๐ŸŒฑ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€“๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (Keynote speaker: Ivan Hiltpold, USA)

๐Ÿ—๏ธ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€“๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ (Keynote speaker: Jรฉrรดme Mathieu, France)

๐ŸŒธ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€“๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (Keynote Speaker: Jane Stout, Ireland)

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ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Tours, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, from June 29 to July 3, 2026.

ECE 2026

Paper of the week - week 44 (this week):

Hartmann et al. 2015

Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming

https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.210

#benediktspapersoftheweek #soilmicrobiome #FarmingPractices #OrganicConventional #OrganicFarming #Biodiversity #SoilManagement

Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming

AbstractLow-input agricultural systems aim at reducing the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides in order to improve sustainable production and ecosy

OUP Academic
New publication: Understanding the effects of organic versus conventional farming on #soilorganiccarbon characteristics โ€“ a #chronosequence study. #organicfarming #SOC #soilmanagement
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117371
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#soilhealth #missionsoil #livinglabs #soilmanagement | SOILL

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Water availability creates global thresholds in multidimensional soil biodiversity and functions - Nature Ecology & Evolution

A global field survey of 383 sites with different vegetation types spanning an environmental gradient reveals that soil biodiversity and functions exhibit pervasive nonlinear behaviours worldwide and are mainly governed by water availability.

Nature
https://ejpsoil.eu/soil-research/eom4soil/into-dialogue/soilx Our new #EJPSoil project SoilX investigates possibilties to mitigate precitation-related climate extremes through soil management improvements in European arable #farming systems - #climatechange #soilmanagement #soilcarbon
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