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Independent experts nominated by country party
Jean Luc Chotte
Title
Mr.
First name
Jean Luc
Last name
Chotte
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Other Disciplines
Natural Resource Management
Ecology/Ecosystems
Agricultural Sciences
Soil Science
Ecology/Ecosystems
Agricultural Sciences
Soil Science
UN languages spoken
English
French
Job function
Soil Scientist
Email
Jean-Luc.Chotte@dakar.orstom.sn
Telephone number
221 321846
Work experience
I have been working on soil organic matter decomposition for about 10 years. I worked for 8 years in Martinique where I was involved in a EEC project (Soil fertility of Carribean small farming systems). We had field trials in farming systems located in 4 islands of the Lesser Antilles. I was in charge of field 15 N studies. Then I looked at the location of soil microorganisms. I spent 18 months at the CSIRO in Adelaide (South Australia) with Dr. J.N. Ladd where I looked at the effects of soil-substrat relationships on the location and the turnover of soil microorganisms. I have been in Dakar since September 1995. Since then I have been in charge of microbiological characterizations of soils under different land management (red fed crop such as millet, crop-fallow rotation and more recently agroforestry systems). Our field sites are located along a rainfall gradient ranging from 300 mm per year to 1200 mm per year. Our team comprises 2 nematologists, a plant physiologist and a
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
Ph.D. Evolution of a root biomass 14C, 15N labelled in a soil-plant system, Nancy I, 1986.
Number of Publications
11
Publication titles
1. Chotte J.L., Hétier J.M., Guiraud G. and Andreux F. - 1986 - Observations sur le devenir de l'azote organique du sol et des résidus racinaires en présence d'une culture de maïs. C.R. Acad, Sci. Pairs, t. 303, Série III, n 7, 1986._x000D_
2. Kabir MD.M., Chotte J.L., Rahman M., Bally R. and Jocteur Monrozier L. - 1994 - Distribution of soil fractions and location of soil bacteria in a vertisol under cultivation and perennial grass. Plant and Soil, 163; 243-255._x000D_
3. Chotte J.L., Laurent J.Y. and Rossi J.P. - 1995 - A modified hydropneumoelutriation apparatus for quantitative roots separation from large soil samples. Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 26/1115-16, 2703-2709._x000D_
4. Quénéhervé P. and Chotte J.L. - 1996 - Distribution of nematodes in vertisol aggregates under a permanent pasture in Martinique. Applied Soil Ecology 4; 193-200._x000D_
5. Chotte J.L., Ladd J.N. and Amato M. - 1997 - Sites of microbial assimilation and turnover of 14C soluble and particulate substrat
2. Kabir MD.M., Chotte J.L., Rahman M., Bally R. and Jocteur Monrozier L. - 1994 - Distribution of soil fractions and location of soil bacteria in a vertisol under cultivation and perennial grass. Plant and Soil, 163; 243-255._x000D_
3. Chotte J.L., Laurent J.Y. and Rossi J.P. - 1995 - A modified hydropneumoelutriation apparatus for quantitative roots separation from large soil samples. Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 26/1115-16, 2703-2709._x000D_
4. Quénéhervé P. and Chotte J.L. - 1996 - Distribution of nematodes in vertisol aggregates under a permanent pasture in Martinique. Applied Soil Ecology 4; 193-200._x000D_
5. Chotte J.L., Ladd J.N. and Amato M. - 1997 - Sites of microbial assimilation and turnover of 14C soluble and particulate substrat
Other activities
Member of the National Committee for DMI in Senegal
Organisation name
ORSTOM
Organisation street address
BP 1386
Organisation city
Dakar
Organisation country
Senegal