Publications

Kamau C., van Duijnen R., Schmid C., Balàzs H., Roy J., Rillig M., Schröder P., Radl V., Temperton V., Schloter M. (2021.0). Impact of high carbon amendments and pre-crops on soil bacterial communities. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 57(2), 305-317. doi:10.1007/s00374-020-01526-0

A 2-year outdoor mesocosm experiment was carried out to determine the effects of high C amendments (HCAs; wheat straw and sawdust) compared to a control with no addition of HCAs (no-HCA) and 2 different crop rotation systems (spring barley/winter barley and faba bean/winter barley) on soil bacterial…

Schneider F., Amelung W., Don A. (2020.0). Origin of carbon in agricultural soil profiles deduced from depth gradients of C:N ratios, carbon fractions, δ13C and δ15N values. Plant and Soil, 460(March 2021), p.123-148. doi:10.1007/s11104-020-04769-w

Aims Agricultural soils in Germany store 2.54 Pg of organic carbon (C). However, information about how and when this C entered the soils is limited. This study illustrates how depth profiles of organic matter can shed light on different entry paths of organic C. Methods Machine learning was used to …

Cavael U., Tost P., Diehl K., Büks F., Lentzsch P. (2020.0). Correlations of Soil Fungi, Soil Structure and Tree Vigour on an Apple Orchard with Replant Soil. Soil Systems, 4(4), 70. doi:10.3390/soilsystems4040070

The soil-borne apple replant disease (ARD) is caused by biotic agents and affected by abiotic properties. There is evidence for the interrelation of the soil fungal population and soil aggregate structure. The aim of this study conducted between March and October 2020 on an orchard in north-east Ger…

Kuhwald M., Hamer W., Brunotte J., Duttmann R. (2020.0). Soil Penetration Resistance after One-Time Inversion Tillage: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis at the Field Scale. Land, 9(12), 482. doi:10.3390/land9120482

Conservation agriculture may lead to increased penetration resistance due to soil compaction. To loosen the topsoil and lower the compaction, one-time inversion tillage (OTIT) is a measure frequently used in conservation agriculture. However, the duration of the positive effects of this measure on p…

Graß R., Malec S., Wachendorf M. (2020.0). Biomass Performance and Competition Effects in an Established Temperate Agroforestry System of Willow and Grassland—Results of the 2nd Rotation. Agronomy, 10(11), 1819. doi:10.3390/agronomy10111819

Agroforestry systems (AFSs) are promoted as environmentally friendly and climate-change-resilient cultivation systems with the potential of increasing ecosystem services. Especially under temperate climatic conditions, the implementation in agricultural practice is low so far, inter alia due to the …

Schmid C., Reichel R., Schröder P., Brüggemann N., Schloter M. (2020.0). 52 years of ecological restoration following a major disturbance by opencast lignite mining does not reassemble microbiome structures of the original arable soils. Science of The Total Environment, 745(), 140955. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140955

Opencast mining for lignite continuously creates areas of land that require restoration. Here we applied a chronosequence approach to investigate the development of soil bacterial communities during 52 years as influenced by the restoration process and subsequent changes in soil physico-chemical con…

Möckel S., Wolf A. (2020.0). Düngung bleibt weiterhin eine ökologische, rechtliche und politische Herausforderung. Natur und Recht, 42(11), 736-746. doi:10.1007/s10357-020-3758-2

In der öffentlichen Debatte ist die landwirtschaftliche Düngung bis- her vor allem ein Problem der Nitrat-Richtlinie sowie der Gewässer und Grundwasserkörper. Dies verkürzt sowohl die vielfältigen öko- logischen Wirkungen als auch die rechtliche Relevanz von Dün- gung. In Folge dieser eingeschränkte…

Bönecke E., Meyer S., Vogel S., Schröter I., Gebbers R., Kling C., Kramer E., Lück K., Nagel A., Philipp G., Gerlach F., Palme S., Scheibe D., Zieger K., Rühlmann J. (2021.0). Guidelines for precise lime management based on high-resolution soil pH, texture and SOM maps generated from proximal soil sensing data. Precision Agriculture, 22(2), 493-523. doi:10.1007/s11119-020-09766-8

AbstractSoil acidification is caused by natural paedogenetic processes and anthropogenic impacts but can be counteracted by regular lime application. Although sensors and applicators for variable-rate liming (VRL) exist, there are no established strategies for using these tools or helping to impleme…

Gocke M., Don A., Heidkamp A., Schneider F., Amelung W. (2020.0). The phosphorus status of German cropland—An inventory of top‐ and subsoils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 184(1), 51-64. doi:10.1002/jpln.202000127

Background: In search for more sustainable crop production, the subsoil has recently come into focus as considerable reservoir of nutrients and water. Aims: Dimensions of subsoil phosphorus (P) reserves are yet largely unknown but crucial for identifying regions suitable to include subsoil into sust…

Markwitz C., Knohl A., Siebicke L. (2020.0). Evapotranspiration over agroforestry sites in Germany. Biogeosciences, 17(20), 5183-5208. doi:10.5194/bg-17-5183-2020

Abstract. In the past few years, the interest in growing crops and trees for bioenergy production has increased. One agricultural practice is the mixed cultivation of fast-growing trees and annual crops or perennial grasslands on the same piece of land, which is referred to as one type of agroforest…