Eigen Vermogen - Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research

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Senior researcher and quality manager of ISO17025 accredited lab for chemical analysis of plant, soil, growing media and soil improvers. Expert on compost quality, sustainable growing media, the reduction of N and P losses from agricultural and horticultural soils. He was involved in the FERTIPLUS project, project leader of the NutriHort Benchmark study and conference, and the Interreg2seas Horti-BlueC, and member of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group ‘Fertilizer efficiency’ and ‘Circular Horticulture’. 1. Vandecasteele, B., De Vos, B., Tack, F.M.G., 2002. Identification of dredged sediment-derived soils in the alluvial plains of the Leie, the Upper and Sea Scheldt river (B) based on physicochemical soil properties. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 4(2), 306-312. 2. Vandecasteele, B., De Vos, B., Tack, F.M.G., 2002. Heavy metal contents in surface soils along the Upper Scheldt river (Belgium) affected by historical upland disposal of dredged materials. Science of the Total Environment 290 (1-3), 1-14. 3. Vandecasteele, B., De Vos, B., Tack, F.M.G., 2002. Cadmium and Zinc uptake by volunteer willow species and elder rooting in polluted dredged sediment disposal sites. Science of the Total Environment 299, 191-205. 4. Vandecasteele, B., De Vos, B., Tack, F.M.G., 2003. Temporal-spatial trends in heavy metal contents in sediment-derived soils along the Sea Scheldt river (Belgium). Environmental Pollution 122, 7-18. 5. Vandecasteele, B., Lauriks, R., De Vos, B., Tack, F.M.G., 2003. Cd and Zn concentration in hybrid poplar foliage and leaf beetles grown on polluted sediment-derived soils. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 89, 263-283. 6. Vandecasteele, B., Quataert, P., De Vos, B., Tack, F.M.G., 2004. Assessment of the pollution status of alluvial plains: a case-study for the dredged sediment-derived soils along the Leie river. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 47, 14-22. 7. Vandecasteele, B., Samyn, J., Quataert, P., Muys, B., Tack, F.M.G., 2004. Earthworm biomass as additional information for risk assessment of heavy metal biomagnification: a case study for dredged sediment-derived soils and polluted floodplain soils. Environmental Pollution 129, 363-375. 8. Vandecasteele, B., Quataert, P., De Vos, B., Tack, F.M.G., Muys, B., 2004. Foliar concentrations of volunteer willows growing on polluted sediment-derived sites versus sites with baseline contamination levels. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 6, 313-321. 9. Vandecasteele, B., Quataert, P., Tack, F.M.G., 2005. The effect of hydrological regime on the bioavailability of Cd, Mn and Zn for the wetland plant species Salix cinerea. Environmental Pollution 135, 303-312. 10. Vandecasteele, B., Meers, E., Vervaeke, P., De Vos, B., Quataert, P., Tack, F.M.G., 2005. Growth and trace metal accumulation of two Salix clones on sediment-derived soils with increasing contamination levels. Chemosphere 58, 995-1002. 11. Vandecasteele, B., Du Laing, G., Quataert, P., Tack, F.M.G., 2005. Differences in Cd and Zn bioaccumulation for the flood-tolerant Salix cinerea rooting in seasonally flooded contaminated sediments. Science of the Total Environment 341, 251-263. 12. Vandecasteele, B., De Vos, B., Muys, B., Tack, F.M.G., 2005. Rates of forest floor decomposition and soil forming processes as indicators of forest ecosystem functioning on a polluted dredged sediment landfill. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37, 761-769. 13. De Vos, B., Vandecasteele, B., Deckers, S., Muys, B., 2005. Capability of loss-on-ignition as a predictor of total organic carbon in non-calcareous forest soils. Communications in soil Science and Plant Analysis 36, 2899-2921. 14. Vandecasteele, B., Buysse, C.A., Tack, F.M.G., 2006. Metal uptake in maize, willows and poplars on impoldered and freshwater tidal marshes in the Scheldt estuary. Soil Use and Management 22, 52-61. 15. Jordaens, K., De Wolf, H., Van Houtte, N., Vandecasteele, B., Backeljau, T., 2006. Genetic variation in two land snails, Cepaea nemoralis and Succinea putris, from sites differing in heavy metal content. Genetica 128, 227-239. 16. Jordaens, K., De Wolf, H., Vandecasteele, B., Blust, R., Backeljau, T., 2006. Associations of shell strength, shell morphology and heavy metals in the land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda, Helicidae). Science of the Total Environment 363, 285-293. 17. Vandecasteele, B., Du Laing, G., Tack, F.M.G., 2007. Effect of submergence-emergence sequence and organic matter or aluminosilicate amendment on metal uptake by woody wetland plant species from contaminated sediments. Environmental Pollution 145, 329-338. 18. Du Laing, G., Vanthuyne, D.R.J., Vandecasteele, B., Tack F.M., Verloo, M.G., 2007. Influence of hydrological regime on pore water metal concentrations in a contaminated sediment-derived soil. Environmental pollution 147, 615-625. 19. Klok, C., Goedhart, P.W., Vandecasteele, B., 2007. Field effects of pollutants in dynamic environments. A case study on earthworm populations in river floodplains contaminated with heavy metals. Environmental Pollution 147, 26-31. 20. Meers, E., Vandecasteele, B., Ruttens, A., Vangronsveld, J., Tack, F.M.G., 2007. Potential of five willow species (Salix spp.) for phytoextraction of heavy metals. Environmental and Experimental Botany 60, 57-68. 21. Vandecasteele, B., Quataert, P., Tack, F.M.G., 2007. Uptake of Cd, Zn and Mn by willow increases during terrestrialisation of initially ponded polluted sediments. Science of the Total Environment 380, 133–143. 22. Du Laing, G., Vandecasteele, B., De Grauwe, P., Moors, W., Lesage, E., Meers, E., Tack, F.M.G., Verloo, M.G., 2007. Factors affecting metal concentrations in the upper sediment layer of intertidal reedbeds along the river Scheldt. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 9, 449-455. 23. Vandecasteele, B., Samyn, J., Devos, B., Muys, B., 2008. Effect of tree species choice and mineral capping in a woodland phytostabilisation system: A case-study for calcareous dredged sediment landfills with an oxidised topsoil. Ecological Engineering, 32, 263-273. 24. Du Laing, G., De Vos, R., Vandecasteele, B., Lesage, E., Tack F.M.G., Verloo, M.G., 2008. Effect of salinity on heavy metal mobility and availability in intertidal sediments of the Scheldt estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 77, 589-602. 25. Tack, F.M.G., Vandecasteele, B., 2008. Cycling and ecosystem impact of metals in contaminated calcareous dredged sediment-derived soils ( Flanders , Belgium). Science of the Total Environment 400, 283-289. 26. Du Laing, G., Bontinck, A., Samson, R., Vandecasteele, B., Vanthuyne, D.R.J., Meers, E., Lesage, E., Tack, F.M.G., Verloo, M.G., 2008. Effect of decomposing litter on the mobility and availability of metals in the soil of a recently created floodplain. Geoderma 147, 34-46. 27. Du Laing, G., Meers, E., Dewispelaere, M., Vandecasteele, B., Rinklebe, J., Tack, F.M.G., Verloo, M.G., 2009. Heavy metal mobility in intertidal sediments of the Scheldt estuary: Field monitoring. Science of the Total Environment 407, 2919-2930. 28. Du Laing, G., Rinklebe, J., Vandecasteele, B., Meers, E., Tack, F.M.G., 2009. Trace metal behaviour in estuarine and riverine floodplain soils and sediments: A review. Science of the Total Environment 407, 3972-3985. 29. Vandecasteele, B., Quataert, P., Genouw, G., Lettens, S., Tack, F.M.G., 2009. Effects of willow stands on heavy metal concentrations and top soil properties of infrastructure spoil landfills and dredged sediment-derived sites. Science of the Total Environment 407, 5289–5297. 30. Du Laing, G., Meers, E., Dewispelaere, M., Rinklebe, J., Vandecasteele, B., Verloo, M.G. , Tack, F.M.G., 2009. Effect of Water Table Level on Metal Mobility at Different Depths in Wetland Soils of the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium). Water, Air And Soil Pollution 202, 353-367. 31. Bert, V., Seuntjens, P., Dejonghe, W. , Lacherez, S., Thuy, H.T.T., Vandecasteele, B., 2009. Phytoremediation as a management option for contaminated sediments in tidal marshes, flood control areas and dredged sediment landfill sites. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 16, 745-764. 32. Vandecasteele, B., Du Laing, G., Lettens, S., Jordaens, K., Tack, F.M.G., 2010. Influence of flooding and metal immobilising soil amendments on availability of metals for willows and earthworms in calcareous dredged sediment-derived soils. Environmental Pollution 158, 2181-2188. 33. Lettens, S., Vandecasteele, B., De Vos, B., Vansteenkiste, D., Verschelde, P., 2011. Intra- and inter-annual variation of Cd, Zn, Mn and Cu in foliage of poplars on contaminated soil. Science of The Total Environment 409, 2306-2316. 34. Steel, H., Vandecasteele, B., Willekens, K., Sabbe, K., Moens, T., Bert, W. 2012. Nematode communities and macronutrients in composts and compost-amended soils as affected by feedstock composition. Applied Soil Ecology 61, 100– 112 35. Rama V. Srikanth Lavu, Gijs Du Laing, Tom Van De Wiele, Varalakshmi L. Pratti, Koen Willekens, Bart Vandecasteele, and Filip Tack. Fertilizing Soil with Selenium Fertilizers: Impact on Concentration, Speciation, and Bioaccessibility of Selenium in Leek (Allium ampeloprasum), J. Agric. Food Chem., 2012, 60 (44), pp 10930–10935 36. Broekaert, N., Daeseleire, E., Delezie, E., Vandecasteele, B., De Beer, T., Van Poucke, C. Can the Use of Coccidiostats in Poultry Breeding Lead to Residues in Vegetables? An Experimental Study. J. Agric. Food Chem., 2012, 60 (50), pp 12411–12418. DOI: 10.1021/jf304149d 37. Boshoff, M., Jordaens, K., Backeljau, T., Lettens, S., Tack, F., Vandecasteele, B., De Jonge, M. & Bervoets, L. 2013. Organ- and species-specific accumulation of metals in two land snail species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Science of the Total Environment. 449, p. 470–481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.003 38. Vandecasteele, B., Willekens, K., Zwertvaegher, A., Degrande, L., Tack, F.M.G., Du Laing, G. 2013. Effect of composting on the Cd, Zn and Mn content and fractionation in feedstock mixtures with wood chips from a short-rotation coppice and bark. Waste Management, 33, 2195-2203. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.06.014 39. Vandecasteele, B., Reubens, B., Willekens, K., De Neve, S. 2014. Composting for increasing the fertilizer value of chicken manure: effects of feedstock on P availability. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 5, 491-503 (10.1007/s12649-013-9264-5) 40. D'Hose, T., Cougnon, M., De Vliegher, A., Vandecasteele, B., Viaene, N., Cornelis, W., Van Bockstaele, E. & Reheul, D. 2014. The positive relationship between soil quality and crop production: A case study on the effect of farm compost application. Applied Soil Ecology 75, 189-198. 41. Willekens, K., Vandecasteele B., Buchan, D., De Neve, S. 2014. Soil quality is positively affected by reduced tillage and compost in an intensive vegetable cropping system. Applied Soil Ecology 82, 61–71. 42. Vanden Nest, T., Vandecasteele, B., Ruysschaert, G., Merckx, R. 2014. Incorporation of catch crop residues does not increase phosphorus leaching: a soil column experiment in unsaturated conditions. Soil Use and Management 30, 351-360 (10.1111/sum.12131). 43. Vanden Nest, T., Vandecasteele, B., Ruysschaert, G., Cougnon, M., Merckx, R., Reheul, D. 2014. Effect of organic and mineral fertilizers on soil P and C levels, crop yield and P leaching in a long term trial on a silt loam soil. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 197, 309-317. 44. Willekens, K., Vandecasteele B., De Neve, S. 2014. Limited short-term effect of compost and reduced tillage on N dynamics in a vegetable cropping system. Scientia Horticulturae 178, 79-86. 45. Vanden Nest, T., Ruysschaert, G., Vandecasteele, B., Cougnon, M., Merckx, R., Reheul, D. 2015. P availability and P leaching after reducing the mineral P fertilization and the use of digestate products as new organic fertilizers in a 4-year field trial with high P status. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 202, 56-67. 46. Agneessens, L., Viaene, J., Vanden Nest, T. Vandecasteele, B., De Neve, S. 2015. Effect of ensilaged vegetable crop residue amendments on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, Scientia Horticulturae 192, 311-319. 10.1016/j.scienta.2015.06.034 47. Vanden Nest, T., Ruysschaert, G., Vandecasteele, B., Houot, S., Baken, S., Smolders, E., Cougnon, M., Reheul, D., Merckx, R. 2016. The long term use of farmyard manure and compost: effects on P availability, orthophosphate sorption strength and P leaching. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 216, 23-33 (10.1016/j.agee.2015.09.009). 48. Viaene, J., Van Lancker, J., Vandecasteele, B., Willekens, K., Bijttebier, J., Ruysschaert, J., De Neve, S., Reubens, B. 2016. Opportunities and barriers to on-farm composting and compost application: A case study from northwestern Europe. Waste Management, 48, 181-192. DOI 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.09.021. 49. Vandecasteele, B., Sinicco, T., D’Hose, T., Vanden Nest, T., Mondini, C. 2016. Biochar amendment before or after composting affects compost quality and N losses but not P plant uptake. Journal of Environmental Management 168, 200-209. (IF: 3.131) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.11.045 50. Boone, L., Van linden, V., De Meester, S., Vandecasteele, B., Muylle, H., Roldán-Ruiz, I., Nemecek, T., Dewulf, J., 2016. Environmental life cycle assessment of grain maize production: An analysis of factors causing variability. Science of The Total Environment, 553, 551-564, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.089. 51. D’Hose, T., Ruysschaert, G., Viaene, N., Debode, J., Vanden Nest, T., Van Vaerenbergh, J., Cornelis, W., Willekens, K., Vandecasteele, B. 2016. Farm compost amendment and non-inversion tillage improve soil quality without increasing the risk for N and P leaching. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 225, 126–139 52. Schrama, M., Vandecasteele, B., Carvalho, S., Muylle, H., van der Putten, W.H. 2016. Effects of first and second generation bioenergy crops on soil processes and legacy effects on a subsequent crop. Global Change Biology - Bioenergy 8, 136–147, DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12236 (IF: 4.88) 53. De Tender, C., Debode, J., Vandecasteele, B., D’Hose, T., Cremelie, P., Haegeman, A., Ruttink, T., Dawyndt, P. & Maes, M. 2016. Biological, physicochemical and plant health responses in lettuce and strawberry in soil or peat amended with biochar. Applied Soil Ecology 107, 1-12. 54. Ebrahimi, N., Viaene, N., Vandecasteele, B., D'Hose, T., Debode, J., Cremelie, P., De Tender, C., Moens, M. 2016. Traditional and new soil amendments reduce survival and reproduction of potato cyst nematodes, except for biochar. Applied Soil Ecology 107, 191-204. 55. Vandecasteele, B., Boogaerts, C., Vandaele, E. 2016. Combining woody biomass for combustion with green waste composting: effect of removal of woody biomass on compost quality. Waste Management 58, 169–180. 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.09.012. (IF: 3.829) 56. De Tender, C., Haegeman, A., Vandecasteele, B., Clement, L., Cremelie, P., Dawyndt, P., Maes, M. and Debode, J. 2016. Dynamics in the strawberry rhizosphere microbiome in response to biochar and Botrytis cinerea leaf infection. Front. Microbiol. 7:2062. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.02062 57. Vandecasteele, B., Willekens, K., Steel, H., D’Hose, T., Van Waes, C., Bert, W. 2017. Feedstock Mixture Composition as Key Factor for C/P Ratio and Phosphorus Availability in Composts: Role of Biodegradation Potential, Biochar Amendment and Calcium Content. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 8(8), 2553-2567. DOI: 10.1007/s12649-016-9762-3 58. Viaene, J., Nelissen, V., Reubens, B., Willekens, K., Driehuis, F., Deneve, S., Vandecasteele, B. 2017. Improving the product stability and fertilizer value of cattle slurry solid fraction through co-composting or co-ensiling. Waste Management 61, 494–505. 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.12.037 59. T. Vanden Nest, B. Vandecasteele, G. Ruysschaert, & R. Merckx. 2017. Prediction of P concentrations in soil leachates: results from 6 long term field trials on soils with a high P load. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 237, 55–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.12.015 60. Viaene, J., Nelissen, V., Vandecasteele, B., Willekens, K., Deneve, S., Reubens, B., 2017. Field storage conditions for cattle manure to limit nitrogen losses and optimize fertilizer value. Animal Production Science 57, 2148-2166, https://doi.org/10.1071/AN16170 61. van Parijs, F., Van Waes, C., Vandecasteele, B., Haesaert, G., Roldán‐Ruiz, I., & Muylle, H. (2018). The optimal lignin quantification method to breed for an improved cell wall digestibility in perennial ryegrass. Grass and forage science, 73(1), 101-111. DOI: 10.1111/gfs.12293 62. Viaene, J., Agneessens, L., Capito, C., Ameloot, N., Reubens, B., Willekens, K., Vandecasteele, B., De Neve, S., 2017. Co-ensiling, co-composting and anaerobic co-digestion of vegetable crop residues: Product stability and effect on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Scientia Horticulturae 220, 214-225, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2017.03.015 63. Viaene, J., Reubens, B., Willekens, K., Van Waes, C., De Neve, S. & Vandecasteele, B., 2017. Potential of chopped heath biomass and spent growth media to replace wood chips as bulking agent for composting high N-containing residues. Journal of Environmental Management 197, 338-350, 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.03.086 64. Steel, H., Moens, T., Vandecasteele, B., Hendrickx, F., De Neve, S., Neher, D.S., Bert, W. 2018. Factors influencing the nematode community during composting and nematode based criteria for compost maturity. Ecological Indicators 85, 409-421. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.039 65. Vandecasteele, B., Debode, J., Willekens, K., Van Delm, T. 2018. Recycling of P and K in circular horticulture through compost application in sustainable growing media for fertigated strawberry cultivation. European Journal of Agronomy, 96, 131–145. 10.1016/j.eja.2017.12.002 66. Debode, J., De Tender, C., Cremelie, P., Shein Lee, A., Kyndt, T., Muylle, H., De Swaef, T., Vandecasteele, B. 2018. Trichoderma-inoculated miscanthus straw can replace peat in strawberry cultivation, with beneficial effects on disease control. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 213. 67. Lieselot Boone, Veerle Van linden, Isabel Roldán-Ruiz, Carlos A. Sierra, Bart Vandecasteele, Steven Sleutel, Steven De Meester, Hilde Muylle, Jo Dewulf. 2018. Introduction of a natural resource balance indicator to assess soil organic carbon management: Agricultural Biomass Productivity Benefit, Journal of Environmental Management 224, 202-214, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.07.013. 68. Boone, L., Alvarenga, R. A., Roldán-Ruiz, I., Vandecasteele, B., De Meester, S., Muylle, H., & Dewulf, J. (2018). Accounting for the impact of agricultural land use practices on soil organic carbon stock and yield under the area of protection natural resources-Illustrated for Flanders. Journal of Cleaner Production, 203, 521-529. 69. Herren, G.L., Binnemans, I., Joos, L., Viaene, N., Ehlers, R.U., Vandecasteele, B., Bert, W., Steel, H., 2018. Compost as a carrier medium for entomopathogenic nematodes–The influence of compost maturity on their virulence and survival. Biological Control, 125, pp.29-38. 70. Vandecasteele, B., Muylle, H., De Windt, I., Van Acker, J., Ameloot, N., Moreaux, K., Coucke, P., Debode, J. 2018. Plant fibers for renewable growing media: potential of defibration, acidification or inoculation with biocontrol fungi to reduce the N drawdown and plant pathogens. Journal of Cleaner Production 203, 1143-1154. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.167 71. Hui Xu, Bart Vandecasteele, Laura Zavattaro, Dario Sacco, Matthias Wendland, Pascal Boeckx, Geert Haesaert, Steven Sleutel. 2019. Maize root‐derived C in soil and the role of physical protection on its relative stability over shoot‐derived C. European Journal of Soil Science 70, 935-946, 10.1111/ejss.12792 72. Stadig, L. M., Tuyttens, F. A., Rodenburg, T. B., Vandecasteele, B., Ampe, B., & Reubens, B. (2019). Interactions between broiler chickens, soil parameters and short rotation coppice willow in a free-range system. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 43(9), 1009-1030. 73. Sánchez-Monedero, M. A., Cayuela, M. L., Sánchez-García, M., Vandecasteele, B., D’Hose, T., López, G., Martínez-Gaitán, C., Kuikman, P.J., Sinicco, T., Mondini, C. (2019). Agronomic Evaluation of Biochar, Compost and Biochar-Blended Compost across Different Cropping Systems: Perspective from the European Project FERTIPLUS. Agronomy, 9(5), 225. 74. De Tender C, Mesuere B, Van der Jeugt F, Haegeman A, Ruttink T, Vandecasteele B, Dawyndt P, Debode J, Kuramae EE. 2019. Peat substrate amended with chitin modulates the N-cycle, siderophore and chitinase responses in the lettuce rhizobiome. Scientific reports 9: 9890. 75. Xu, H., Vandecasteele, B., Maenhout, P., Pannecoucque, J., De Neve, S., & Sleutel, S. (2020). Maize root biomass and architecture depend on site but not on variety: Consequences for prediction of C inputs and spread in topsoil based on root-to-shoot ratios. European Journal of Agronomy, 119, 126121. 76. Debode, J., Ebrahimi, N., D'Hose, T., Cremelie, P., Viaene, N., & Vandecasteele, B. (2020). Has compost with biochar added during the process added value over biochar or compost to increase disease suppression? Applied Soil Ecology, 153, 103571.