Research projects
Here you can find some examples of projects related to the Research Line 'Biodiverse agroecosystems' in which the Soil Science cluster researchers and staff are involved.
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DIVERFARMING
Crop diversification and low-input farming across Europe: from practitioners’ engagement and ecosystems services to increased revenues and value... -
HARVEST; Healthy Apples Research: Valuing Environmental Sustainability of Topsoil
The HARVEST project will develop a novel soil health strategy to decrease the use of chemical in DANONE's apple orchards used for baby food... -
Clever Cover Cropping
Clever Cover Cropping is a NWO Green funded project in which we aim to find synergistic mixtures of cover crops for sustainable soils, in... -
Sustainable plant protection transition: A global health approach (SPRINT)
Most farmers rely on plant protection products (PPPs) to maximise crop yields. However, some PPPs are potentially harmful to environmental, animal and...
Recent top publications
>Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses. Morriën, E., Hannula, S.E., Snoek, L.B., Helmsing, N.R., Zweers, H., De Hollander, M., Soto, R.L., Bouffaud,M.-L., Buée, M. et al., (2017) Nature Communications 8.
>Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition. Levis, C., Costa, F.R.C., Bongers, F., Peña-Claros, M., Clement, C.R., Junqueira, A.B., Neves, E.G., Tamanaha, E.K., Figueiredo, F.O.G. et al., (2017) Science 355(6328). –p. 925-931.