EJP SOIL Annual Science Days & General Meeting, RIGA, Latvia, from 12 to 16 June

Riga Science day presented the opportunity for EJP soil participants to learn, discuss and exchange information.

MixRoot-C and MaxRoot-C held a fascinating break out session Carbon sequestration, roots and amendments: Highlights included:

• the paradigm shifting evidence, that there is no saturation limit for mineral associated organic carbon,
• data and reflections from last years MaxRoot-C field campaign which suggests site plays has a bigger influence than variety on below ground carbon allocation and mycorrhizal infection
• and finally that we need to align our methods for measuring and assessing root:shoot ratios.

Great talks and posters were presented from young and old, and lively discussions followed.

In the main sessions one of the key talks was about how we communicate amongst ourselves and with stake holders. This was highlighted by Felix Seidl and Axel Don et al., where they presented a great talk and poster on getting your carbon terminology right, and concluded that it would be good if we could all talk the same language. See the main conclusions in the poster here for your carbon duolingo!