Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL’s Post

What are the effects of various #organic #fertilisers on #climate, yields and #soil biology? Check here ⤵

We test soils for microbial populations 🐛🦠 (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes) to gather insight into what processes and interactions are taking place. Microbes are absolutely critical to the functioning of an agricultural system - with out them nothing would happen, nutrients don't cycle themselves. Microbes cycle nutrients through the processes of decomposition, mineralization, nitrogen fixation, nutrient immobilization, and chemical transformations of nutrients present in the soil. Good Agriculture (an ag financing company) wrote a blog about testing and different testing types. Read here: https://lnkd.in/gg8HTQbX

📣 Publication alert!! 📣 Curious about the use of biogeochemical models in the production of agricultural carbon offsets? Read about Indigo's quantification process in our paper "Validating DayCent-CR for cropland soil carbon offset reporting at a national scale," which was recently published in Geoderma. Article here: https://lnkd.in/gR7EVdWB If you're interested in better understanding why we need to calibrate and validate our models, or don't want to commit to reading the full paper, I wrote a complementary blog post here: https://lnkd.in/g3tMzjQh

GLBRC is celebrating #SharkWeek! 🦈 🎆 Poplar trees have great potential for biofuels, and new GLBRC research shows how engineered poplars could even help save sharks! Scientists led by Michigan State University biochemists have reported that poplar trees can be engineered to produce a highly valuable chemical commonly obtained from shark livers. This chemical, called squalene, has often been obtained through the overfishing of shark populations. Poplars are already very viable as a bioenergy feedstock. Using this crop additionally as a source of specialty chemicals makes poplars more economically viable in a competitive industry and provides a more sustainable alternative to processes like shark harvesting. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/gmazsMqQ This paper was made possible through collaborations between Michigan State University Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Princeton University, and UBC Faculty of Forestry. Researchers include Jake Bibik, Abira Sahu, Boeun Kim, Faride Unda, Trine Bundgaard Andersen, Shawn Mansfield , Christos Maravelias, Thomas Sharkey, and Bjoern Hamberger. #SharkWeek #shark #biofuel #poplartree #poplar #sustainability #cleanenergy #renewableenergy #squalene #science #research #sharks

⚡ Petrological evidence for deep subduction of organic carbon to subarc depths | Nature Discover more at "voltsbase.com/energy" #Energy #Voltsbase

📢 Coming up: the launch of our e-book! How can #microbial #ecology serve as your pathway to #sustainable industrial practices? You'll be able to discover it very soon in our #e-book, where we guide you through the various opportunities in Environmental Remediation and Biomass Fermentation. As an industrial company, sustainability will be on your agenda one way or another. But how to balance ecology with profitability? And are sustainable solutions always effective? Over the past 3 decades, Avecom has built a wealth of experience and expertise in optimizing microbial processes. We want to share this with you and show the versatility and potential microbes have for incorporating more sustainability into your industrial processes. Are you ready for it? Request your copy! ✉ Link in the first comment!

As a scientist, I could relate that biological measurement reflects only the sampling time and conditions. In my research, I have found that daily fluctuations in microbial food in soil solutions, namely carbohydrates, amino sugars and amino acids, override treatment effects, whether the treatment is cover crop mixture or a fertilization scheme. Meta analysis just reflect what's in the literature.. Current findings have proven mainstream understanding and knowledge wasn't righteous.. in most of field dealing with biology.. However, I don't doubt the results but few points to look at: - How was the reviewed study set up. I have reviewed studies for top soil science journal where soil biological activity was measured in a experimental context that cease any activity. - How was the cover crop mixture prepared in light of soil conditions, species etc. And then comes two very important aspects: - how is soil borne disease and susceptibility to insect and fungi in monoculture vs. soil cover. This has environmental and economic consequences starting from soil to neurological disease, cancer, dead zones in water bodies.. - How did both systems respond to undesirable weather events.. frost, heat wave, flood.. We can see which farmer would be hurt.. Some results, especially those in contrary, are made to bring more research questions but marketers can benefit to promote their ..... (you band it).