Background and Aims Rhizodeposition, i.e. the release of organic matters by roots, constitutes a significant fraction of the plant carbon (C) budget and plays a key role in plant-soil interactions. Ho...
Last week, the spotlight was on our unit’s non-permanent staff!
They organized a full-day conference to showcase their research on soil and agroecosystem functioning for a more sustainable future.
They are the lifeblood of our system! ❤️🔥❤️🔥
We’re so grateful for their skills, energy, and dedication.👏👏👏
Reading in journal club
Maillard et al.
Mycelial biomass growth stage at death determines fungal necromass decay dynamics
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What if most long-term C storage depends on <1% of soil in the deep root rhizosphere?
Quantification in these small hotspots is a challenge—one we’re tackling with normalized rhizosphere sampling & root density mapping @umr-ecosols.bsky.social
CORRECTED LINK👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📢 New resource for #SoilCarbon research!
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This brings together harmonized data from 34 long-term experiments, including SOC stocks, C inputs, soil properties, and climate variables.
A major collaborative effort, with the contribution of F.Ferchaud from Eco&Sols.
2 postdoc positions available in our lab to work on
C allocation : recrutement.cirad.fr/job/job-rese...
WUE : recrutement.cirad.fr/job/job-ecop...
with a focus on tropical ecosystems.
Part of FairC program
Application deadline: 13th of April 2026
Start date: 1rst of June 2026
Duration : 18 months
📣📣📣2 years Postdoc position available !
Modelling of soil organic matter dynamics with STICS model !
Job info :
👉 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-27470
Part of the large ALAMOD project : www.pepr-faircarbon.fr/projets/proj...
#soilcarbon #soil #model #Postdoc
Notre dernière étude @umr-ecosols.bsky.social mise en avant dans les actus INRAE :
"Les racines des arbres, un levier discret de stockage du carbone"
👉 url.inrae.fr/4fO24bU
@inrae-france.bsky.social
In a new study, we show how hyperspectral imaging in the visible and near infrared represent promising tools to address soil microbial respiration spatiotemporal variations, contrasting straw versus soil matrix and hotspots evolutions.
🌟Let's continue to develop proximal hyperspectral soil imaging!🌟
What if most long-term C storage depends on <1% of soil in the deep root rhizosphere?
Quantification in these small hotspots is a real challenge—one we’re tackling with normalized rhizosphere sampling & root density mapping @umr-ecosols.bsky.social
Our article👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tree roots have the potential to release carbon into deep soil layers, where this carbon is generally considered to exhibit greater stability. However…
Scientific Data - Data from long-term experiments in temperate croplands to evaluate soil organic carbon models
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recrutement.cirad.fr
You will be welcomed in the Joint Research Unit Eco&Sols in Montpellier (France), which has 70 permanent staff from INRAE, IRD, Institut Agro Montpellier and Cirad. You will join the ALAMOD project, which aims to compare and improve models of carbon dynamics at the ecosystem level.Your mission will be to evaluate and improve the STICS model in simulating the soil organic matter dynamics. STICS is a soil-crop model that simulates crop growth, as well as the water, carbon, and nitrogen balances at the plot level. It is being developed by a community of scientists from different disciplines.You will be more specifically in charge of:Evaluating the STICS model’s ability to simulate the long-term dynamics of soil organic matter (carbon and nitrogen stocks) in a variety of agricultural situations, soils and climates. You will use a dataset from long-term experiments, which is under development in the ALAMOD project, and you will also help to complete it.Evaluating and improving the simulation of plant litter decomposition in the short and long term using the STICS model. You will modify and calibrate the decomposition module of STICS it to improve the model’s genericity and better account for certain situations (e.g. crop residues left on the soil surface, soil with a low mineral nitrogen availability, etc.). You will use a dataset gathering data on the decomposition of various plant litters under controlled (laboratory incubations) and field conditions. Modifications to the model formalisms will be carried out in collaboration with the IT pole of the STICS team.Writing publications.
On aurait tort de le sous-estimer : une partie de la lutte contre le changement climatique se joue sous terre. Des chercheurs de l'unité Eco&Sol (INRAE, IRD, Cirad, Institut Agro Montpellier) montrent...
The study aimed to test the usefulness of the Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) in the visible and near infrared (VNIR) to address temporal and spatial variations in ...
