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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Assessing the impact that plant species may have on the diversity and activity of phosphate-solubilising soil microbes |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Fergal O'Gara |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | University College Cork (UCC) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 51.89348, -8.49206 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/10/2006 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 01/10/2009 |
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| Project Keywords | Phosphate reduction; Surface water; Groundwater; Agricultural Run-off |
| Project Abstract | Phosphate contamination of surface and groundwater by agricultural run-off is a significant pollution problem in Ireland. Microbial communities in the soil play a key role in solubilising inorganic phosphate thereby reducing leaching and making P available to plants. Knowledge of how different plant species and varieties shape the microbial community and influence the phosphate-solubilising microbiota could facilitate strategies to reduce phosphate pollution. This training project which integrates with ongoing related research applies classical and molecular methods focusing on culturable and non-culturable bacteria and fungi to assess how specific plants affect diversity and activity of the microbes that solubilise inorganic phosphate. |