Publications

Siebers N., Kruse J., Jia Y., Lennartz B., Koch S. (2023). Loss of subsurface particulate and truly dissolved phosphorus during various flow conditions along a tile drain–ditch–brook continuum. Science of The Total Environment, 866(), 161439. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161439

Subsurface losses of colloidal and truly dissolved phosphorus (P) from arable land can cause ecological damage to surface water. To gain deeper knowledge about subsurface particulate P transport from inland sources to brooks, we studied an artificially drained lowland catchment (1550 ha) in north-ea…

Sowoidnich K., Maiwald M., Ostermann M., Sumpf B. (2023). Shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy for soil component identification and soil carbonate determination in the presence of strong fluorescence interference. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, (), . doi:10.1002/jrs.6500

AbstractDetailed knowledge about soil composition is an important prerequisite for many applications, for example precision agriculture. Current standard laboratory methods are complex and time‐consuming but could be complemented by non‐invasive optical techniques. Its capability to provide a molecu…

Strauss V., Paul C., Dönmez C., Löbmann M., Helming K. (2023). Sustainable soil management measures: a synthesis of stakeholder recommendations. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 43(1), . doi:10.1007/s13593-022-00864-7

AbstractSoil degradation threatens agricultural production and soil multifunctionality. Efforts for private and public governance are increasingly emerging to leverage sustainable soil management. They require consensus across science, policy, and practice about what sustainable soil management enta…

Sutterlütti R., Kayser M., Komainda M., Isselstein J. (2023). Alley cropping tree lines alter temperature and light quantity and influence daily growth rates of grassland. Grass and Forage Science, 78(3), 402-415. doi:10.1111/gfs.12618

AbstractTrees alter microclimate and radiation budget in alley cropping systems, which in turn change physiological processes of the grassland component. The influence of the trees on grassland growth depends on the climate zone as well as possibly on weather conditions during the respective growth …

Sutterlütti R., Komainda M., Kayser M., Isselstein J. (2023). Tree lines do not reduce grassland productivity and herbage quality in alley cropping under drought. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, (), . doi:10.1111/jac.12658

AbstractIn alley cropping, woody perennials are combined with agricultural crops or grassland in order to benefit from favourable interactions between trees and crops. Trees influence growth and senescence processes in grassland as well as plant chemical composition and plant water use. In a field e…

Tavakoli H., Correa J., Sabetizade M., Vogel S. (2023). Predicting key soil properties from Vis-NIR spectra by applying dual-wavelength indices transformations and stacking machine learning approaches. Soil and Tillage Research, 229(), 105684. doi:10.1016/j.still.2023.105684

Soil visible and near-infrared (Vis-NIR) spectroscopy has been widely used for soil characterization, due to its high potential for assessing different soil properties. However, despite great successes achieved by applying the method, there is a potential for further improvement, especially regardin…

Vaupel A., Bednar Z., Herwig N., Hommel B., Moran-Rodas V., Beule L. (2023). Tree-distance and tree-species effects on soil biota in a temperate agroforestry system. Plant and Soil, (), . doi:10.1007/s11104-023-05932-9

Abstract Aims Cropland agroforestry systems are land-use systems with numerous environmental advantages over monoculture croplands including promotion of soil life. This study aimed to investigate tree-species and tree-distance effects on soil biota in a temperate agroforestry system. Methods Our s…

Veldkamp E., Schmidt M., Markwitz C., Beule L., Beuschel R., Biertümpfel A., Bischel X., Duan X., Gerjets R., Göbel L., Graß R., Guerra V., Heinlein F., Komainda M., Langhof M., Luo J., Potthoff M., van Ramshorst J., Rudolf C., Seserman D., Shao G., Siebicke L., Svoboda N., Swieter A., Carminati A.,… (2023). Multifunctionality of temperate alley-cropping agroforestry outperforms open cropland and grassland. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), . doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00680-1

AbstractIntensively managed open croplands are highly productive but often have deleterious environmental impacts. Temperate agroforestry potentially improves ecosystem functions, although comprehensive analysis is lacking. Here, we measured primary data on 47 indicators of seven ecosystem functions…

Wei J., Knicker H., Zhou Z., Eckhardt K., Leinweber P., Wissel H., Yuan W., Brüggemann N. (2023). Nitrogen immobilization caused by chemical formation of black- and amide-N in soil. Geoderma, 429(), 116274. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116274

Nitrogen (N) immobilization controls the N availability in soil, however, mechanisms involved in the chemical N fixation into soil organic N (SON) through reactions of reactive N compounds with soil organic matter (SOM) is not clear. Knowledge about the composition and stability of chemically produc…

Winkelmann T., Mahnkopp-Dirks F. (2023). Apple replant disease – new insights into an old problem. Acta Horticulturae, (1366), 369-376. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2023.1366.45

Worldwide, tree nurseries and apple orchards are facing the problem of apple replant disease (ARD) which results in growth depression and fruit yield and quality reduction. The etiology of this complex soil-borne disease which persists at the affected sites for decades is still not fully understood,…