Soil and Micro Organisms

• Assessment of the effects on biogeochemical processes
• Analysis of soil fertility, nitrogen fixation, fate of any newly expressed gene products and derivates
• Analysis of alteration of mineralisation (e.g. root exudates changing the soil pH)

Methods:

• Pyrolysis-Field Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (Py-FIMS) and Field Desorption Mass Spectrometry (FDMS) are used to identify and quantify the molecular-chemical composition of complex organic biomaterials (soils and soil extracts, plant material, root exudates and rhizodeposition, biowaste, dissolved organic matter)
• Analysis of bacterial communities and beneficial micro organisms like Rhizobiae and Mycorrhizae