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International Conference and Workshop on Alternatives to Reduce Soil Degradation – ARSD2024 – 1st ANNOUNCEMENT

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Special conference theme: The main focus of the conference will be on soil conditioning and how to improve soil quality in practice.

Key topics:

  • Application of effective measures to mitigate the negative impacts of soil degradation processes.
  • Soil amendments and soil conditioner (incl. fertilization and inhibitor treatment): their potential benefits to meet the demands of improving yields without compromising the environment.
  • Soil and plant health monitoring for more sustainable agriculture practices.
  • Proximal and remote sensing as complementary tools for studying changes in soil processes.

Conference participation is free of charge but registration is required.
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Registration and abstract submission: Open from 25 March 2024 (more details in the 2nd announcement)

We look forward to seeing you at our event!
Organizing Committee of ARSD2024

Results of microbiological investigations in a fertilisation field experiment lasting more than 60 years

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Fertilization treatments caused long-term changes in some biological parameters such as: MicroRespTM parameters, citrate utilization, total substrate-induced respiration value, and the ratio of utilization of amino acids and sugars. The rate of AMF colonization responded mainly to the plant nutrition status and the plant requirements, suggesting a plant-mediated effect in the case of mycorrhiza. Mineral nitrogen fertilization and soil acidification were found to be the main factors affecting the catabolic activity of soil microbiota, while AMF colonization responded to the balance of plant nutrition.

Füzy, A., Parádi, I., Kelemen, B., Kovács, R., Cseresnyés, I., Szili-Kovács, T., Árendás T., Fodor N., Takács, T. (2023). Soil biological activity after a sixty-year fertilization practice in a wheat-maize crop rotation. Plos One, 18(9), e0292125.

VEAB Commemorative Award to Otto Veisz

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The Veszprém Academic Committee (VEAB) was established by the Presidium of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at its meeting in September 1972. The Presidium of MTA VEAB commemorates the fiftieth anniversary with a series of jubilee events entitled “Half a century for science in Pannonia”. As part of the program, VEAB commemorative awards were handed over by the Board of VEAB in recognition of contribution to the scientific and public work of MTA VEAB, among others, to the former president of VEAB, academician Ottó Veisz.

At the Institute of Agriculture of ATK a scientific memorial meeting was held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Phytotron in Martonvásár.

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As part of the Celebration of Hungarian Sciences, at an event held in Martonvásár on 24 November, the head of the institute and its researchers presented the role of Phytotron in plant research, ongoing basic and applied research, as well as their outstanding results. So far, more than 5100 experiments have been carried out in the plant growth chambers, about which 2700 scientific publications and 1400 educational articles have been published. Using the results of the experiments carried out here, 72 PhD theses were completed and 15 Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences were awarded.

  • Redox regulation of wheat development and its stress response;
  • The role of polyamines in plant stress tolerance;
  • Current issues of temperature acclimation;
  • Alien gene transfer programmes supported by structural genomics research in the service of wheat breeding;
  • The role of Phytotron in creating and maintaining crop safety of cereals.

The experiments carried out in the past 50 years have significantly contributed to the theoretical and practical research results of the Institute of Agriculture of ATK, however, the utilization of the Phytotron has been completed by experiments carried out for Hungarian and foreign universities, research institutes and companies.

Ottó Veisz received an honorary doctorate degree

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The award was handed over on behalf of the Senate of Széchenyi István University by Dr. Bálint Filep, President, Dr. Péter Zoltán Baranyi, Rector, Dr. Ferenc Friedler, President of the Academic Council and Dr. László Varga, President of the Doctoral Council on the 29th Academic Day in Győr.