Publications

Lang, B. and Russell, D.J. (2022). Excretion of nitrogenous waste by soil fauna and assessment of the contribution to soil nitrogen pools. Soil Organisms, 94 (2)(August 2022), 69-83. doi:https://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss2id182

The provisioning of nitrogen for plant growth is a key function of soils. Soil fauna primarily affect nitrogen mineralization through their interactions with microorganisms, but the excretion of feces and nitrogenous waste products can also supply plants with a considerable amount of their nitrogen …

Nguyen T., Langensiepen M., Hueging H., Gaiser T., Seidel S., Ewert F. (2022). Expansion and evaluation of two coupled root–shoot models in simulating CO ₂ and H ₂ O fluxes and growth of maize. Vadose Zone Journal, (), . doi:10.1002/vzj2.20181

Leaf water pressure head (Ψleaf) and more specifically its critical thresholds (Ψthreshold) characterize stomatal control of transpiration, particularly for C4 plants, but this physiological process has rarely been integrated into dynamic crop models at the field scale. We further extended two coupl…

Cao X., Reichel R., Brüggemann N. (2022). Fenton oxidation of biochar improves retention of cattle slurry nitrogen. Journal of Environmental Quality, 51(6), 1319-1326. doi:10.1002/jeq2.20419

Nitrogen (N) losses during fertilization with livestock slurry, mainly in the form of ammonia (NH3), can cause environmental problems and reduce fertilizer efficiency. Leonardite, which is characterized by oxygen-rich functional groups and low pH, has been found to decrease losses of slurry N. Howev…

Pielhop T., Popp C., Knierim D., Margaria P., Maiß E. (2022). First report of a chrysovirus infecting a member of the fungal genus Ilyonectria. Archives of Virology, 167(11), 2411-2415. doi:10.1007/s00705-022-05551-2

AbstractThe fungus Ilyonectria pseudodestructans belongs to the family Nectriaceae and was found to be part of the endophytic microbiome of apple trees (Malus x domestica, Borkh.) with apple replant disease (ARD). After dsRNA extraction, a mycoviral infection became evident. Here, we report the iden…

Möckel S., Wolf A. (2022). Flurbereinigung: Privatnützigkeit und Ökosystemleistungen. Natur und Recht, 44(1), 11-20. doi:10.1007/s10357-021-3946-8

ZusammenfassungFlurbereinigung diente lange Zeit der Umgestaltung des ländlichen Raums hin zu intensiv genutzten Agrar- und Forstlandschaften. Sie ist aufgrund der rechtlichen Festsetzungsmöglichkeiten aber auch hervorragend geeignet, diese Landschaften nunmehr an den Klimawandel und die sonstigen ö…

Roy J., Reichel R., Brüggemann N., Rillig M. (2022). Functional, not Taxonomic, Composition of Soil Fungi Reestablishes to Pre-mining Initial State After 52 Years of Recultivation. Microbial Ecology, (), . doi:10.1007/s00248-022-02058-w

Abstract Open-cast mining leads to the loss of naturally developed soils and their ecosystem functions and services. Soil restoration after mining aims to restore the agricultural productivity in which the functions of the fungal community play a crucial role. Whether fungi reach a comparable functi…

Roy J., Mazel F., Dumack K., Bonkowski M., Rillig M. (2022). Hierarchical phylogenetic community assembly of soil protists in a temperate agricultural field. Environmental Microbiology, 24(11), 5498-5508. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.16134

Protists are abundant, diverse and perform essential functions in soils. Protistan community structure and its change across time or space are traditionally studied at the species level but the relative importance of the processes shaping these patterns depends on the taxon phylogenetic resolution. …

Cao X., Reichel R., Wissel H., Kummer S., Brüggemann N. (2022). High Carbon Amendments Increase Nitrogen Retention in Soil After Slurry Application—an Incubation Study with Silty Loam Soil. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 22(2), 1277-1289. doi:10.1007/s42729-021-00730-7

AbstractExcess nitrogen (N) after animal slurry application is a persistent problem of intensive agriculture, with consequences such as environmental pollution by ammonia (NH3) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions and nitrate (NO3−) leaching. High-carbon organic soil amendments (HCAs) with a large C:N …

Perković S., Paul C., Vasić F., Helming K. (2022). Human Health and Soil Health Risks from Heavy Metals, Micro(nano)plastics, and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Agricultural Soils. Agronomy, 12(12), 2945. doi:10.3390/agronomy12122945

Humans are exposed to agricultural soils through inhalation, dermal contact, or the consumption of food. Human health may be at risk when soils are contaminated; while some soil contaminants such as heavy metals (HMs) have been extensively studied, others such as micro(nano)plastics (MNPs) or antibi…

Reim S., Winkelmann T., Cestaro A., Rohr A., Flachowsky H. (2022). Identification of Candidate Genes Associated With Tolerance to Apple Replant Disease by Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13(), . doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.888908

Apple replant disease (ARD) is a worldwide economic risk in apple cultivation for fruit tree nurseries and fruit growers. Several studies on the reaction of apple plants to ARD are documented but less is known about the genetic mechanisms behind this symptomatology. RNA-seq analysis is a powerful to…