The Soils and Substrates group deals with everything that relates to cultivated soils, substrates (off-soil crops) and techno-soils (manufactured soils), for plant production and for various environmental applications.
It takes charge of teaching at the bachelor, master and professional training levels and hosts PhDs. A wide range of research on varied topics are conducted.Application-oriented research is the basis of its activities. These works also give rise to publications in peer-reviewed international papers.