From: Mario Tenuta Sent: November-25-16 1:26 PM To: Martha Blouw; Mei Ding; Narmatha Nadarajah; Maureen Foster Subject: SOIl 7270 Advanced Soil Ecology

Dear Colleagues and Graduate Students. A note of information that Advanced Soil Ecology SOIL 7270 will be taught winter term of 2017. The course description is below. In addition, this year students will have the opportunity to learn soil ecology through the perspective of the search for extraterrestrial life and growing food in space. Any questions please let me know (mario.tenuta@umanitoba.camailto:mario.tenuta@umanitoba.ca). The meeting times are flexible based on student schedules. Cheers, Mario

SOIL 7270 - Advanced Soil Ecology

Examine the role of soil organisms and their communities in decomposition, elemental cycling, and pathogen/pest suppression in managed and natural soil systems. Understand methods of studying biochemical activity and communities in soil. Take a specific research topic of choice and develop an understanding of the organisms and communities, environmental controls of key biological processes involved and apply your knowledge to resolving a specific research issue.

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Mario Tenuta, PhD, P.Ag. Professor of Applied Soil Ecology B.Sc. Agroecology Program Chair and Program Student Advisor Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba 13 Freedman Crescent (Ellis Building) Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2 Office and Cell: +1 204 474-7827 mario.tenuta@umanitoba.camailto:tenutam@cc.umanitoba.ca