Impact of Soil and Grassland Management on Plant-Microbial Interactions that Mediate Soil Organic Matter Mineralisation and Nitrogen Supply

PhD Project on grassland microbiology, investigating nitrogen mineralisation.

Organic nitrogen applied to soils must first be mineralised to a form available to plants before it can be uptaken. This process is controlled by interactions between soil microbes and plants.

Microbial activities associated with N mineralisation may be affected by plant functional diversity, season, and soil type.