Guidelines for indicators of belowground functional biodiversity assessment - SUREVEG Project

Summary

The "Guidelines for indicators of functional biodiversity of belowground organism groups” (D3.1) set the mandatory indicators to be used in SUREVEG project - WP3 - Task 3.3.: microbial coefficient (Cmic/TOC), hot water-soluble C and P (HWC and HWP), microbial stoichiometry, crop root mycorrhization (M%), next generation sequencing (NGS). Other optional indicators may be considered to implement information on BFB. The cropping system (SC/MC) is considered the main factor. Only for HWC and HWP indicators, the fertilization strategy is also considered as second relevant factor. These BFB guidelines collects the common protocols for field sampling and lab methods to be applied by all the SUREVEG partners involved on SUREVEG Task 3.3.