Soil biology
Mycological Analysis
Analysis and maintenance in the research collection.
Evaluation of enzymatic activity
application for bioremediation and biological control
Aboveground -belowground biodiversity
aboveground–belowground interactions may influence the positive relationship between plant diversity and ecosystem functioning (Eisenhauer, 2018)
- investigate plant diversity effects on soil biota and ecosystem functions
- investigate the significance of plant diversity-induced positive and negative soil feedback effects on plant performance (e.g. weeds herbicide resistence)
- investigate if anthropogenic stressor effects (e.g. agricultural management) reinforce plant diversity effects on soil biota and subsequent soil feedback effects
- qualitative and quantitative aspects of specific biodiversity
- intraspecific diversity
- epigenetic mechanisms
Molecular Analysis
Independent culture methods/ molecular analysis: Barcoding, metabarcoding, NextGen- Illumina Technol
Team:
Soil Seed Bank
RELEVANCE
ECOLOGY, e.g. dispersal in time
AGRICULTURE SCIENCES, e.g. weed control
FOREST MANAGEMENT, e.g. forest renovation
RESTORATION ECOLOGY, e.g. primiry seed stock
ANALYSIS
Vascular plant species represented as seed bank
Seed density in the soil
Similarity between seed bank and above vegetation
Role of seed bank in plant community
TEAM:
THE SOIL SEED BANK CYCLE
Figure Credit: Fabian Menalled, MSU Extension, Montana State University.