Soil.Biodiversity - Development of novel management systems to enhance microbial diversity in soils and their functions for a climate-change adapted and resource-efficient crop production.
Abstract
In arable farming, there is a long-term market-driven trend toward simplification of crop rotations. Still, several studies indicate that resilience of yield against unfavourable environmental conditions, becoming more frequent due to climate change (heat, drought, heavy rainfall), is improved by diverse crop systems. A major reason for the high potential of biodiverse cropping systems is the correlation between plant diversity, soil microbial diversity and soil fertility. However, there is still insufficient knowledge on the practical implementation of cropping systems that can specifically promote soil biodiversity and their potentials to improve soil fertility. The main objective of this EIP-AGRI project is to implement cropping systems that can exploit the positive effects of soil microbial diversity for climate change adapted agriculture by increasing the soil health of arable soils and making them more resilient to challenging environmental conditions.
Microbial diversity Soil fertility Cover cropping Soil organic matter Evergreen farming
Publikationen
Project staff
Gernot Bodner
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Gernot Bodner
gernot.bodner@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-95115
BOKU Project Leader
01.03.2022 - 28.02.2025
Katharina Keiblinger
Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Katharina Keiblinger
katharina.keiblinger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91141
Project Staff
01.03.2022 - 28.02.2025
Christoph Rosinger
Dr. Christoph Rosinger MSc.
christoph.rosinger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91142, 95113
Project Staff
01.03.2022 - 28.02.2025
Martin Schneider
Dipl.-Ing. Martin Schneider B.Sc.
martin.schneider@boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.03.2022 - 28.02.2025
Sebastian Wieser
Dipl.-Ing. Sebastian Wieser
sebastian.wieser@students.boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.03.2022 - 28.02.2025
BOKU partners
External partners
Landwirtschaftliche Fachschule Hollabrunn
none
partner
Josephinum Research
Markus Gansberger
partner
AIT, Austrian Institute of Technology
Markus Gorfer
partner
Chamber of Agriculture Lower Austria
Johannes Zauner
partner
Association Soil.Life
Hans Gnauer
partner