Project: AGROECOlogical strategies for an efficient functioning of plant - soil biota interactions to increase SOC sequestration
| Acronym | AGROECOseqC |
| Duration | 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2024 |
| Project Topic | Soil fauna and microbial communities drive key ecosystem functions, such as nutrient supply to primary production and SOC accumulation. However, plant diversity shapes soil biota composition and activity via rhizodeposition and N-P uptake, microbial symbioses, and trophic cascades. In EU experimental sites network, the project will study how agroecological intensification of cropping systems (e.g. introduction of plant services) can allow better regulation of degradation/resynthesis of soil organic matter and nutrient cycling by the plant-soil system. Advantages and disadvantages of such agroecological systems will be compared to less conservative ones for plant-soil fauna-microbial functional diversity, biomass production, N-leaching, soil C-stable pools, GHG emission and C sequestration. |
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| Network | EJP SOIL |
| Call | 2nd EJP SOIL internal Call for proposals |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Council for Agricultural Research and Economics | Coordinator | Italy |
| 2 | Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement | Partner | France |
| 3 | Stichting Wageningen Research | Partner | Netherlands |
| 4 | University of Natural Resources and Life Science | Partner | Austria |
| 5 | Walloon Agricultural Research Centre | Partner | Belgium |
| 6 | Aarhus University | Partner | Denmark |
| 7 | Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry | Partner | Lithuania |
| 8 | National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology | Partner | Spain |
| 9 | General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | Partner | Türkiye |