Simon Braem 'll introduce the movie

On November 10, 2022, you are cordially invited to participate in a small symposium organized as part of my Emeritus. This scientific meeting aims to take up the main themes developed in our laboratory over the past 30 years. They will be illustrated by colleagues, from here and elsewhere, experts in these fields. Presentations will take place from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Adopting alternative field management practices such as mulching practices, subsurface irrigation and crop residue retention to inhibit unproductive water loss for increasing water use efficiency is one of the main objectives for innovating agricultural water management. Evaluating the most reliable mulching type and practice in the Loess Plateau of Northwest China is of great importance for

Approximately 800 million people populate areas within 100 km of a potentially active volcano. Since the beginning of human settlements, communities in volcanically active regions have enjoyed various benefits from volcanic eruptions, notably the occurrence of volcanic soils with outstanding agricultural capabilities.

The subtropical dry forests of South-America have been impacted by deforestation and degradation over the last two centuries. The forests still provide important ecosystem services but overexploitation of the forested ecosystems may lead to irreversible loss of provision and regulation services.

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays a crucial role in shaping bacterial populations and communities. Among others, conjugation is a key mechanism of HGT and participates in the transfer of genetic material, mainly plasmids, between mating partners that are in direct contact with one another.

Manganese (Mn) is involved in the decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM) via redox reactions, which gives it a significant role in the terrestrial carbon cycle. It is also strongly recycled by vegetation in forest ecosystems, but the influence of tree species, as well as climate and soil, on Mn fluxes to the soil remains poorly characterised.

David Bol : Grande Accélération et Transition Socio-Ecologique - Quel rôle pour l'Innovation Technologique dans l'Anthropocène?

I am a plant physiologist and am working on various aspects of plant physiology to improve crop yield, particularly photosynthesis. Under abiotic stress conditions, the efficiency of photosynthesis decreases drastically leading to lower crop yield. We use a non-invasive tool of measuring Chlorophyll a fluorescence kinetics to get information about the photosynthetic efficiency of the plants.