Brieuc HARDY

+32 81 87 43 40
+32 484 38 60 52

Building Arthur Petermann

Rue du Bordia, 4 5030 Gembloux Tel : +32 81 87 40 02 Fax : +32 81 87 40 12

Sustainability, systems and prospectives Department

Soil, water and integrated production Unit

Responsable expérimentation / projet

Pédologue de formation, je contribue à différents projets centrés sur la fertilité des sols agricoles en lien avec les pratiques culturales, la performance des cultures et les services écosystémiques rendus par les sols.

Mots clés : fertilité du sol, matière organique, biochar, stabilité structurale, champignons mycorhiziens à arbuscules, essais systèmes, essais longue durée, réseau de fermes, pratiques agricoles, agriculture biologique, agriculture de conservation des sols

English version:

As a senior soil scientist, I work on several projects dealing with the relationship between soil fertility, farming practices, crop performance and ecosystem services provided by agricultural soils.

Keywords : Soils fertility, soil organic matter, biochar, soil structure, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, systemic trials, long-term trials, farm networks, farming practices, organic agriculture, conservation agriculture.

Les articles de Brieuc HARDY

Scientific publications

The importance of biochar quality and pyrolysis yield for soil carbon sequestration in practice.

Rodrigues, L. , Budai, A. , Elsegaard, L. , Hardy, B. , Keel, S. , Mondini, C. , Plaza, C. & Leifeld, J. (2025). The importance of biochar quality and pyrolysis yield for soil...

Hardy, B.

Scientific publications

Efficiency of Plant Biomass Processing Pathways for Long-Term Soil Carbon Storage

Keel, S. , Budai, A. , Elsegaard, L. , Hardy, B. , Levavasseur, F. , Zhi, L. , Mondini, C. , Plaza, C. & Leifeld, J. (2025). Efficiency of Plant Biomass Processing Pathways for...

Hardy, B.

Scientific publications

Fungicide seed treatments delay arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization of winter wheat in the greenhouse, but the effect is attenuated in the field

Hardy, B. , Belvaux, E. , Huyghebaert, B. , Declerck, S. & Calonne-Salmon, M. (2025). Fungicide seed treatments delay arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization of winter wheat...

Hardy, B.

Scientific publications

Les outils d'Aide à la Décision au service de l'amélioration des sols.

Goffart, D. , Van Der Smissen, H. , Hardy, B. & Planchon, V. (2024). Les outils d'Aide à la Décision au service de l'amélioration des sols. Lecture in: Conférence interne CRA-W...

Goffart, D.

News

Soil quality in Organic Agriculture (SolAB)

Soil management is a key issue for Organic Agriculture (OA) in Wallonia, which is seeking to develop adapted local practices to optimise the ecosystem services provided by soils.

Hardy, B.

Projects

SolAB

Soil management in AB: what practices to optimize the ecosystem services rendered by the soil in the Walloon Region?

Hardy, B.

Scientific publications

Stocktaking of European mid- and long-term experiments dealing with the application of external organic matter (EOM4SOIL, Deliverables 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3)

Van Der Smissen, H. , Hardy, B. , Huyghebaert, B. & Houot, S. (2024). Stocktaking of European mid- and long-term experiments dealing with the application of external organic matter...

Van Der Smissen, H.

Scientific publications

The QuantiSlakeTest, measuring soil structural stability by dynamic weighing of undisturbed samples immersed in water

Vanwindekens, F. & Hardy, B. (2023). The QuantiSlakeTest, measuring soil structural stability by dynamic weighing of undisturbed samples immersed in water. SOIL, 9: 573–591.

Vanwindekens, F.

Scientific publications

Identification of thermal signature and quantification of charcoal in soil using differential scanning calorimetry and benzene polycarboxylic acid (BPCA) markers

Hardy, B. , Borchard, N. & Leifeld, J. (2022). Identification of thermal signature and quantification of charcoal in soil using differential scanning calorimetry and benzene polycarboxylic...

Hardy, B.

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