Water-use Soil melioration and Cultivation processes for drought-prone sites 2006-2009

Global climate change will further increase irregular distribution of rainfall and rain fall paterns. Regions in central Europe already suffering from long summer droughts are prone to more severe stress situations in the years to come. One way to decrease the severity of drought events and to increase the duration of sufficient water availability is  the use of meliorates in the soil
Objectives

• Quantify the effects of different soil meliorates and enhancers on the water holding capacity of the soil and the effects on plant growth (Field trial Cottbus)

• Evaluate the effects of different soil enhancers on drought responses of different plant species of the group of renewable energy plants (Greenhouse in Bonn and field trial in Cottbus)

• Evaluate the effect of seed coat composition on germination and early draought responses of several plant species from the group of renewable energy plants.

The project is financed by BMBF, the project leadership is located at the BTU in Cottbus, the subproject 2.2 is conducted as a collaboration between University of Bonn and University of Hohenheim.

PD

Dr. Manfred Trimborn
responsible scientist in the project from 2006 to 2009

PhD

Linda Gorim
Effects of seed coating on germination and early seedling growth in cereals

Duong Van Nha
"Environmental effects on physicsal properties of Geohumus and effects of its application on drought responses of maize" - PhD Thesis, Universität Hohenheim, 2013

MSc

"Automatische Messung von Blattwachstumsraten unter Feldbedingungen" 
Diplomarbeit, Christian Heck [Germany]

BSc

"Auswirkungen von Mantelsaat auf das Keimverhalten von Süssgräsern unter Trockenstress". Bachelor of Science Thesis, Gwendolin Krauss [Germany]

"Auswirkungen von Bodenhilfsstoffen auf Wurzel-Spross-Signale von Mais unter Trockenstress". Bachelor of Science Thesis, Sandra Abendschein [Germany]

"Influence of soil ameliorants on the availability of micro nutrients to industrial crop plants grown on marginal soils in Brandenburg"
Bachelor of Science Thesis, Markus Winter [Germany]

Link to project website

Link to sub-project leader - Water stress management - University of Hohenheim

Freudenberger Feldsaaten GmbH

Publications

Paper

Gorim, L., Asch, F., 2011 Effects of composition and share of seed coatings on the mobilisation efficiency of cereal seeds during germination. Journal of Agronomy and Crops Science - DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2011.00490.x.

Book

Gerwin, W. (Ed.), Schillem, S., Asch, F., Bens, O., Bestajowsky, J., Bruns, C., Gattinger, A., Hattig, T., Hoogen, H., Hüttl, R. F., Raab, T., Rodionov, A., Schaaf, W., Schneider, B. U., Trimborn, M., 2011. Bodenmelioration und Anbauverfahren für trockenheitsgefährdete Standorte (BAtros). Cottbuser Schriften zur Ökosystemgenese und Landschaftsentwicklung 10. BTU Cottbus, Cottbus. Pp 120.

Poster

Gorim, L., Asch, F. 2010. "Coating seeds with hydro-absorbers as possible mitigation strategy for unreliable rainfall patterns in early-sown Sorghum". Agro 2010 - the XIth ESA Congress, Montpellier.
Proceedings

Gorim, L., Asch, F. 2010. "Effects of Hydrophilic Coating on the Mobilisation of Endosperm Reserves in Seedlings of Spring Barley (Hordeum vulgare L. Maltasia)" Tropentag 2010, Zürich 14-16 September, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland, Poster award - nominated.

Gorim, L., Asch, F., Trimborn, M. 2009. "Seed coating with hydro-absorbent properties as possible mitigation strategy for unreliable rainfall patterns in early-sown Sorghum". Tropentag 2009, October 6-8, University of Hamburg, Hamburg.
Proceedings

Gorim, L., Trimborn, M., Asch, F. 2009. "Remobilisation efficiency of coated cereal seeds during germination depends on coat composition and size". Plants for the Future - Botanikertagung 2009: Leipzig 6-10.9.2009. Book of Abstracts: 15.

Talks

Effects of Soluble Salts on Water Holding Capacity of Hydrophilic Polymers: A Case Study on Geohumus. Duong, V. N., Asch, F. - Tropentag 2011 - Development on the margin - 5.-7. October 2011, University of Bonn

Options for the management of water use in energy crop production in areas prone to summer drought. Trimborn, M., Heck, C., Asch, F., Brueck, H. X. Congress of the European Society for Agronomy. Multi-functional Agriculture - Agriculture as a resource for energy and environmental preservation. Bologna, Italy 15-19 Sept. 2008