Projects
science popularization project "Planet Earth" No PA / 2008/007 Soil Detective -. delve into the subsoil Ghent University
Linking Database Subsoil Flanders and library of the Department of Geology and soil science at Ghent University pilot project based on digitizing archive Prof. Em. W. Breuck Ghent University
ALBON want the ground observations, and more specifically the drill data under management in DOV manage as high as possible. To achieve this objective it is necessary that the original data for this are as complete as possible at the disposal of DOV and its users and maximum cooperation with who is the source of the data. The personal archive of Prof. Em. W. Breuck donated to DOV with the desire to disclose the information as much as possible ...
VLA15-2.1: follow link database Flanders base and library of the department of geology and soil science at Ghent University - continued VLA14-2.2 pilot project based on digitizing archive Prof. Em. W. Breuck Ghent University
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Indirect control of soil texture on decomposition of organic matter by mediation of the soil moisture balance - expansion of a field experiment with the factor soil drainage/capillary rise and 13C-pulse-labelling Ghent University
Soils function central ecosystem compartments as emitter of greenhouse gases, reservoir of
nutrients and carbon, water and biota. The dynamics of soil organic matter (SOM) are interlinked
with local as well as global biogeochemical cycles and its study is a research topic of high relevance
agriculturally and environmentally. One key determinant of soil microbial activity is soil texture with
enhanced physical ...
Monitoring the reduction of soil carbon and nutrient losses in Croatia: quality assessment/quality control of soil sampling procedures and soil analysis Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
This research focuses on assessing and improving the quality of agricultural soils in Croatia, a new EU Member State. The expertise of ILVO on soil quality monitoring is shared with Zagreb University in a cooperation programme between Flanders and Croatia. The program was started to fulfill the European Directive concerning nitrate leaching to surface and ground water. A manual for soil sampling ...
Strategic ILVO PhD grant: Insight into soil microbiology for soil resistance and resilience Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The aim here was to find an accurate way to measure biological soil quality in terms of resistance (degree of sensitivity to stress) and resilience (resilience of a soil after stress). The focus was on soil microbiology. Biological indicators are tested to assess the soil quality. The goal: to test indicators that relate well to soil quality that can also be measured efficiently.
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Multiscale Characterization of Exchangeable Potassium Content in Soil to Remediate Agricultural Land Affected by Radioactive Contamination using Machine Learning , Soil Spectroscopy and Remote Sensing. KU Leuven
The ability to characterize rapidly and repeatedly exchangeable potassium (Kex) content in the soil is essential for optimizing remediation of radiocaesium contamination in agriculture. Wet chemistry can accurately characterize Kex content in soil but is cost and time prohibitive. On the other hand, infrared spectroscopy does not allow for accurate characterization of Kex when applied to small, local soil spectral libraries. Last, the ability ...
Microplastic Contamination in agricultural Soil ecosystems and the effect on soil and plant health Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The MiCoS project, a collaboration between Ghent University and ILVO and financed by ERC, wants to define the effects of microplastics on soil and plant health by working on three scales: risk assessment, risk-based testing and risk reduction. This is translated in three research questions: (1) what is the current microplastic distribution in soil?; (2) has the current microplastic concentration negative ...
Dealing with the limitations of soil inventories for assessing soil organic carbon stocks KU Leuven
Storage of soil organic carbon (SOC) is an essential function of ecosystems underpinning the delivery of multiple services to society: e.g. the production of food, wood, bio-energy and water and the regulation of the global climate, nutrient availability and the hydrological cycle. Whereas SOC content (%) is part of the routine measurements in general-purpose soil survey projects and in monitoring schemes of agricultural and forest soils, the ...