Publications

Ahrends H., Siebert S., Rezaei E., Seidel S., Hüging H., Ewert F., Döring T., Rueda-Ayala V., Eugster W., Gaiser T. (2021). Nutrient supply affects the yield stability of major European crops—a 50 year study. Environmental Research Letters, 16(1), 014003. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abc849

Yield stability is important for food security and a sustainable crop production, especially under changing climatic conditions. It is well known that the variability of yields is linked to changes in meteorological conditions. However, little is known about the long-term effects of agronomic manage…

Andrade-Linares D., Zistl-Schlingmann M., Foesel B., Dannenmann M., Schulz S., Schloter M. (2021). Short term effects of climate change and intensification of management on the abundance of microbes driving nitrogen turnover in montane grassland soils. Science of The Total Environment, 780(), 146672. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146672

Montane grasslands in Europe are exposed to increasing temperatures twice as fast as the global average. Changes in climatic conditions are possibly accompanied by an increase in land use intensity, caused by a prolongation of the vegetation period and the need to improve productivity. Therefore, th…

Armin R., Zühlke S., Grunewaldt-Stöcker G., Mahnkopp-Dirks F., Kusari S. (2021). Production of Siderophores by an Apple Root-Associated Streptomyces ciscaucasicus Strain GS2 Using Chemical and Biological OSMAC Approaches. Molecules, 26(12), 3517. doi:10.3390/molecules26123517

Apple Replant Disease (ARD) is a significant problem in apple orchards that causes root tissue damage, stunted plant growth, and decline in fruit quality, size, and overall yield. Dysbiosis of apple root-associated microbiome and selective richness of Streptomyces species in the rhizosphere typicall…

Armin R., Zühlke S., Mahnkopp-Dirks F., Winkelmann T., Kusari S. (2021). Evaluation of Apple Root-Associated Endophytic Streptomyces pulveraceus Strain ES16 by an OSMAC-Assisted Metabolomics Approach. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5(), . doi:10.3389/fsufs.2021.643225

The One Strain Many Compounds approach (OSMAC) is a powerful and comprehensive method that enables the chemo-diversity evaluation of microorganisms. This is achieved by variations of physicochemical cultivation parameters and by providing biotic and abiotic triggers to mimic microorganisms' natural …

Aumüller-Gruber, C. (2021). Bodenfruchtbarkeit digital erfassen. Landwirtschaftliche Zeitschrift Rheinland, 37(), p.41.

Babin D., Sommermann L., Chowdhury S., Behr J., Sandmann M., Neumann G., Nesme J., Sørensen S., Schellenberg I., Rothballer M., Geistlinger J., Smalla K., Grosch R. (2021). Distinct rhizomicrobiota assemblages and plant performance in lettuce grown in soils with different agricultural management histories. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, (), . doi:10.1093/femsec/fiab027

A better understanding of factors shaping the rhizosphere microbiota is important for sustainable crop production. We hypothesized that the effect of agricultural management on the soil microbiota is reflected in the assemblage of the rhizosphere microbiota with implications for plant performance. W…

Balbín-Suárez A., Jacquiod S., Rohr A., Liu B., Flachowsky H., Winkelmann T., Beerhues L., Nesme J., Sørensen S., Vetterlein D., Smalla K. (2021). Root exposure to apple replant disease soil triggers local defense response and rhizoplane microbiome dysbiosis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, (), . doi:10.1093/femsec/fiab031

A soil column split-root experiment was designed to investigate the ability of apple replant disease (ARD) causing agents to spread in soil. ‘M26’ apple rootstocks grew into a top layer of Control soil, followed by a barrier-free split-soil layer (Control soil/ARD soil). We observed a severely reduc…

Bartkowski B. (2021). Don’t throw efficiency out with the bathwater: A reply to Jeffery and Verheijen (2020). Environmental Science & Policy, 122(), 72-74. doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2021.04.011

In this communication, I reply to the recent article by Jeffery and Verheijen (2020) ‘A new soil health policy paradigm: Pay for practice not performance!’. While expressing support for their call for a more pronounced role of soil protection in agri-environmental policy, I critically discuss the tw…

Bartkowski B., Bartke S., Hagemann N., Hansjürgens B., Schröter-Schlaack C. (2021). Application of the governance disruptions framework to German agricultural soil policy. SOIL, 7(2), 495-509. doi:10.5194/soil-7-495-2021

Governance of natural resources is inherently complex and requires navigating trade-offs at multiple dimensions. In this paper, we present and operationalize the “governance disruptions framework” (GDF) as a tool for holistic analysis of natural resource governance systems. For each of the four dime…

Bartkowski B., Droste N., Ließ M., Sidemo-Holm W., Weller U., Brady M. (2021). Payments by modelled results: A novel design for agri-environmental schemes. Land Use Policy, 102(), 105230. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105230

Agrarumweltzahlungen sind ein zentrales Instrument der Politik zur Verbesserung der Umweltqualität von Agrarlandschaften. Der interdisziplinäre Beitrag schlägt ein neuartiges Design für Agrarumweltzahlungs-Programme (genannt payments for modelled results, PAMR) vor, in dessen Rahmen die Zahlungen au…