The impact of pesticides on soil life, mycorrhizas & soil functioning is still poorly understood. Therefore, we are happy that Agroscope funded a PhD project by Judith Riedo to study this. First results are coming very soon. @fl_walder #Pesticides; #agriculture; #microbes;

Our new study demonstrates that pesticides are widespread and persistent in agricultural soils. We detected pesticides in all 100 investigated fields, including 40 organic farms. After 20 years of organic management, we found up to 16 different #pesticides pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Auf Spurensuche nach Pestiziden in Schweizer Landwirtschaftsböden: Agroscope analysierte in einer umfassenden Studie die Verbreitung von Pflanzenschutzmittelrückständen und deren potenzielle Auswirkungen auf das Bodenleben. ➡️ agroscope.admin.ch/agroscope/de/h…

Check out our new study that evaluates pesticides in soils of extensive grasslands, organic & conventional vegetable fields and facilitates the identification of major input processes. With van der Heijden Lab, @fl_walder, Kathrin Fenner , Samiran Banerjee et al. - doi.org/10.1021/acs.es…

Increasing the number of stressors reduces soil ecosystem services worldwide - Our new paper is out in NatureClimate!

Proud to see my last PhD chapter published in STOTEN with @fl_walder, Thomas Bucheli and van der Heijden Lab

Our new paper published in Environmental Pollution: Pesticide residues in agricultural soils in light of their on-farm application history by Agroscope doi.org/10.1016/j.envp…

Experiment currently running in one of our climate chambers, examining the effect of various pollutants on the plant-soil system. Judith Riedo

Paper just online: Meidl et al. w/ @Anika_Lehmann_ Judith Riedo & others Combined application of up to ten pesticides decreases key soil processes #SoilHealth #Pesticides link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Paper just accepted: Beyond dosage - the need for more realistic research scenarios to understand pesticide impacts on agricultural soils Judith Riedo Will share details once available

New paper out with Judith Riedo & Florian Walder Beyond Dosage: The Need for More Realistic Research Scenarios to Understand Pesticide Impacts on Agricultural Soils pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…