Cross Institute Programme for Sustainable Soil Function

Contact | Staff listing
Rothamsted Research | North Wyke | CSEF | CBCC |
SoilCIP home | SoilCIP ISPG | WP 1 | WP 2 | WP 3 | WP 4 | WP 5 |
Newsletters | Papers | Posters | Presentations | Software | Economic Impact | Public Engagement |
Research | Knowledge Transfer |
National | International |
The Classicals | The Long-Term Experiments | The Rothamsted Archive | e-RA | ECN |

 

cip logo

Work package 1.5 The impacts of plants on soil processes

There may be several processes by which plants can influence denitrification, including direct competition with soil microbes for available C and N, adding to soil C through root exudation, influencing soil structure, influencing soil water content and aerobic status, acting as a conduit for gaseous emissions. We will study the role of plants, shoots and roots, on overall emissions. An improved understanding of these processes through experimentation using the DENIS laboratory system will inform on potential denitrification and/or N2O mitigation strategies which may lead to selection of genetic traits and breeding programmes specifically for mitigation.

 

 

©2009 Cross Institute Programme for Sustainable Soil Function

Rothamsted Research provides no express or implied warranties of any kind, including but not limited to those of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of the proprietary rights, such as copyrights, patents and trade secrets, of third parties. Rothamsted Research makes every effort to ensure the quality and accuracy of the material on these web pages. However, it accepts no liability for the contents of these web pages, including any third party material.