Kind of infrastructure
Platforms/Labs
Typology
Animal housing
University
Torino (UNITO)
Application / Industrial sector
Agrifood
Description of equipment
APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES
- It is suitable for chemical, biochemical, microbiological measurements on the soil, on the soil solution, the atmosphere and the crop, both at the scale of field than to the process one
- The site offers a wide range of cultivation systems, well differentiated in terms of how much it concerns the contributions of nitrogen and carbon, and to equilibrium
- Access to sample preparation and analysis laboratories and instrumentationsampling of soil, solution circulating in the soil and atmosphere (gas emissions)
- Access to past data
- Training on relevant methodologies in use
- Advice on experimental measures
Location
Department
Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
Features
Equipment list
LAB-0201 INSTRUMENTS of the external laboratory: long-term fertilization test of Tetto Frati
- Long-term experimental platform: includes 38 treatments related to as many alternative management of forage crops typical of dairy farms (maize, grasses, polyphite meadows, alfalfa), subjected to various types of fertilization with slurry and manure, of use and management of crop residues
- The treatments are organized in a randomized 3-block experimental design
- The plots are 75m2
- The trial started in 1992
- Long-term experimental platform: includes 38 treatments related to as many alternative management of forage crops typical of dairy farms (maize, grasses, polyphite meadows, alfalfa), subjected to various types of fertilization with slurry and manure, of use and management of crop residues
- The treatments are organized in a randomized 3-block experimental design
- The plots are 75m2
- The trial started in 1992
Price list
Rates are defined according to specific requests.
Possibility of on-site measurements
It is possible to access the infrastructure by reservation, accompanied by authorized staff, and / or send samples for analysis (without directly accessing the structure). The technical feasibility of the request is evaluated and the experiments.
Other relevant information
Other contacts:
Laura Zavattaro: laura.zavattaro@unito.it
Laura Zavattaro: laura.zavattaro@unito.it
Contact
Person name
Carlo GRIGNANI
Email
carlo.grignani@unito.it