Soil Biology Group
The Soil Biology (SBL) group regards soil life as key to sustainable (agro)ecosystems. We study the role of soil organisms in element (carbon, nutrient) transformations in soils. Our research is embedded in three themes: fertile soils; soil functional biodiversity; and soils and climate change. We have state-of-the-art laboratories which facilitate this research, both engaging in developmental research through PhD, MSc and funded projects and requested routine analyses for external clients.
Latest publications:
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On productivity, resource capture, and yield stability of cover crop species mixtures
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): W. van der Werf, co-promotor(en): L. Bastiaans. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463956949 - p. -
Complementarity and facilitation with respect to P acquisition do not drive overyielding by intercropping
Field Crops Research 265 (2021). - ISSN 0378-4290 -
Data underlying the publication: Chitin- and keratin-rich soil amendments suppress Rhizoctonia solani disease via changes to the soil microbial community
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High microbial diversity stabilizes the responses of soil organic carbon decomposition to warming in the subsoil on the Tibetan Plateau
Global Change Biology (2021). - ISSN 1354-1013 -
Spatiotemporal patterns of rhizosphere microbiome assembly : From ecological theory to agricultural application
Journal of Applied Ecology (2021). - ISSN 0021-8901
News and agenda:
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C (Carmen) Vazquez Martin MSc
The fate of biological soil quality: functional diversity and realised niche width
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Biodiversity increases the efficiency of energy use in grasslands
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Wageningen Soil Conference 2019
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Janna Barel presents her research at the Opening of the WUR Academic Year 2018
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Soil Biology Lab Skills Course for Assessing Soil Functions (30 August-3 September 2021)
GroundBreaker Prize for Gerlinde De Deyn, read more...