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Are organically fertilised soils 'biologically enhanced'?

Reference	D19376
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Tony O'Donnell
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Stephanie Colvan, Professor David Manning
Institution	Newcastle University
Department	Sch of Biology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	340,564
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/2003
End date	30/09/2006
Duration	36 months

Abstract

This project seeks to answer an important question in soil science and in particular the influence of management on microbial diversity and the sustainability of soil functions. In particular the programme will answer whether there is any evidence that biological cycles are enhanced in soils subject to long-term organic inputs and whether these inputs have impacted significantly on the quality of soil organic matter and microbial and nematode diversity. A major focus for the research will be to identify and define the concept of biological enhancement in soils and to use these definitions to quantify spatial and temporal differences in biological enhancement between organically and inorganically fertilised long-term (125 years) grasslands.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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