Publications

Jakobs I., Schmittmann O., Schulze Lammers P. (2017). Short-term effects of in-row subsoiling and simultaneous admixing of organic material on growth of spring barley (H. vulgare). Soil Use and Management, 33(4), 620-630. doi:10.1111/sum.12378

Previous studies have shown that deep tillage, so-called subsoiling, is beneficial for yield development, and that tillage of deeper soil layers can promote water and nutrient availability during dry periods. The application of composts to the topsoil has been widely studied and evaluated, and it ha…

Athmann M., Kautz T., Banfield C., Bauke S., Hoang D., Lüsebrink M., Pausch J., Amelung W., Kuzyakov Y., Köpke U. (2017). Six months of L. terrestris L. activity in root-formed biopores increases nutrient availability, microbial biomass and enzyme activity. Applied Soil Ecology, 120(), 135-142. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.08.015

Schneider F., Don A., Hennings I., Schmittmann O., Seidel S. (2017). The effect of deep tillage on crop yield – What do we really know?. Soil and Tillage Research, 174(), 193-204. doi:10.1016/j.still.2017.07.005

The subsoil below the regularly tilled topsoil stores large nutrient stocks and can retain water even under drought conditions. Mechanical soil profile modifications, commonly referred to as deep tillage, could improve the plant availability of these subsoil resources. However, field studies on the …

Han E., Kautz T., Huang N., Köpke U. (2016). Dynamics of plant nutrient uptake as affected by biopore-associated root growth in arable subsoil. Plant and Soil, 415(1-2), 145-160. doi:10.1007/s11104-016-3150-4

Hoffmann H., Zhao G., Asseng S., Bindi M., Biernath C., Constantin J., Coucheney E., Dechow R., Doro L., Eckersten H., Gaiser T., Grosz B., Heinlein F., Kassie B., Kersebaum K., Klein C., Kuhnert M., Lewan E., Moriondo M., Nendel C., Priesack E., Raynal H., Roggero P., Rötter R., Siebert S., Specka … (2016). Impact of Spatial Soil and Climate Input Data Aggregation on Regional Yield Simulations. PLOS ONE, 11(4), e0151782. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151782

Vereecken H., Schnepf A., Hopmans J., Javaux M., Or D., Roose T., Vanderborght J., Young M., Amelung W., Aitkenhead M., Allison S., Assouline S., Baveye P., Berli M., Brüggemann N., Finke P., Flury M., Gaiser T., Govers G., Ghezzehei T., Hallett P., Hendricks Franssen H., Heppell J., Horn R., Huisma… (2016). Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives. Vadose Zone Journal, 15(5), vzj2015.09.0131. doi:10.2136/vzj2015.09.0131

Webber H., Gaiser T., Oomen R., Teixeira E., Zhao G., Wallach D., Zimmermann A., Ewert F. (2016). Uncertainty in future irrigation water demand and risk of crop failure for maize in Europe. Environmental Research Letters, 11(7), 74007. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074007

We provide strontium isotope data (for both the "radiogenic" isotope ratio 87Sr/86Sr, and the "stable" isotope ratio 88Sr/86Sr, expressed as delta88Sr) for critical zone compartments (rock, saprolite, soil, plants, and river dissolved loads) at three sites along a global transect of mountain landsca…