Section: Bilateral Contracts and Grants with Industry

DIMIMOS

Participants : Jérôme Harmand, Alain Rapaport.

DIMIMOS is an ANR SYSTERRA 2008 project of 4 years headed by the UMR Microbiologie du Sol et de l'Environnement (INRA Dijon).

This fundamental research project aims at better understanding the functional microbial soil ecosystems with respect to the turnover of soil organic matter (SOM). More specifically, we aim at evaluating the role of the microbial diversity in transforming SOM, in order to better manage the carbon in its biochemical global cycle within agro-ecosystems. This project must deliver new insights for managing agricultural productivity (allow better agricultural practices) while maintaining a high quality of soil over the long term.

For the final stage of the project, the theoretical results obtained in Section 6.1.7 need to be confronted with the data provided by the partners.