Resources Reference List (DOCX, 26KB) Seminar Guidelines (DOCX, 21KB) Short Essay Guidelines (DOCX, 32KB) Field trip to Bracken tract QUBS property near Newboro to collect the plant root plus soil samples (Jan 19th 2019): × Adam Binhammer's freshly chiselled out core of frozen soil from the Bracken tract field experiment (air temperature -15C) Cassandra Pereira and Joanna Strozak sampling soil from one of the Bracken tract experimental plots Previous Next Lab work to extract, wash, and stain the roots for counting arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation: × Root washing and removal from soil; demonstration vermiculture composting bin in the foreground Christine Yim and Joanna Strozak making soil sample volume measurement Adrian Kuchtaruk estimating soil volume Adrian Kuchtaruk estimating soil volume Root washing: Quality control Root washing: Quality control Root washing: Quality control Root washing: Quality control Root washing: Quality control Fixing the stain using an alkaline solution Everyone's into it in this soil ecology lab! A handful of goodness: earthworms, springtails, nematodes, bacteria and fungi etcetera all interacting in a home compost system Previous Next