Part 1 Advances in soil amendments 1.Optimising crop residues as soil amendments: Marcelo Galdos, Agreena, UK; 2.Optimising cover crops for soil health: Rob Myers, University of Missouri, USA; 3.The use of vermicompost and biochar as soil amendments: Parveen Rupani, Cranfield University, UK; 4.The potential of organo-mineral fertilisers: Ruben Sakrabani, Cranfield University, UK; 5.Optimizing use of anaerobic digestate as a soil amendment: Christina van Midden, Agri Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI), UK; 6.Optimising poultry litter for soil improvement: Xiuping Jiang, Clemson University, USA; 7.Optimising on-farm management and use of slurry to minimise its environmental impact: Lisa Norton, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK; 8.
Optimising use of frass as a soil amendment: David Houben, UniLaSalle, France; Part 2 Advances in biostimulants 9.Optimising use of biostimulants: using plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) to promote crop nutrient use efficiency and other properties: S. Pereira, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Portugal; 10.Understanding and promoting existing communities of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in agricultural soils: Zakaria M. Solaiman, University of Western Australia, Australia; 11.Optimising functionality of phosphate-solubilising microorganisms (PSM) in promoting crop nutrient use efficiency and health: Nelly Raymond, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 12.Understanding and optimising the role of cyanobacteria in promoting crop health and nutrient use efficiency: Nouriddine Bouaicha, University of Paris-Saclay, France; 13.Understanding and optimising the use of amino acid-based biostimulants in promoting crop nutrient use efficiency and health: Wenli Sun, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China; 14.
Understanding and optimising the use of inorganic salts as biostimulants in promoting crop nutrient use efficiency and health: John Havlin, North Carolina State University, USA; 15.Understanding and optimising the use of algae in promoting crop nutrient use efficiency and health: Domenico Ronga, University of Salerno, Italy;.