“Use of plant diversity to promote low-input perennial grain cropping systems”
By Olivier Duchene, Associate professor, ISARA-Lyon, France.
Wednesday April 13, noon – 1 pm.
In person: 150 Russell Labs
Via zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95198096103
Dr. Duchene’s research focuses on the study of herbaceous plants (individual or plant community) to understand the functioning and dynamic of agroecosystems and their agronomical and ecological properties. One of the main objectives of this work is to drive the diversification and conception of cropping systems less dependent on external inputs, less sensitive to climatic hazards, and more favorable to soil fertility (agroecological conceptual framework).
Keywords: Perennial grains, cover crops, crop mixtures, grassland, rhizopshere, ecosystemic services, functional analysis
Read more at: https://isara.fr/en/research/research-units/agroecology-environment/olivier-duchene/
Dr. Duchene was invited to give the DC Smith Lecture at the Department of Agronomy, but had to postpone his travel. He is visiting as part of a Jefferson Fund project between France and the US.