A5061110542- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
- Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
Agroscope
2016-2025
University of Zurich
2019-2025
North Dakota State University
2022
Agroécologie
2021
ORCID
2021
Pesticides are applied in large quantities to agroecosystems worldwide. To date, few studies assessed the occurrence of pesticides organically managed agricultural soils, and it is unresolved whether these pesticide residues affect soil life. We screened 100 fields under organic conventional management with an analytical method containing 46 (16 herbicides, 8 herbicide transformation products, 17 fungicides, seven insecticides). were found all sites, including 40 fields. The number was two...
Abstract Soil fungi are a key constituent of global biodiversity and play pivotal role in agroecosystems. How arable farming affects soil fungal biogeography whether it has disproportional impact on rare taxa is poorly understood. Here, we used the high-resolution PacBio Sequel targeting entire ITS region to investigate distribution 217 sites across 3000 km gradient Europe. We found consistently lower diversity lands than grasslands, with geographic locations significantly impacting...
Organic carbon and aggregate stability are key features of soil quality important to consider when evaluating the potential agricultural soils as sinks. However, we lack a comprehensive understanding how organic (SOC) respond management across wide environmental gradients. Here, assessed impact climatic factors, properties (including land use, crop cover, diversity, fertilization, intensity) on SOC mean weight diameter aggregates, commonly used an indicator for stability, 3000 km European...
The excessive application of chemical fertilizers in intensively managed agricultural fields worldwide has resulted soil degradation and biodiversity loss.This contributed to a growing interest sustainable management, such as organic farming.Until now, studies addressing the impact conventional management on functioning have mainly focused arable farming only few reports are available vegetable production.Vegetable is particular interest, since intensity usually very high there an increasing...
The intensive use of pesticides and their subsequent distribution to the environment non-target organisms is increasing concern. So far, little known about occurrence in soils untreated areas─such as ecological refuges─as well processes contributing this unwanted pesticide contamination. In study, we analyzed presence abundance 46 different from extensively managed grassland sites, organically conventionally vegetable fields (60 total). Pesticides were found all soils, including extensive...
ABSTRACT Introduction Improving soil health while maintaining crop yield is a key challenge for farmers. So far, only few studies assessed the effects of compost and solid digestate application on plant under practical on‐farm conditions across both organic conventional cropping systems. Materials Methods This study examined 56 arable fields in Switzerland, managed either conventionally ( n = 39) or organically 17) by individual Fields were categorised based their fertilisation history:...
Denitrification, a major source of gaseous nitrogen (N) emissions from agricultural soils, is influenced by management. Practices promoting belowground diversity are suggested to support sustainable agriculture, but their ability modulate N-losses via denitrification remains inconclusive. To fill this knowledge gap, we sampled 106 cereal fields spanning 3,000 km North-South gradient across Europe and compiled 56 associated climatic, soil, microbial management variables. We found that...
Summary Archaeal communities in arable soils are dominated by Nitrososphaeria, a class within Thaumarchaeota comprising all known ammonia‐oxidizing archaea (AOA). AOA key players the nitrogen cycle and defining their niche specialization can help predicting effects of environmental change on these communities. However, hierarchical filters delineation preferences nitrososphaerial lineages remain poorly understood. We used phylogenetic information at fine scale machine learning approaches to...
Abstract Protists, a crucial part of the soil food web, are increasingly acknowledged as significant influencers nutrient cycling and plant performance in farmlands. While topographical climatic factors often considered to drive microbial communities on continental scale, higher trophic levels like heterotrophic protists also rely their sources. In this context, bacterivores have received more attention than fungivores. Our study explored connection between community composition...
Increasing evidence highlights the importance of biodiversity for supply ecosystem services and stability, making ongoing loss species a global concern (IPBES, 2019). Although large part Earth’s is literally hidden below ground, most research has focused on above-ground communities. We thus lack comprehensive understanding effect above–belowground interactions functioning, particularly in context accelerating climate change. The Symposium ‘Above- belowground sustainable ecosystems’,...
Summary Hot‐water treatment of broad‐leaved dock ( Rumex obtusifolius ) was developed as an alternative to manual digging out in organic farming. During treatment, the top region root heated so that plants would die back. The aim this study validate efficacy hot‐water roots. trials were carried with a commercially available high‐pressure cleaner and rotating nozzle for water application. target plant control rate assessed 12 weeks after set at >80%. appraisal covered 1330 treated varying...
ABSTRACT Introduction Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) in croplands is a natural climate mitigation effort that can also enhance crop yields. However, there lack of comprehensive field studies examining the impact SOC on yields across wide climatic, soil, and farming gradients. Furthermore, it largely unknown how water retention, microbial diversity, nutrient availability modulate SOC‐crop yield relationship. Materials Methods We conducted an observational study 127 cereal fields along...
Abstract Phosphorus (P) acquisition is key for global food production. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) help plants acquire P and are considered the design of sustainable agroecosystems. However, how functioning AMF varies across agricultural soils responds to management practices still unknown. Here, we collected from 150 cereal fields 60 non-cropped grassland sites Europe, in a greenhouse experiment, tested ability these forage radioisotope-labelled 33 hyphal compartment. Hyphal-mediated...
Abstract Background: Archaeal communities in arable soils are dominated by Nitrososphaeria, a class within Thaumarchaeota comprising all known ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA). AOA key players the nitrogen cycle and defining their niche specialization can help predicting effects of environmental change on these communities. However, hierarchical filters delineation preferences nitrososphaerial lineages remain poorly understood. Here we combined multiple gradients with fine-scale phylogenetic...