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Louvain-La-Neuve
March 24, 2023
Défense de thèse
Genetic diversity of the cultivated vanilla in...
Natural vanillin extracted from cultivated vanilla pods is the most common flavour in the world, and the vanilla crop is crucial to Madagascar's socio-economy, providing a direct livelihood for over 80,000 families and representing the majority of the country's exports. However, local production...
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March 23, 2023
ELIE seminar
Monitoring the water status of vines in situ during the...
Climate change will exacerbate drought events in many regions, increasing the demand on freshwater resources and creating major challenges for viticulture. In viticulture, the terroir governs the hydraulic behavior of the vine. The terroir is defined as the interactions between climate, soil,...
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elia seminar
Better together? The effect of VietGAP and PGS...
To promote sustainable agriculture in low- and middle-income countries, local certification schemes and participatory guarantee systems (PGS) have been promoted as inclusive mechanisms. In this study, we investigate the implications of two local certification schemes for farmers in Vietnam:...
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March 22, 2023
Root foraging and mining strategies – the rhizosphere at...
Roots are foraging for belowground resource acquisition through a diversity of root traits and interactions with the soil and soil biota, as well as with other plants. In addition, roots can release large amounts of exudates and considerably alter nutrient concentrations and soil pH, either...
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March 21, 2023
Elic seminar
Soil science fieldwork in Galapagos Islands by Rose Paque
Understanding spatial variation of soil processes across heterogeneous landscapes is important to constrain ecosystem processes. In Santa Cruz island (Galapagos archipelago), we sampled several soil profiles and installed hydrometeorological stations along a climatic gradient in the...
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