Project area B (Crop)
Project area B (Crop) analyses characteristics of system-specific crop rotations as well as different ways in which nutrients are returned from stable to field. Special consideration is given to forage legumes and sorghum-millet varieties.
Subproject B1
Remote sensing of agronomically relevant properties of legume/grass mixtures
Dr. Matthias Wengert, Prof. Dr. Michael Wachendorf, Professorship of Grassland Science and Renewable Plant Resources, University Kassel
Subproject B2
Influence of crop rotation and soil variation on the relevance of the pathobiome to yields
Prof. Dr. Maria Finckh, Professorship of Ecological Plant Protection, University Kassel
Subproject B3
Sorghum millet as a drought-tolerant, nutrient-efficient cereal for maintaining high energy densities in forage rations under contrasting soil nutrient regimes
Dr. Benjamin Wittkop, Prof. Dr. Rod Snowdon, Professorship of Plant Breeding, JLU Giessen
Subproject B4
Plot Specific Management and Cropping Systems Crop Production
Prof. Dr. Sonoko Bellingrath-Kimura, Professorship of Land Use Systems, ZALF