Publications

Burger D., Schneider F., Bauke S., Kautz T., Don A., Amelung W. (2023). Fifty years after deep‐ploughing: effects on yield, roots, nutrient stocks and soil structure. European Journal of Soil Science, (), . doi:10.1111/ejss.13426

Secco D., Bassegio D., de Marins A., Chang P., Savioli M., Castro M., Mesa V., Silva É., Wendt E. (2023). Short-term impacts of different intercropping times of maize and ruzigrass on soil physical properties in subtropical Brazil. Soil and Tillage Research, 234(), 105838. doi:10.1016/j.still.2023.105838

Agricultural production in Central Europe increasingly suffers from extreme drought events. Improving root access to nutrient and water resources in the subsoil below the plow layer is a potential option to maintain productivity during dry summers. Here, we tested a strip-wise subsoil amelioration m…

Abdalla K., Sun Y., Zarebanadkouki M., Gaiser T., Seidel S., Pausch J. (2022). Long-term continuous farmyard manure application increases soil carbon when combined with mineral fertilizers due to lower priming effects. Geoderma, 428(), 116216. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116216

Organic and synthetic fertilizers not only increase soil fertility and crop productivity but also enhance soil organic carbon (SOC). However, the priming effect (PE) leads to increased soil carbon (C) loss through native SOC mineralization. To date, the mechanisms by which long-term (>66 years) synt…

Bauke S., Amelung W., Bol R., Brandt L., Brüggemann N., Kandeler E., Meyer N., Or D., Schnepf A., Schloter M., Schulz S., Siebers N., von Sperber C., Vereecken H. (2022). Soil water status shapes nutrient cycling in agroecosystems from micrometer to landscape scales. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 185(6), 773-792. doi:10.1002/jpln.202200357

Soil water status, which refers to the wetness or dryness of soils, is crucial for the productivity of agroecosystems, as it determines nutrient cycling and uptake physically via transport, biologically via the moisture-dependent activity of soil flora, fauna, and plants, and chemically via specific…

Christ A., Schmittmann O., Schulze Lammers P. (2022). Capability of the TrueColor Sensor Array for Determining the Nitrogen Supply in Winter Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Sensors, 22(16), 6032. doi:10.3390/s22166032

In agriculture, efforts are being made to reduce pesticides and fertilizers because of the possible negative environmental impacts, high costs, political requirements, and declining social acceptance. With precision farming, significant savings can be achieved by the site-specific application of fer…

Demie D., Döring T., Finckh M., van der Werf W., Enjalbert J., Seidel S. (2022). Mixture × Genotype Effects in Cereal/Legume Intercropping. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13(), . doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.846720

Cropping system diversification through annual intercropping provides a pathway for agricultural production with reduced inputs of fertilizer and pesticides. While several studies have shown that intercrop performance depends on the genotypes used, the available evidence has not been synthesized in …

Guigue J., Just C., Luo S., Fogt M., Schloter M., Kögel‐Knabner I., Hobley E. (2022). Spatial molecular heterogeneity ofPOMduring decomposition at different soil depths resolved byVNIRhyperspectral imaging. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(1), . doi:10.1111/ejss.13207

Soil organic matter (SOM) is composed of fractions with different functions and reactivity. Among these, particulate organic matter (POM) is the main educt of new inputs of organic matter in soils and its chemical fate corresponds to the first stages of the SOM decomposition cascade ultimately leadi…

Hernández-Ochoa I., Gaiser T., Kersebaum K., Webber H., Seidel S., Grahmann K., Ewert F. (2022). Model-based design of crop diversification through new field arrangements in spatially heterogeneous landscapes. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 42(4), . doi:10.1007/s13593-022-00805-4

AbstractIntensive agriculture in Germany is not only highly productive but has also led to detrimental effects in the environment. Crop diversification together with new field arrangements considering soil heterogeneities can be an alternative to improve resource use efficiency (RUE), ecosystem serv…

Ittner S., Gerdes H., Kiresiewa Z. (2022). The impact of subsoil management on the delivery of ecosystem services: An economic valuation for Germany. BonaRes Series, 2022/2(), .

Doi: 10.20387/BonaRes-WVC6-YJ14

Ittner, S., Gerdes, H., Kiresiewa, Z. (2022, 01. August). The impact of subsoil management on the delivery of ecosystem services: An economic valuation for Germany . Abgerufen am , von https://tools.bonares.de/doi/doc/38/

Agricultural practices, including subsoil management, can contribute to positive or negative changes in ecosystem performance. This study assessed the societal costs and benefits of two subsoil management measures (mechanical and biological amelioration), which are determined by an increase or decre…