Optimierung der Trocknung und Kuehlung von Koernerfruechten hinsichtlich Verfahrensleistung, Energiebedarf, Umweltbelastung und Qualitaet der Koerner.
Standorte der vorhandenen Bioenergieanlagen im Landkreis Göttingen.
Es handelt sich um Anlagen zur Erzeugung regenerativer Energien (Biogas) aus Biomasse durch Vergärung. Biogas stellt eine wichtige und vielseitige Form der Bioenergie aus der Landwirtschaft dar. Die neuen Anlagen setzen fast ausnahmslos nachwachsende Rohstoffe (NaWaRo) wie Mais, Getreide, Hirse, Zuckerrüben, Sonnenblumen und teilweise Aufwuchs von Grünland mit oder ohne Gülle ein.
Biogas wird derzeit überwiegend dezentral produziert und als Strom- und Wärmelieferant genutzt. Aufgrund dieser Dezentralität der Anlagen, die dadurch begründet ist, dass das primäre Ausgangsmaterial für die Biogaserzeugung wie Gülle oder Energiepflanzen aufgrund der niedrigen Energiedichte aus ökonomischen Gründen in der Regel nicht über längere Distanzen transportiert werden kann, ist die Integration guter Wärmenutzungskonzepte nicht immer möglich.
Nachweis aller im Rauchgas/Luftgemisch von Fluessiggas- und Leichtoelbrennern auftretenden Stoffe (Pb, F, CrIII, CrVI, Zn, Se, Ni, As, Hg, Cd, Mo, Sn, Cu, SO2, Hf, NOx, polycyklische Aromate) bei Variation von Luftmenge, Gas- bzw. Oelmenge und Brennereinstellung. Ermittlung der Ablagerungen aus diesem Rauchgas/Luftgemisch auf Koernerschuettungen in Satz- und Durchlauftrocknern.
Durch unterschiedliche Kalkgaben von Huetten- und Mischkalk wurden Standorte ueber mehrere Rotationen konditioniert. Ertragsuntersuchungen an Weizen, Gerste und Mais werden unter Beruecksichtigung der Entwicklung von Ertragskomponenten vorgenommen. Nebenwirkungen des Huettenkalkes auf die Gesunderhaltung von Aehren werden gesondert ueberprueft.
In cereal breeding, optimal adaptation to a given environment and subsequently high yield potential is mainly determined by the time of flowering. Time to flowering, however, is commonly affected by a complex interplay between three determinants: photoperiodic and vernalization requirements as well as the intrinsic capability of a cultivar/genotype to flower. The intrinsic capability to flower early is also called 'earliness per se'. Here we would like to investigate an earlyheading mutant from diploid einkorn wheat (T. monococcum L.), line KT3-5, which possesses a single major recessive earliness per se (eps) locus on the very distal end of the long arm of chromosome 3A. During the proposed project we will (i) perform detailed phenotypic analyses and high-resolution genetic mapping of the early-heading mutant KT3-5 in diploid einkorn wheat, (ii) identify and isolate novel grass-specific genes/proteins which affect early spike development, controlling flowering time and spikelet number, and (iii) study the expression pattern, tissue-specificity and function of candidate gene(s) during early spike development. The molecular isolation of genes involved in early spike development will make an important contribution to future fine-tuning of flowering time in small grain cereal crops by providing a better understanding of the developmental genetic processes underlying heading time and spikelet number in wheat and related grasses.
Biodiversity conservation cannot rely on protected areas alone, as sustainable conservation requires strategies for managing whole landscapes including agricultural areas. Organic farming in Germany may contribute strongly to the protection of biodiversity and to sustainability of agriculture through enhancing ecosystem services. However, the effectiveness of this agri-environmental management is highly dependent on landscape structure. The main objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of organic cereal management in small vs. large scale agriculture through measure of the diversity of plants and arthropods and associated ecosystem services, such as seed predation, insect predation, aphid parasitism and pollination. Pairs of organic and conventional winter wheat fields will be selected in small vs. large scale agricultural landscapes along the former inner German border, i.e. in West vs. East Germany. This study design enables a unique experiment, where it would be possible to disentangle the effects of landscape composition and configuration heterogeneities in the same study region and to study how these affect the effectiveness of organic management. The detailed analyses of the expected valuable data could provide significant results (published in high ranked, international scientific journals), and contribute to the development of the existing
Perennial fodder cropping potentially increases subsoil biopore density by formation of extensive root systems and temporary soil rest. We will quantify root length density, earthworm abundance and biopore size classes after Medicago sativa, Cichorium intybus and Festuca arundinacea grown for 1, 2 and 3 years respectively in the applied research unit's Central Field Trial (CeFiT) which is established and maintained by our working group. Shoot parameters including transpiration, gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence will frequently be recorded. Precrop effects on oilseed rape and cereals will be quantified with regard to crop yield, nutrient transfer and H2-release. The soil associated with biopores (i.e. the driloshpere) is generally rich in nutrients as compared to the bulk soil and is therefore supposed to be a potential hot spot for nutrient acquisition. However, contact areas between roots and the pore wall have been reported to be low. It is still unclear to which extent the nutrients present in the drilosphere are used and which potential relevance subsoil biopores may have for the nutrient supply of crops. We will use a flexible videoscope to determine the root-soil contact in biopores. Nitrogen input into the drilosphere by earthworms and potential re-uptake of nitrogen from the drilosphere by subsequent crops with different rooting systems (oilseed rape vs. cereals) will be quantified using 15N as a tracer.
Subsoils are an often neglected nutrient source for crops. The mobilisation and use of this potential nutrient source is an important factor in sustainable land use. Nutrient accessibility, release, and transport are strongly dependent on soil structure and its dynamics controlled by spatiotemporally variable physical functions of the pore network. A well structured soil, for example, with numerous interconnected continuous biopores will enhance root growth and oxygen availability and hence nutrient acquisition. In contrast to soils with a poorly developed structure nutrient acquisition is limited by restricted root growth and reduced aeration. The goal of this research project is to investigate different preceding crops and crop sequences in developing characteristic biopore systems in the subsoil and to elaborate their effect on the functional performance of pore networks with respect to nutrient acquisition. The main research question in this context is how soil structure evolves during cultivation of different plant species and how structure formation influences the interaction of physical (water and oxygen transport, shrinking-swelling) biological (microbial activity, root growth) and geochemical processes (e.g. by creating new accessible reaction interfaces). In order to study and quantify pore network architectures non-invasively and in three dimensions X-ray computed microtomography and 3D image analysis algorithms will be employed. The results will be correlated with small- and mesoscale physical/chemical properties obtained from in situ microsensor (oxygen partial pressure, redox potential, oxygen diffusion rate) and bulk soil measurements (transport functions, stress-strain relationships) of the same samples. This will further our process understanding regarding the ability of various crop sequences to form biopore systems which enhance nutrient acquisition from the subsoil by generating pore network architectures with an efficient interaction of physical, biological and geochemical processes.
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is an important cereal grain which serves as major animal fodder crop as well as basis for malt beverages or staple food. Currently barley is ranked fourth in terms of quantity of cereal crops produced worldwide. In times of a constantly growing world population in conjunction with an unforeseeable climate change and groundwater depletion, the accumulation of knowledge concerning cereal growth and rate of yield gain is important. The Nordic Genetic Resource Center holds a major collection of barley mutants produced by irradiation or chemical treatment. One phenotypic group of barley varieties are dwarf mutants (erectoides, brachytic, semidwarf, uzu). They are characterized by a compact spike and high rate of yield while the straw is short and stiff, enhancing the lodging resistance of the plant. Obviously they are of applied interest, but they are also of scientific interest as virtually nothing is known about the genes behind the development of plant dwarfism. The aim of this project is to identify and isolate the genes carrying the mutations by using state of the art techniques for gene cloning at the Carlsberg Laboratory. The identified genes will be connected with the mutant phenotype to reveal the gene function in general. One or two genes will be overexpressed and the resulting recombinant proteins will be biochemically and structurally characterized. The insights how the mutation effects the protein will display the protein function in particular. Identified genes and their mutant alleles will be tested in the barley breeding program of the Carlsberg brewery.
Leistungsvergleich verschiedener Fruchtfolgen mit zunehmendem Getreideanteil (50-75 v.H.) auf extrem leichten Boeden. Untersuchungen zum Fruchtbarkeitszustand unter der Einwirkung von Blattfruechten - einschliesslich Kleegras.
