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20 November 2025

By: Maryse Hulmel-Brancourt

Nitrogen management through Miscanthus sinensis cultivation : toward new ecosystem services. Article to be soon published in GCB Bioenergy.

The main objective is to identify genotypes that absorb large amounts of nitrogen, helping to remove excess nitrate from the soil and thus contribute to the ecosystem service of water regulation in areas near water catchment zones, preserving the quality of drinking water supplied to local population. Another potential ecosystem service, classified as supporting, involves identifying genotypes that can recycle nitrogen efficiently or exhibit variable nitrogen uptake capacities.
Antoine André, PhD student in agronomy at INRAE – In front of the PhD trial in the Ecotron of Gembloux

Antoine’s experiment was recently featured on the Belgian TV channel RTBF. The program included a lively 3-mn report dedicated to the Ecotron of Gembloux, where Antoine and Marion tackled one fascinating question: How will plants grow 100 years from now?

Six months later, some news about the young miscanthus plants

Séverine presenting the Miscanthus collection during the Agricultural Open Days 2025

On March 1st, 2025, Séverine Monnot joined as a post-doctoral fellowship the Miscanthus INRAE's team led by Maryse BRANCOURT-HULMEL, within the BioEcoAgro joint Cross-Border Research Unit.

Project funded by the “Générique 2023” call for projects from the French National Research Agency

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