My research interests are nurient cycling and microbial ecology. In the past, I concentrated on interactions between plant roots and microbes in the rhizosphere and how this influences phopshorus uptake by plants. Then I became more interested in soil organic carbon dynamics and how they are affected by soil salinity and water content. Of particular interest to me now are organic carbon dynamics in: sandy soils amended with clay; acid sulfate soils.
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Sep 28, 2016 15:27 pm UTC| Nature
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