supervisor: Wim van der Putten / Kyle Mason-Jones, NIOO Terrestrial Ecology / WUR Nematology
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

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