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A simple method for testing and controlling inhibition in soil and sediment samples for qPCR (2023)
Journal Article
Bott, T., Shaw, G., & Gregory, S. (2023). A simple method for testing and controlling inhibition in soil and sediment samples for qPCR. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 212, Article 106795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2023.106795

The presence of polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) inhibitors in many environmental samples can make reliable and repeatable quantitative-polymerase-chain-reaction (qPCR) analysis difficult without sample dilution. To estimate an optimal sample dilution... Read More about A simple method for testing and controlling inhibition in soil and sediment samples for qPCR.

Biochar application to temperate grasslands: challenges and opportunities for delivering multiple ecosystem services (2023)
Journal Article
Brown, R. W., Chadwick, D. R., Bott, T., West, H. M., Wilson, P., Hodgins, G. R., …Jones, D. L. (2023). Biochar application to temperate grasslands: challenges and opportunities for delivering multiple ecosystem services. Biochar, 5(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42773-023-00232-y

Grasslands (natural, semi-natural and improved) occupy approximately one-third of the terrestrial biosphere and are key for global ecosystem service provision, storing up to 30% of soil organic carbon (SOC). To date, most research on soil carbon (C)... Read More about Biochar application to temperate grasslands: challenges and opportunities for delivering multiple ecosystem services.