Helping students to develop cutting-edge technical and managerial skills in the fields of life-engineering, landscape architecture, agro-ecology and the food of tomorrow, is the shared objective of the entire teaching team.
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech - University of Liege's privileged position at the crossroads of research and development and at the heart of issues of international and societal interest, makes it an essential player in terms of sustainable development.
Laurence Galhaut receives the Best Poster Award at the 4th Biostimulant World Congress in Barcelona
Laurence Galhaut, assistant and doctoral student at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech - ULiège received last November the prize for the best poster at the 4th Biostimulant World Congress in Barcelona.
"Nowadays, agriculture tends to preserve the environment and to limit mineral fertilizers use. In the recent years, manufacturers are developing products with diverse compositions (seaweed extracts, humic acids, microbial inoculants, protein hydrolysates, …) considered as stimulating substances that for example improve plant nutrients absorption. These products are referred to as biostimulants. This term has been the subject of many discussions in recent years - in which our laboratory has also actively participated as an expert - and, last June, the European Parliament and Council adopted a new regulation on fertilizing products where a plant biostimulant is defined as follows:
As the definition of biostimulants refers to its action rather than its composition, there is a need to set up tools to evaluate their bioactivity. It is in this context that our work takes place. We are developing laboratory tests to assess whether potential biostimulant substances meet at least one of the definition claims. We first focused our research on assays related to the nutrients use efficiency and more precisely on the measurement of plant traits linked to the nutrient uptake efficacy, such as root system architecture and rhizosphere acidification".
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Gembloux.beer S.A. brews its beer on the Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech campus
Brewed in Charleroi until 2022, Gembloux.Beer S.A. was looking forward to the opening of its brewery located on the campus of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech. To mark this event, an inauguration party was held on April 28, 2023.
Life Riparias: the hunt is on for invasive species in Belgium
The Life RIPARIAS project studies the most effective control methods for the eradication of invasive alien species (IAS). Life RIPARIAS will have a budget of 7 million euros to carry out its mission.