Cutec Institute, the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), the Federal Institute of Goiás (IFG), Laboratório Nacional Agropecuario (LANAGRO) and the Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), as well as the companies Tecnaro and Outotec. The This project aims to quantify the soil fertilising qualities 1-9-2016 31-8-2020 Natural ? Steven and environmental safety of a novel composite biochar, Lewis Interface whilst exploring the small-scale P release mechanisms at research Interface, the biochar-soil-root interface, in order to best probing the manipulate biochar application to soil. To address this potential aim, a predominantly lab based research plan has been Council for a devised to answer the following key questions: 1) Can sustainable plants grown in soils amended with a novel composite phosphorus biochar produce similar crop quality and quantity as fertiliser. crops grown using conventional fertilisers, whilst not presenting an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment?; 2) To what extent does the increased microbial activity at the biochar-soil-root interface influence P mobility and thus plant P uptake? 3) Can targeted application of a novel composite biochar promote the same plant growth as traditional bulk soil mixing? This project comprises of 3 projects planned to take place across Steven Lewis’s PhD (the first commencing 26/06/2017) in the School of GeoSciences / UK Biochar Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh and the James Hutton Institute. Efforts in designing and scaling-up APPlicative 1-9-2015 1-9-2018 Project Dr. Andrea bioelectrochemical systems, including (1) Nutrient Schievano wastewater recovery during agro-food wastewater treatment, (2) purification Environmental sensing, and (3) Electrofermentation financed and reactors. by the nutrients SIR2014 recovery. Grant, Towards Italian Microbial Ministry of
Cutec Institute, the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), the Federal Institute of Goiás (IFG), Laboratório Nacional Agropecuario (LANAGRO) and the Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), as well as the companies Tecnaro and Outotec. Interface research The Interface, probing the potential for a sustainable phosphorus fertiliser. This project aims to quantify the soil fertilising qualities and environmental safety of a novel composite biochar, whilst exploring the small-scale P release mechanisms at the biochar-soil-root interface, in order to best manipulate biochar application to soil. To address this aim, a predominantly lab based research plan has been devised to answer the following key questions: 1) Can plants grown in soils amended with a novel composite biochar produce similar crop quality and quantity as crops grown using conventional fertilisers, whilst not presenting an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment?; 2) To what extent does the increased microbial activity at the biochar-soil-root interface influence P mobility and thus plant P uptake? 3) Can targeted application of a novel composite biochar promote the same plant growth as traditional bulk soil mixing? This project comprises of 3 projects planned to take place across Steven Lewis’s PhD (the first commencing 26/06/2017) in the School of GeoSciences / UK Biochar Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh and the James Hutton Institute. 1-9-2016 31-8-2020 Natural Council ? Steven Lewis wastewater purification and nutrients recovery. Towards Microbial Efforts in designing and scaling-up APPlicative bioelectrochemical systems, including (1) Nutrient recovery during agro-food wastewater treatment, (2) Environmental sensing, and (3) Electrofermentation reactors. 1-9-2015 1-9-2018 Project financed by the SIR2014 Grant, Italian Ministry of Dr. Andrea Schievano
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