The membership of the Hungarian Soil Science Society (MTT) elected a new Board of the Society. Péter László, senior research fellow of the Institute for Soil Sciences, will fulfil the position of Vice President for the next four years.
Gábor Szatmári was awarded the Kreybig Lajos Prize for young researchers by the Hungarian Soil Science Society in recognition of his outstanding work in soil science and related fields.
Researchers from ATK TAKI collaborating with researchers from the Department of Landscape Protection and Environmental Geography, University of Debrecen, have studied the possibility of high-resolution mapping and assessment of salt-affectedness in a study area close to Dunavecse on 85 hectares. The results and findings have been published open access in Agronomy.
Institute for Soil Sciences and Eötvös Loránd University studied the development of soil erosion in three vineyards in the Neszmély wine region over a period of one year. The results of the research are published in the journal Remote Sensing.
The Institute for Soil Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research launches a new citizen science program called "InvestiGATE for your soil". Anyone can participate in our program to learn about soils.
On the occasion of the national holiday (Saint Stephen's Day) of 20 August 2022, Dr. Tamás Németh was awarded the Order of Merit (civilian) - Commander Cross.
Gábor Szatmári, senior research fellow of our Institute, has won Bolyai János Research Scholarship with his application entitled "Quantification and propagation of spatial uncertainty in complex soil functions using up-to-date statistical approaches".
Methods enabling stakeholders for receiving information in a timely manner on plant stress in agricultural settings can help mitigate a possible decrease in plant productivity. In the framework of the OTKA 131792 project, periodic and monitoring soil and plant measurements are carried out on a small agriculturally dominated catchment in the Balaton-Uplands. The results were recently published in the Land journal.
