PhD degree – Public Defence Kedir Woliy Jillo, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend his PhD thesis "Rhizobia in climate-smart agriculture -N2 fixation effectiveness and N2O reduction capacity of phylogenetically diverse Bradyrhizobium and Ensifer strains" on 29 October 2019.
Norwegian title of thesis:
Rhizobier i klimasmart landbruk - N2 fiksering og N2O reduksjon i fylogenetisk diverse Bradyrhizobium og Ensifer stammer
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
Archaea and their role in the global nitrogen cycle, knowns and unknowns
Time and place for the trial lecture:
Friday 18th October 2019, at 12:30, Library BTB
Evaluation committee:
Associate Professor Morten Kjos, KBM
Associate Professor Linda B. Bergaust, KBM
Professor Svein Jarle Horn, KBM
Time and place for the public defence:
Tuesday 29th October 2019, at 12:15, Library BTB
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Jörg Simon, Technichal University of Darmstadt, Germany
Second opponent: Dr. Maria Jesus Delgado, Estacion Experiomental del Zaidin, Granada, Spain
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Morten Kjos, KBM, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Åsa Frostegård, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Professor Lars Bakken, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Dr. Peter Dörsch, NMBUCo-supervisor: Dr. Tulu Degefu, Hawassa University, Etiopia
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2019:92 ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-1655-0