The central motivation of the BonaRes Centre is the transfer of existing and newly generated knowledge about soil functions into scientifically based decision support tools for soil management in the context of a sustainable bioeconomy.

The main objective is to employ catch cropping for developing innovative farming systems to preserve and improve soil fertility.

InnoSoilPhos intents to optimize the soil-P-fertility in order to lower the dependency on phosphate rock-derived P-fertilizers.

ORDIAmur aims at gaining a deeper understanding of the processes resulting in replant disease in order to develop tools for overcoming the disease. For the soil strategies to restore organismic communities will be established. On the plant site tolerant rootstocks shall be developed.

This project aims, to explore how and to which degree we can manage the subsoil to secure or even increase plant yields by improving the overall nutrient and water use efficiency for crops.

I4S is targeted towards the design of an integrated system for fertilizer recommendations and improvement of soil functions regarding nearly every square meter of soil.

Sustainable protection and improvement of soil functions with intelligent land management strategies – a practical on the fly assistance system for farmers.

SUSALPS aims to provide a holistic, evidence-based and process-focused understanding of the responses of key pre-alpine and alpine grassland soil functions to present day and future climate and land management changes, thereby considering specific socio-economic conditions in given regions.

Central aim of SIGNAL is to evaluate whether and under which site conditions agroforestry in Germany can be a land use alternative that is ecologically, economically and socially more sustainable than conventional agriculture.

The project aim is the investigation of the impact of long-term farming strategies on the soil microbiome and its function in terms of soil suppressiveness against plant pathogens.

Motivation is the development of novel plant cultivation strategies directed towards “engineering” the complex nutrient cycling interactions between plants and soil microorganisms, combined with improved timing of fertilizer and soil amendment applications.

Bread and Beer - Wheat and barley production under reduced input in organic farming

CROP - C​​ombining ​RO​​ot contrasted ​Phenotypes for more resilient agro-ecosystem.

Rhizosphere traits enhancing yield resilience to drought in modern cropping systems.

RhizoWheat - Rhizosphere processes and yield decline in wheat crop rotations

Deep-rooting cover crop mixtures: Creating highways to subsoil water and nutrient resources (RootWayS).

µPlastic - effects of microplastic in the rhizosphere of crop plants