13:00 - 14:00
STATUS OF GLOBAL SOIL BIODIVERSITY
- State of knowledge of soil biodiversity: challenges and potentialities - Ms Rosa Cuevas, FAO/GSP
- Reflections on the interaction between above ground and below ground biodiversity as a way to enhance sustainability and resilience of agroecosystem - Mr Carlo Fadda, Alliance Biodiversity International & CIAT
- About the importance of the soil microbiome for a healthy planet. What does agriculture have to do with it? Mr Dylan Warren Raffa, FAO
- Towards a large scale assessment of soil biodiversity - Mr Alberto Orgiazzi, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
- Spatial distribution of soil faunal diversity: where ecology meets biogeography - Mr Andrey S. Zaitsev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
THEME 1: STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ON SOIL BIODIVERSITY
Parallel session 1 | Click here on the Room link - Passcode GSOBI-PS1
14:00 - 15:00 CEST
- Comparative microbiology evaluation of bacterial biodiversity in rhizospheres of vegetative cover of exotic species of Australia (Eucaliyptus), native to Chile (Quillay) and “badland” soils of Chile - Mr Samuel Francke Campaña, University of Santiago, Chile
- Soil Protozoa diversity at coal post-mining area at different age of reclamation - Ms Tati Suryati Syamsudin, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
- Unexpected microbial functions in agricultural soil decontamination from PCB by SMS Spent Mushroom Substrate (SMS) - Ms Simona Di Gregorio, University of Pisa, Italy
- Diversity and abundance of the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium spp. at high sampling resolution in typical Swiss permanent grassland - Ms María Fernández-Bravo, Agroscope, Switzerland
15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Assessment of agroecological conditions of terrain and its soil cover using remote sensing data - Mr Alexander Krenke, Russian Academy of Sciences of Moscow, Russia
Ciliated protists as indicators of soil health: Three case studies from Italy - Ms Antonietta La Terza, University of Camerino, Italy
Evaluation of soil health after digestate application using QBS-ar and Solvita® - Ms Maria Chiara Rosace, Harper Adams University, United Kingdom
Biofunctool®, a multifunctional approach of soil health related to soil biota activities - Mr Alain Brauman, UMR Eco&Sols, France
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14:00 - 15:00 CEST
- Use the metabolic fingerprint in microbial communities to evaluate the anthropogenic impact on soils - Ms Rosalina Gonzalez, La Salle University, Bogota, Colombia
- Next generation biomonitoring to assess key species and soil parameters determining the biodiversity in agricultural soils - Mr Luigimaria Borruso, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
- Knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem services of South American mycorrhiza through research networking - Mr César Marín, Universidad de O’Higgins, Chile
- First evaluation in South America of the "Soil Biological Quality Index QBS-ar": A pilot study in the Bolivian Amazon - Mr Sergio Ledezma, FAO Bolivia
15:00 - 16:00 CEST
- Patterns of soil biodiversity communities in urban microfarm - Ms Sophie Joimel, INRA, France
- Plant productivity enhancement in a simulated Amazonian Dark Earth (Terra Preta Nova) - Mr George G. Brown, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
- Evaluation of PGP bacteria against Rhizoctonia solani in Solanum tuberosum plants under greenhouse conditions - Ms Lizbeth Mamani-Rojas, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru
- Underestimated biodiversity of edaphic prokaryotic metacommunity in the Western Amazon: risks may be higher - Mr Fernando Igne Rocha, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
THEME 1/2: STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ON SOIL BIODIVERSITY AND SOIL BIODIVERSITY IN ACTION
Parallel session 3 | Click here on the Room link - Passcode GSOBI-PS3
14:00 - 15:00 CEST
- Mapping soil biodiversity research: a network analysis approach - Mr Giovanni Di Matteo, CREA, Italy
- A soil biodiversity survey coupled with the National Soil Quality Monitoring Network? - Ms Camille Imbert, INRAE, France
- EUdaphobase – European soil-biology data warehouse for soil protection - Mr David J. Russell, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Germany
- The Italian skill network of soil biological quality assessed by microarthropods’ community - Mr Lorenzo D’Avino, CREA, Italy
15:00 - 16:00 CEST
How the biological activity of Oligochaeta shape soil aggregation and influence the soil functions - Mr Eduardo Carvalho da Silva Neto, Soils Department - Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cultural ecosystem services of soil biota and possibilities of their use - Ms Jurga Motiejūnaitė, Nature Research Centre, Lithuania
Soil biodiversity teems with life but faces pollution. Are we acting correctly in agro-ecosystems - Ms Caucci Serena, United Nations University, UNU-FLORES, Germany
Use of Biochar-Lupinus- Bradyrhizobium as an alternative to improve the vegetation cover of High Andean soils contaminated by heavy metals - Ms Nataly Taco-Taype, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Perú
Parallel session 4 | Click here on the Room link - Passcode GSOBI-PS4
14:00 - 15:00 CEST
- Restoring the soil while preserving functions: a winning approach by exploiting microbial biodiversity - Ms Giada Migliore, SSPT-PROTER-BIOGEOC, Italy
- Recent successes and persistent challenges in restoration of degraded dryland soils - Ms Nichole N. Barger, University of Colorado, USA
- Mass multiplication of native soil mesofauna for re-introduction in the degraded agro-ecosystems - Mr N.G. Kumar, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, India
- Recovering soil ecosystem services and functions at a burned native forest in the mediterranean zone of central Chile by the use of organic amendments - Ms Claudia Rojas, Institute of Agri-Food, Animal and Environmental Sciences (ICA3), Universidad de O’Higgins. Chile
15:00 - 16:00 CEST
- Soil macrofauna and mesofauna diversity in rehabilitated mine tailings - Ms Sara Pelaez, University of Limerick, Ireland
- Recovery of microbiological status with organic amendments on soils affected by mining activity in a decadal temporal scale - Mr Raúl Ortega, University of Almeria, Spain
- How much soil diversity is restored after a cattle ranching pasture is abandoned for its natural regeneration in the Amazon region? - Mr Daniel Castro, Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI, Colombia
- Effect of shifting cultivations on bacterial communities in Hurulu forest in Sri Lanka: A metagenomic approach for diversity estimation - Mr Warshi Dandeniya, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
THEME 3: SOIL BIODIVERSITY SHAPING THE FUTURE OF FOOD SYSTEMS
Parallel session 5 | Click here on the Room link - Passcode GSOBI-PS5
14:00 - 15:00 CEST
- Biofertilizer applications in India: Current status and future prospects - Mr Ashok K Patra, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, India
- What dead wood microbiota contributes to soil biodiversity? - Ms Mäkipää Raisa, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland
- Earthworms and microbial diversity under conventional and organic farms. Interaction with actual and inherited pesticides - Ms Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Wageningen University, Netherlands
- Construction of a nif- mutant strain from a psychrotolerant soil bacterium to evaluate the contribution of the biological nitrogen fixation in crop plants - Mr Danilo Augusto Silvestre, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Soil physicochemical properties, seasonality, plant niche and plant genotype affect bacterial and fungal communities in olive orchard soils - Mr Manuel Anguita-Maeso, CSIC, Spain
Perennial crops for sustainable soil management – Symbiotic fungi benefit from cultivation of a perennial cereal in Europe - Ms Linda-Maria Dimitrova Mårtensson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by selected Antagonistic Rhizobacteria against soil-borne Phytopathogenic Fungi - Ms Doris Zúñiga-Dávila, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Perú
Effect of different species of mycorrhizal fungi on growth and physiological characteristics of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) in cadmium contaminated soil - Mr Majid Rostami, Malayer University, Iran
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14:00 - 15:00 CEST
- Conversion of native grasslands to food and fiber systems impact soil fauna community in Brazilian Pampa - Ms Bruna R. Winck, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Transformation of the soil microbial community of the ordinary chernozem in irrigation - Ms Ludmila Vorotyntseva, National Scientific Center “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky”, Ukraine
- Aromatic plants in vineyards: Mixed intercropping as a chance for promoting soil biodiversity and increasing economic revenues? - Mr Felix Dittrich & Sören Thiele-Bruhn, Trier University, Germany
- Application of bacterial biostimulants in productive landscapes of Allium cepa L. - Ms Marika Pellegrini, AGIRE Soc., Italy
15:00 - 16:00 CEST
- Prospection, identification and antagonistic activity of native strains of beneficial microorganisms for the biological control of rice pathogens in Panama - Mr Rito Herrera, Universidad de Panamá, Panama
- Increased soil-enzyme activity at reduced tillage and cover crops after one year of application among organic farming conditions - Ms Eszter Tóth, Szent István University, Hungary
- A new integrate land degradation assessment approach considering soil biodiversity, humus forms and vegetation - Mr Francesco Bigaran, Centro Studi per la Biodiversità del GMEM-AMB, Italy
- Response of soil biological indicators under long-term wheat production management practices in a semi-arid climate - Ms Elmarie Kotzé, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa