Grassland Science and Renewable Plant Resources (GNR)
Phone: | +49- (0)561-8041334
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Address: | Nordbahnhofstraße 1a
37213 Witzenhausen |
Description
The Department of Grassland Science and Renewable Plant Resources as a sector of organic agriculture science concentrate on a wide range of topics. On the one hand we focus on complex relations between grassland vegetation, site conditions, forage quality and their relevance for farming and environment. In this context legumes (e.g. white clover) play a prominent role, because of their ability to nitrogen fixation. This permits a high-quality forage production without the input of mineral fertilizers. On the other hand we ascertain new cultivation methods for plants as renewable resources for energy (e.g. biogas, biodiesel) or raw materials (e.g. material for thermal insulation). For fast and accurate determination of swards we prove new non-destructive sensory methods. They shall serve for a better decision support to optimise management of swards for farmers. These future-oriented sectors open new income sources for farming and important impulses for the discussion about the sustainable use of resources.
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Projects
01/2024 - 12/2027 | |
09/2023 - 03/2026 | |
08/2023 - 12/2025 | |
07/2023 - 07/2028 | |
09/2022 - 04/2023 | |
12/2021 - 12/2024 | |
09/2021 - 08/2025 | |
09/2021 - 12/2025 | |
07/2021 - 12/2023 | |
03/2021 - 02/2024 | |
Publications
2020 | Wijesingha, J., Astor, T., Schulze-Brüninghoff, D., Wachendorf, M., 2020. Mapping Invasive Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl. in Semi-natural Grasslands Using Object-Based Image Analysis of UAV-borne Images. Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science 88, 391–406. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41064-020-00121-0 |
2020 | Bringezu, S., Banse, M., Ahmann, L., Bezama, A., Billig, E., Bischof, R., Blanke, C., Brosowski, A., Brüning, S., Borchers, M., Budzinski, M., Cyffka, K.-F., Distelkamp, M., Egenolf, V., Flaute, M., Geng, N., Gieseking, L., Graß, R., Hennenberg, K., Hering, T., Iost, S., Jochem, D., Krause, T., Lutz, C., Machmüller, A., Mahro, B., Majer, S., Mantau, U., Meisel, K., Moesenfechtel, U., Noke, A., Raussen, T., Richter, F., Schaldach, R., Schweinle, J., Thrän, D., Uglik, M., Weimar, H., Wimmer, F., Wydra, S., Zeug, W., 2020. Pilotbericht zum Monitoring der deutschen Bioökonomie. https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-202005131255 |
2020 | Wijesingha, J., Astor, T., Schulze-Brüninghoff, D., Wengert, M., Wachendorf, M., 2020. Predicting Forage Quality of Grasslands Using UAV-Borne Imaging Spectroscopy. Remote Sensing 12, 126. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12010126 |
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2020 | Kaetzl, K., Lübken, M., Nettmann, E., Krimmler, S., Wichern, M., 2020. Slow sand filtration of raw wastewater using biochar as an alternative filtration media. Nature 2020/1229, TBD. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57981-0 |
2020 | Joseph, B., Kaetzl, K., Hensgen, F., Schäfer, B., Wachendorf, M., 2020. Sustainability assessment of activated carbon from residual biomass used for micropollutant removal at a full-scale wastewater treatment plant. Environmental Research Letters 15, 064023. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab8330 |
2020 | Karunaratne, S., Thomson, A., Morse-McNabb, E., Wijesingha, J., Stayches, D., Copland, A., Jacobs, J., 2020. The fusion of spectral and structural datasets derived from an airborne multispectral sensor for estimation of pasture dry matter yield at paddock scale with time. Remote Sensing 12, TBD. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12122017 |
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Other Research Activities
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WS 2022/2023 | |
04/2023-05/2023 | |
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