Effects of microplastics on interactions between soil biota, soil structure and crop performance in sewage sludge-amended soils

该博士学位的目的是研究BS中MP对BS改良土壤中土壤生物群，土壤结构和作物性能的影响。它将评估在不同的耕地管理做法下，BS与不同程度的MP污染和直接参与维持土壤结构的土壤生物（蚯蚓和根系共生真菌伙伴）之间的相互作用，以及后者如何影响MP在土壤环境中的分解和流动性。该项目将把联合收割机控制实验室/温室实验与补充性实地研究（在谢菲尔德大学亚瑟威利斯环境中心和国际气候研究中心设施）结合起来。

The aim of this PhD is to investigate the effects of MPs in BS on soil biota, soil structure and crop performance in BS-amended soils. It will assess interactions between BS with various levels of MP contamination and soil organisms directly involved in maintaining soil structure (earthworms and symbiotic fungal partners of roots), under different arable land management practices, and how the latter affect the decomposition and mobility of MPs within the soil environment. The project will combine controlled laboratory / greenhouse experiments with complementary field studies (at the University of Sheffield Arthur Willis Environment Centre (AWEC) and ICAIR facility).