INPLAMINT Project

INcreasing agricultural nutrient-use efficiency by optimizing PLAnt-soil-Microorganism INTeractions

The overall objectives of this project are to (a) elucidate the key processes governing nutrient turnover and fluxes in the plant-soil-microbial system focusing on the buffering role of soil microorganisms in relation to plant nutrient uptake, (b) assess their importance for nutrient-efficient agricultural biomass production, (c) concurrently optimize the combined use of the main nutrients N and P, and (d) derive suitable management options for optimizing nutrient-use efficiency in agricultural biomass production for different soil conditions and different climate change scenarios.

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Effects of different application rates of green-waste compost on greenhouse gas emissions, soil nutrient retention and leaching, and crop yield at different phosphorus levels were investigated in a lysimeter experiment. Intact soil cores were retrieved from a recultivation area of an open-cast lignite mine.

Prof. Dr. Nicolas Brüggemann (project coordinator), +49-2461-618643, n.brueggemann@fz-juelich.de

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