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Department of Soil Biology and Soil Biochemistry "Geobionts, or the small organisms of soil (Raoul Francé's drawing) "As we learnt to practice the tiny work of the edafon in big, when we plough, harrow, turn up and irrigate the soil; so should we learn the work of the arable soil itself, what the soil needs for its optimal circulation." (Raoul Francé)

Researcher staff: ANTON Attila BIRÓ Borbála FÜZY Anna GULYÁS Ferenc HALBRITTER András KÖVES-PÉCHY Krisztina OLDAL Bálint SZILI-KOVÁCS Tibor TAKÁCS Tünde UZINGER Nikolett VILLÁNYI Ilona VÖRÖS Ibolya

Scientific aims and topics of the Department

• Elaboration of the fundamentals of modern plant nutrition, clarifying the role of plant nutritive element transport and microorganisms in soil processes.

• Scientific establishment of a strategy for the prevention of soil contamination and for soil remediation

• Monitoring and state survey of soil contamination in Hungary

• Study and assay the biogeochemical cycles (transport, biotic and abiotic transformation) of contaminants (mainly heavy metals) and their controlling possibilities in soil-plant systems (phytoremediation)

• Methodical studies to assess and monitor soil biological state and soil quality