In 2022, Louisa Neubauer set up her MSc-project to test whether two widely used antibiotics affect plant performance under ambient and drought conditions, either directly, or indirectly, through soil-community mediated effects. Results of this project are now out in Plant and Soil:
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Antibiotics commonly applied in animal farming can alter soil biotic effects on plant functioning and responses to drought stress - Plant and Soil
Background Antibiotic pollution, caused by extensive antibiotic applications in industrial farming, threatens human and animal health, but may also affect plant functioning. However, it remains unknow...
