Soil research challenges in response to emerging agricultural soil management practices

verfasst von

Anja K. Techen, Katharina Helming, Nicolas Brüggemann, Edzo Veldkamp, Barbara Reinhold-Hurek, Marco Lorenz, Stephan Bartke, Uwe Heinrich, Wulf Amelung, Katja Augustin, Jens Boy, Marife Corre, Rainer Duttman, Robin Gebbers, Norman Gentsch, Rita Grosch, Georg Guggenberger, Jürgen Kern, Ralf Kiese, Michael Kuhwald, Peter Leinweber, Michael Schloter, Martin Wiesmeier, Traud Winkelmann, Hans Jörg Vogel

Abstract

Agricultural management is a key force affecting soil processes and functions. Triggered by biophysical constraints as well as rapid structural and technological developments, new management practices are emerging with largely unknown impacts on soil processes and functions. This impedes assessments of the potential of such emerging practices for sustainable intensification, a paradigm coined to address the growing demand for food and nonfood products. In terms of soil management, sustainable intensification means that soil productivity is increased while other soil functions and services, such as carbon storage and habitat for organisms, are simultaneously maintained or even improved. In this paper we provide an overview of research challenges to better understand how emerging soil management practices affect soil processes and functions. We distinguish four categories of soil management practices: spatial arrangements of cropping systems, crops and rotations, mechanical pressures, and inputs into the soil. Key research needs identified for each include nutrient efficiency in agroforestry versus conventional cropping systems, soil-rhizosphere microbiome elucidation to understand the interacting roles of crops and rotations, the effects of soil compaction on soil–plant–atmosphere interactions, and the ecotoxicity of plastics, pharmaceuticals and other pollutants that are introduced into the soil. We establish an interdisciplinary, systemic approach to soil science and include cross-cutting research activities related to process modeling, data management, stakeholder interaction, sustainability assessment and governance. The identification of soil research challenges from the perspective of agricultural management facilitates cooperation between different scientific disciplines in the field of sustainable agricultural production.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Bodenkunde
Institut für Gartenbauliche Produktionssysteme

Externe Organisation(en)

Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V.
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Universität Bremen
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei
Umweltbundesamt (UBA)
Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU)
Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik Potsdam-Bornim (ATB)
Leibniz-Institut für Gemüse- und Zierpflanzenbau Großbeeren (IGZ) e.V.
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Universität Rostock
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde (HNEE)
Technische Universität München (TUM)

Typ

Beitrag in Buch/Sammelwerk

Seiten

179-240

Anzahl der Seiten

62

Publikationsdatum

2020

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Agronomie und Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften, Bodenkunde

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 2 – Kein Hunger

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2020.01.002 (Zugang: Geschlossen)