PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Roger Holten, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis ”The effect of freezing and thawing on water flow and pesticide leaching in partially frozen soil - Soil column experiments and model development" on 14 May 2019.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Effekten av frysing og tining på vanntransport og utlekking av plantevernmidler i delvis frossen jord - Kolonnestudier og modellutvikling"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"est management practice for pesticide use in agricultural soils experiencing freeze-thaw conditions"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Tuesday 14 May 2019 at 12:15 in the Auditorium U215, the clock building, Ole Sverres plass 1, NMBU Ås.
Evaluation committee:
Dr. David Gustafsson, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrologcal Institute (SMHI)
Dr. Valérie Pot-Genty, French Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
Professor Lars Olav Brandsæter, NMBU, Faculty of Biosciences, Department of Plant Sciences
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Prof. Ole Martin Eklo, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Department of Plant Sciences
Co-supervisor: Prof. Nicholas Jarvis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Co-supervisor: Dr. Mats Larsbo, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Co-supervisor: Dr. Marianne Stenrød, NIBIO
Co-supervisor: Senior researcher Jens Kværner, NIBIO
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2019:20, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978- -82-575-1584-3