Plant and Environmental Sciences
Research projects
Dept. of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Effect of climate change on flux of N and C: air-land-freshwater-marine links
Project leader: Arne O. Stuanes
Co-workers: Kari Austnes, Ståle Håland, Helge Lundekvam, Jan Mulder, Gunnhild Riise, Line Tau Strand, Live Semb Vestgarden (IPM); Kjetil Tørseth, Lars Hole (NILU); Heleen de Wit, Øyvind Kaste, Jarle Moldvær, John Rune Selvik, Richard F. Wright (NIVA); Anders Bryn (NIJOS); Dag Hongve (Norwegian Institute of Public Health)
Source of funding: The Research Council of Norway
Project period: 2003-2007
Summary
Speciationpeciation, transport and bioavailability of Cd and Zn in contaminated terrestrial ecosystems (BIOMOD)
Project leader: Jan Mulder
Research Scientist: Åsgeir R. Almås
Co-workers: Lars R. Bakken, Trine Sogn, Bal Ram Singh (all UMB/IPM), Ed Tipping, Steve Lofts (CEH, UK), Hao Zhang (Lancaster Univ. UK), Oddvar Røyset (NIVA, Norway)
Source of funding: The Research Council of Norway
Project period: 2003-2006
Summary
Lignin in the root zone of plants, mechanisms of action
Project leader: Åsgeir R. Almås
Co-workers: Lars R. Bakken, Tore Krogstad
Source of funding: Borregaard
Project period: 2006-2007
Summary
Selenium – Optimal utilization, no environmental harm !
Project leader: Trine A. Sogn
Co-workers: Susanne Eich-Greatorex, Anna Haug (IHA), Anne Falk Øgaard (BIOFORSK), Axel Bernhoft (Veterinærinst.), Oddvar Røyset (NIVA).
Source of funding: The Research Council of Norway
Project period: 2003-2006
Summary
Climatic responses in boreal ecosystems: a spatiotemporal analysis spanning 70 years of vegetation dynamics in north-boreal alpine ecotones
Project leader: Petter Nilsen (Skogforsk)
Co-workers: Per Holm Nygaard (Skogforsk), Severin Woxholtt (Skogforsk), Ingvald Røssberg (Skogforsk), Odd Egil Stabbetorp (NINA), Annika Hofgaard (NINA), Erik Nesset (UMB), Arne Stuanes (UMB), Line Tau Strand (UMB), Jon Eivind Vollen (Forest extension Instiute), Ross F. Nelson (NASA/Goddard Space flight center)
Source of funding: The Research Council of Norway
Project period: 2005-2008
Summary
Improving nutritional quality and safety of food and fodder crops in south eastern Europe (SEE) countries
Project leader: Bal Ram Singh
Co-workers: Trine Sogn, Åsgeir Almås, Harald Volden (IHA), Mensur Vegara (NORAGRIC)
Cooperating institutions (SEE):
Faculty of Agriculture, Sarajevo, Bosnia: Salko Muratovic, Emir Dzomba, Senada Cengic.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sarajevo Bosnia: Lejla Saracevic, Cazim Crnkic, Fahira A. Zecic, Nenzad Gradascevic.
Faculty of Agriculture, Banja Luka Bosnia: Milanka Drinic, Mihajlo Markovic.
Faculty of Agriculture, Osijek; Croatia: Zdenko Steiner,Zvonko Antunovic Vlado Kovacevic,Zvonimir Stajner.
Faculty of Agriculture, Novi Sad, Serbia: Maja Cuvardic, Branko Cupina
Source of funding: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD)
Project period: 2006-2009
Summary
Critical level of P in soil and sediments related to risk of eutrophication, and optimising supply and utilization of P in agriculture
Project leader: Tore Krogstad
Co-workers: Gunnhild Riise (IPM), Anne Falk Øgaard, Marianne Bechmann (Bioforsk Jord og Miljø); Annbjørg Øverli Kristoffersen (Bioforsk Øst Apelsvoll)
Source of funding: The Research Council of Norway (main); Landbrukets forsøksringer, Fylkesmannen i Oslo og Akershus, Fylkesmannen i Østfold, MORSA-prosjektet (økonomiske bidrag)
Project period: 2006-2007
Summary
The availability of zinc, manganese and cupper in ecological food and fodder production in South Eastern NorwayProject leader: Tore Krogstad
Co-workers: The Agricultural Extention Service (LFR)
Source of funding: The Research Council of Norway
Project period: 2002-2006
Summary
PhD project: Soil erosion effects on upland quality and reservoir sedimentation, and evaluating the potential use of reservoir sediment for rehabilitating degraded lands in tigray, Ethiopia
PhD student: Girmay Gebresamuel Abraha
Supervisor(s): Bal Ram Singh, Trond Børresen, Mituku Haile (Mekelle University, Ethiopia)
Duration: 2005-2009
Summary
PhD project: Nitrogen (N) availability and crop yield (Wheat and Tef( Eragrostis tef(zucc.) Trotter) under different N and soil management practices in semiarid Vertisols of Northern Ethiopia.
PhD student: Habtegebrial Kiros
Supervisor(s): Bal Ram Singh, Mituku Haile (Mekelle university, Ethiopia)
Duration: 2003-2006
Summary
PhD project: Availability of micronutrients zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), and copper (Cu) from organic materials and rock mineral powder
PhD student: Manju Chaudhary
Supervisor(s): Bal Ram Singh, Tore Krogstad, Michael Heim
Duration: 2005-2009
Summary
PhD project: Effect of land use changes and soil degradation processes on soil carbon flux and sequestration in a mountainous watershed of Nepal
PhD student: Bharat Shrestha
Supervisor(s): Bal Ram Singh, Bishal Sitaula (NORAGRIC), R M Bajracharya (KU, Nepal)
Duration: 2003-2007
Summary
PhD project: Biochemical cycling of soil sulphur (S) in agro ecosystem
PhD student: Zhihui Yang
Supervisor(s): Bal Ram Singh, Sissel Hansen (Bioforsk)
Duration: 2003-2006
Summary
PhD project: Speciation, mobility, bioavailability and effects of anthropogenic trace metals (Zn, Cd, Cu, Pb) in soils.
PhD student: Hilary Mobbs
Supervisor: Jan Mulder
Duration: 2004-2007
Summary
PhD project: Effects of climate change on dynamics of concentrations and fluxes of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON).
PhD student: Kari Austnes
Supervisor(s): Jan Mulder, Arne Stuanes, Gunnhild Riise, Richard F. Wright (NIVA)
Duration: 2004-2008
Summary
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