Environmental Science and Technology Department. Annual report 1992

Through basic and strategic research, the Environmental Science and Technology Department aspires to develop new ideas for industrial and agricultural production thus exerting less stress and strain on the environment. The department endeavours to develop a competent scientific basis for future production technology and management methods in industrial and agricultural production. The research approach in the department is predominantly experimental. Selected departmental research activities during 1992 are introduced and reviewed in seven chapters: 1. introduction, 2. The Atmospheric Environment, 3. Plant Genetics and Resistance Biology, 4. Plant Nutrition and Mineral Cycling, 5. Chemistry of the Geosphere, 6. Ecology and Mineral Cycling, 7. Other Activities. The department's contribution to national and international collaborative research programmes is presented in addition to information about
large research and development facilities used and managed by the department. The department's educational and training activities are included in the annual report along with lists of publications, publications in press, lectures and poster presentations at international meetings. The names of the scientific and technical staff members, visiting scientists, Post, doctoral fellows, Ph.D. students and M.Sc. students are also listed.