Details

Department: 
Microbial Ecology
Contact: 
Riks Laanbroek
Running period: 
2012 to 2017

Ammonia oxidation is repressed by a natural vegetation of matgrass sward plants. The project aims at unraveling the underlying mechanisms by studying the behavior of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in the rhizosphere.

Theme: 

Global environmental change

Funding

NIOO-KNAW

Research team

Dr. ir. Mariet Hefting (Utrecht University)
Dr. ir. Nina Smits (Wageningen University and Research Center)