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Towards safe applications of recycled water in agriculture: Effects of soil properties on the survival of wastewater bacteria and their potential to colonize vegetables (REWATSO)
Project
Project code: 2813IL01, TI-BD-08-PID1626
Contract period: 01.11.2014
- 31.12.2017
Budget: 174,458 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
The objective of this bilateral project with Israel is to gather information on the capacity of bacteria from treated wastewater (TWW) to survive in different types of soil and to colonize vegetables through the rhizosphere. The data will be helpful for risk managers to apply a site-optimized irrigation regime for the production of safe vegetables. (1) Quantitative detection of pathogens and indicator bacteriain TWW as a potential risk for their use in the production of a commercially important vegetable using melons as a model plant (2) Characterization of their fate in soil and soil compartments (soil aggregates and particle size fractions) as their potential microhabitats (3) Investigation of their capacity of the pathogens and faecal indicators present in TWW to colonize the model plant via the soil-root interface. (4) Ranking the importance of selected abiotic and biotic soil parameters, including soil texture, pH value and the diversity of the indigenous soil microbial community, for the survival of bacterial pathogens and indicators in TWW irrigated soils.
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Subjects
- Vegetable Gardening
