INPLAMINT
INcreasing agricultural nutrient-use efficiency by optimizing PLAnt-soil-Microorganism INTeractions
Funding ID: 031A561A-H
Phase I / II: 01/04/2015 - 30/04/2021
To elucidate the key processes relevant to nutrient-efficient agricultural biomass production, research in this project is directed towards understanding
- plant- and management-induced microbial biodiversity and activity patterns,
- the relationship of microbial activity patterns to plant species (crop sequences) and the nutrient status of the soil,
- stoichiometric nutrient demand of microorganisms and plants,
- synchrony/asynchrony and competition of plant and microbial nutrient demand,
- pathways of nutrient losses under conditions of stoichiometric imbalances,
- and short-term vs. long-term plant-soil-microbial interactive effects (seasonal variability, chronosequences and long-term field trials).