Bioeffector

As Bioeffektoren living are microorganisms and active ingredients from plants , plant residues and wastes referred to the growth, nutrient uptake and the resistance of crop plants against plant diseases and stress factors promote.

Areas of Effect

Bioeffectors are intended to increase the vitality of crops and thus their resistance to diseases, improve the utilization of nutrients in mineral fertilizers and make the nutrients bound in the soil more easily accessible to the crops . The aim is to reduce the use of agrochemicals and develop sustainable and environmentally friendly agricultural production.

According to the main effect, a distinction is made:

• Organic pesticides ,
• Organic fertilizer
• Biostimulants

exploration

Research history

The investigation of bioeffectors and their effect on the utilization of fertilizers as well as the utilization of plant nutrients fixed in the soil goes back to the 1990s at the Institute for Plant Nutrition at the University of Hohenheim and is in the publications of Horst Marschner , Volker Römheld , Torsten Müller , Nicolaus by Wirén , Uwe Ludewig , Günter Neumann, Markus Weinmann and employees. Udo Glanz has developed a corresponding Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for the education and training of schoolchildren and students .

International research project

In the seventh research framework program under the project name Biofector, the European Union is funding a corresponding research program of European and non-European research institutions, which are coordinated by scientists from the University of Hohenheim under the direction of Günter Neumann ( Institute for Crop Science ).

Research partners in this research project are:

• University of Hohenheim with Enno Bahrs , Ellen Kandeler , Uwe Ludewig , Torsten Müller , Markus Weinmann
• Czech Agricultural University Prague , Czech Republic ( Jiří Balík , Pavel Tlustoš )
• Agricultural and Veterinary University of Banat Romania, ( Karl Fritz Lauer )
• Szent István University , Hungary, Borbala Biro
• Julius Kühn Institute Germany, Kornelia Smalla
• Wageningen University Netherlands, Leonard van Overbeek
• University of Naples Federico II Italy, Alessandro Piccolo
• University of Copenhagen Denmark, Andreas de Neergaard
• Anhalt University of Applied Sciences Germany, Jörg Geistlinger
• Research Institute for Organic Agriculture Switzerland, Paul Mäder
• State Government Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Israel
• Food and Life Sciences Research Institute (AFBI), Northern Ireland
• Madora GmbH u. a. with Peter Hartman

Results and advice

The results of the investigations are u. a. evaluated by the members of the working group biostimulants in agriculture and made available to practice and the responsible bodies of the EU for the legislative and approval procedures.

See also

• Edaphon , rhizosphere
• Biocenosis , synecology
• microbiology
• Root ecology

Web links

• Message from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (web.archive.org)
• EU Biofector project on the website of the University of Hohenheim
• Webpage Biofector project
• Biofector database

Individual evidence

1. ^ V. Römheld, G. Neumann (2006): The Rhizosphere: Contributions of the soil-root interface to sustainable soil systems . In: N. Uphoff, N., NAS Ball et al. (Ed.), Biological Approaches to Sustainable Soil Systems , pp. 92-107, CRC-Press, Oxford, UK.
2. ^ Markus Weinmann: Bio-effectors for improved growth, nutrient acquisition and disease resistance of crops . Hohenheim 2017, DNB  1133166407 , urn : nbn: de: bsz: 100-opus-13550 (dissertation, University of Hohenheim).
3. ^ List of publications by Günter Neumann and colleagues .
4. ↑ P4P MOOC by Udo Glanz created with vocational students in Lörrach
5. ^ Biofector Information
6. ↑ Website Biofector CULS Prague .
7. ^ Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel .
8. ^ Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute, Belfast, Northern Ireland .
9. ↑ Madora GmbH Lörrach