Rhizosphere 6 - Rooting for Earth

Welcome address and drinks evening of Sunday the 15th June

Conference proper starts at 08.20 on Monday 16th and closes at 13.30 on Thursday the 19th of June.

Interactive Conference programme now available

Congratulations to all the students who presented both posters and orals at Rhizosphere 6, special congratulations to the winners listed below:

Student Posters - Sponsored by Plant and Soil

Winner: Tristian Gérault, INRAE

Runners up: Rashi Tyagi, Indian Institute of Technology

Amelia Keynton, University of Melbourne

Student Presentations - Sponsored by Rhizosphere

Winner: Ignacio Romero, FiBL

Runners up: Xinwei Song, Zhejiang University

James Prout, University of Sheffield

Michael Santangelli, BOKU

Zulema Carracedo Lorenzo, Wageningen University

Rabiath Adigoun, Uni of Lorraine

Travel to the UK:

UK Entry Requirements

From 2nd April 2025, EU, EEA, and Swiss citizens (except Irish citizens) will require an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to travel to the UK. The cost of an ETA is £10 and the registration is relatively straight forward. Please ensure that you have an ETA before travelling to the UK. . Information about applying for an ETA can be found here:

Apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) - GOV.UK

Would you like to host Rhizosphere 7?

Proposals for hosting the next round of Rhizosphere are being sought by the 6th of June - please see details on the International Steering Committee page for further details.

Welcome to Rhizosphere 6

We are looking forward to welcoming the global rhizosphere research community to Edinburgh for Rhizosphere 6 in June 2025. The meeting will foster exchange, interaction and communication and provide a platform for discussion of new discoveries and developments in the field of the rhizosphere. Our ethos will be to promote diversity and inclusion and give a platform to early career researchers and those from the global south.

The conference will showcase the latest advances in our understanding of the below ground world of plant roots and their interactions with the soil physical, chemical and biological environment under a changing climate. Therefore, the program will reflect the three most important global challenges facing society today, climate change, biodiversity loss, and agricultural and environmental sustainability, and demonstrate the fundamental role rhizosphere research has in helping address these problems.

The science and management of the rhizosphere is constantly evolving with changing environmental pressures and resource efficiency challenges. Understanding and evidence is the basis for good decision making and requires the cooperation and global collective effort of our research communities. Rhizosphere 6 will provide a supportive forum for this and we welcome you all to Edinburgh to join us for this exciting and timely gathering!