Research Portfolios
Sustainable Agroecosystems
Elucidating and promoting sustainable agriculture across the world
Prof. Dr. Johan Six, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental System Sciences
In order to understand sustainable agriculture and implement it, we need to elucidate the feedbacks between ecosystem...
Plant Nutrition
Improve nutrient-use efficiency in agro-ecosystems
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Frossard, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences
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Plant Nutrition
Oxygen isotope in phosphate, a new approach to study the soil/plant system
Dr. Federica Tamburini, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Phosphorus (P) is a major nutrient and an important constituent in cell membranes, DNA and RNA, and energy transporters....
Plant Nutrition
Phosphorus and nitrogen (re-)cycling in agro-ecosystems
Dr. Astrid Oberson, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Globally food demand is increasing while natural resources are shrinking. Human alterations of nutrient cycles are a...
Plant and Ecosystems Ecology
Species coexistence and ecosystem functioning in relation to C:N:P stoichiometry
Dr. Harry Olde Venterink, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology