Soil nitrogen:
research and extension
4th International QLIF Training and Exchange workshop
Preliminary programmeUpdated December 28th, 2007 - also available as printable pdf
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Wednesday 13 February 2008 |
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13:30
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Registration |
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Seminar introduction: Nitrogen’s degrees of freedom.
G.J. van der Burgt, Louis Bolk Instituut |
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Intercrops and N use efficiency in low input agricultural systems.
Valentini Pappa, Scottish Agricultural College |
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Tea Break |
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Soil tests and their value as indices of N availability to crops.
Julia Cooper, Newcastle University |
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DON as an instrument for nitrogen mineralization prediction.
Gerard Ros, Wageningen University |
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Short Break |
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Nitrogen management in organic farming: challenges and threats for vegetable production.
Daniel Neuhoff, Bonn University. |
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Thursday 14 February 2008 |
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Root development and root patterns; impact on N leaching in crop rotations.
Kristian Thorup-Kristensen, University of Aarhus |
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Coffee break |
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Modelling nitrogen dynamics and root development in organic rotations.
Kristian Thorup-Kristensen, University of Aarhus |
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The NDICEA model: a practical instrument to improve nitrogen efficiency. Geert-Jan van der Burgt, Louis Bolk Instituut |
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Demonstration and workshop models (Geert-Jan van der Burgt and Kristian Thorup-Kristensen); other demonstrations; poster presentation. |
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Lunch break |
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Closing the plant-animal loop: a prerequisite for organic farming.
Marina Azzaroli Bleken, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences |
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Rotation experiment with biogas digestion of slurry, cover crops and crop residues; effects on nitrogen dynamics.
Kurt Möller, Giessen University |
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Tea break |
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Effects of manure choice on soil development and short-term and long-term nitrogen dynamics.
Marleen Zanen, Louis Bolk Instituut |
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Contribution of one or two seminar participants: What is the question to tackle, and what is the way to tackle it? |
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Seminar Dinner |
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Friday 15 February 2008 |
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On-farm research to increase Nefficiency of maize silage after ploughing grass clover.
Jan de Wit, Louis Bolk Instituut |
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Coffee Break |
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Rotational experiments and nitrogen dynamics: field experiments and modelling.
Robin Walker, Scottish Agricultural College |
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Open discussion on the theme: What do we know, and what is left to investigate in the nitrogen dynamics? |
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Final remarks and closure |
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International Training and Exchange workshop
13-15 February 2008,
in Driebergen, NL
Introduction
Preliminary programme
Location and hotels
Cost and registration
Bursaries
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