The summer course on "Energy Crops and Phytomanagement in a Circular Economy Model" organized by the Environmental Studies Centre (CEA) of Vitoria-Gasteiz in collaboration with the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and held during July 13 and 14 has fulfilled its objectives completing practically...
New experimental plots established at the Cd/Zn mine of Rubiais (site S7) in May 2017 In February 2017, the CSIC and USC groups received cuttings of Salix smithiana from the Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening (Czech Republic). Salix smithiana has been shown...
During the months of May and June visits to the plots have been carried out, there has been observed the state and advance of the plantations, and maintenance works has been done. In addition, a counting of dead-cuttings has been done to replace them in...
Raquel Chaves Padín defended last June 12 her PhD thesis titled "Review of the agricultural use of pesticides in Galicia (Spain) and its behavior in the soil." The act took place in the Faculty of Biology of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Raquel...
Tobacco and sunflower are being tested at some plots of the S1 site. By applying successive cultures of high yielding crops with a secondary accumulator phenotype, the purpose is to annually strip the phytoavailable fraction of metal(loid)s in excess in the contaminated soils. Tobacco and...