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AustriaDr Michael DachlerFederal Office and Research Centre for AgricultureSpargelfeldstraße 191 PO Box 400 A-1226 Wien Austria |
Fax: 0043 1288 1631 07
Tel: 0043 1288 160
e-mail: dachler@relay.bfl.gv.at
webpages: http://www.bfl.at/
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Interests:  Plant nutrition
of arable crops (cereals, sugar beet, maize and potatoes but also medicinal
and aromatic plants, fiber flax, minor oil plants and vegetables); with
regards to vegetables especially the influence of nitrogen on yield, nitrate
content and environmental effects.
Fertilizer research include: Long term effects
of fertilizer forms,
Organic fertilizers
(including manure, household waste compost, by-products of industry)
Fertilizer use
and product quality
Environmental
effects of fertilizer use (e.g. leaching studies with lysimeters, heavy
metal content, etc.)
Cover crops,
green manure and crop rotation
Effects of green
manures on subsequent crops and on nitrate leaching
Environmental
effects of intensive plant production
Evaluation of
programmes for an environmentally suitable agricultural production (EEC
2078/91) |
Other projects and involvements include: Project partner
to the Altener-project:
"Technical Performance of vegetable Oil Methyl Ester with a High Oidine Number" (e.g. Sunflower-Oil-Methyl-Ester, Camelina-Oil-Methyl-Ester) (plant production part) Participating
in the EU concerted action : „Long term reduction of nitrate leaching by
cover crops“
Austrian delegate
to the working party of the EU-Commission (DG III) "Fertilizers" |
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BelgiumStefaan De NeveUniversity of GentFaculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Soil Management and Soil Care Coupure Links 653 9000 Gent Belgium |
Fax: 0032 9264 6247
Tel: 0032 9264 6061
e-mail: stefaan.deneve@rug.ac.be
website:
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Interests: Soil
organic matter and soil nitrogen transformations:
N
mineralization and immobilization
Fertiliser
advice systems
Soil
fertility in organic farming
Modeling
soil N transformations
Soil physics: applications
of time domain reflectometry (TDR) in soil science |
Main area of expertise: N
mineralization from soil organic matter and crop residues
Fertiliser
advice systems
Use
of TDR for monitoring concentrations of specific soil solution constituents |
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Professor Georges HofmanUniversity of GentFaculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Soil Management and Soil Care Coupure Links 653 9000 Gent Belgium |
Fax: 0032 9264 6247
Tel: 0032 9264 6053
e-mail: georges.hofman@rug.ac.be
website: http://soilman.rug.ac.be/
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Interests: Soil fertility  Evolution
of soil organic matter
Mineralisation
of soil organic matter and humification and mineralisation of applied organic
materials
Fertiliser
advice systems
Nutrient
management on field, farm and regional level
Precision
agriculture |
Main area of expertise: N
processes in soil (mineralisation, immobilisation, ammonia volatilisation,
denitrification, leaching)
Effect
of nutrient application (organic and mineral) on crop production, quality
of the harvested products and effect on the environment
P-saturation
of soils and the effect on P-losses by drainage - P-losses by erosion |
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DenmarkDr Jørn Nygaard SørensenDanish Institute of Plant and Soil Science,Fruit and Vegetables Kirstinebjergvej 6 DK-5792 Aarslev Denmark |
Fax: 0045 6599 2598
Tel: 0045 6599 1766
e-mail: JornN.Sorensen@agrsci.dk
webpages: http://www.agrsci.dk/
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Interests: Investigate and develop method for application of nutrients and water in order to: optimise
plant nutrition, plant growth, and product quality
minimise
losses to the environment
improve
sustainability in field vegetable production |
Main area of expertise: fertiliser
placement for improving the nutrient efficiency
management
strategies for capturing the benefits from mycorrhizas
Nmin
method for optimising the N supply
nutrient
stress (N, S, P, K) for improving product quality
drought
stress for improving product quality
green
manure as an organic fertiliser cover crops to avoid leaching |
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FinlandJanne PulkkinenKemira Agro OYPO Box 330 FIN-00101 Helsinki Finland |
Fax: 00358 10 86 21384
Tel: 00358 10 86 21426
e-mail: janne.pulkkinen@kemira.com
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FranceDr Christine Bissuel-BelaygueÉcole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Rennes (ENSAR)Laboratoire de Science du Végétal Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) Unité Science du sol et Agronomie de Rennes-Quimper (USARQ) 65 Rue de Saint Brieuc 35042 Rennes France |
Fax: 0033 2 9928 5480
Tel: 0033 2 9928 5482
e-mail: bissuel@agrorennes.educagri.fr
website: http://www.rennes.inra.fr/
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Interests: Plant nutrition, crop production and environmental effects Diagnosis
of the nitrogen status in plants and soil
Nutrient
and water use related to plant growth and product quality
Nutrient
management at field level for optimising vegetable crop production with
reduced environmental pollution; cropping systems designing |
Main area of expertise:
Effect
of drought stress on plant growth and seed production
Application
of tensiometers for estimating and monitoring soil water status
Application
of tensionics for determining soil N-nitrate availability and nitrate leaching |
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GermanyDr Matthias FinkInstitute for Vegetable and Ornamental CropsTheodor Echtermeyer - Weg 1 Grossbeeren D-14979 Germany |
Fax: 0049 3370 1553 91
Tel: 0049 3370 1783 55
e-mail: Fink@igzev.de
webpages: http://www.dainet.de/igz/igz.htm
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Ulrike WeierTeaching and Research Institute for HorticultureDepartment of Soil Science Heisterbergallee 12 Hannover D-30453 Germany |
Fax: 0049 5114 0052 00
Tel: 0049 5114 0051 52
e-mail:ivg.ahlem-lwkh@t-online.de
webpages: http://www.ifgb.uni-hannover.de/
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Main interests Nitrogen fertilisation of vegetables: Fertilisation
experiments to find Nmin target
values and the reaction of crops to sub-optimal N fertilisation
Estimating
N pools in crops and soil
Mineralisation
of N from harvest residues and soil humus
Use
of catch crops and treatment of harvest residues to reduce N leaching
Development
of easy systems for farmers to estimate necessary fertilisation (Nmin
method, nil-N-plots) |
Availability of nutrients from organic fertilizers: Processed
slurry
Compost
P/K fertilization of vegetables: Long
term experiements have been running since 1986, focusing on soil content,
plant uptake and consequences for yield and quality |
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Helen SetatouNational Agricultural Research Foundation,Soil Science Institute PO Box 14569 GR-54110 Thessaloniki Greece |
Fax: 0030 6145 3062
Tel: 0030 6142 2142
e-mail:elset@the.forthnet.gr
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ItalyProfessor Vito BiancoInstitute for Agronomy and Field CropsDepartment of Soil Science via Amendola 165/a I-70126 Bari Italy |
Fax: 0039 080 5442 813
Tel: 0039 080 5443 098
e-mail: iorivb01@area.ba.cnr.it
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The NetherlandsDr Huebert TitulaerResearch Station for Arable Farming and Field Production of Vegetables,[PAGV]Department of Soil Science Postbus 430 NL-8200 AK, Lelystad The Netherlands |
Fax: 0031 3202 30 479
Tel: 0031 3202 91 111
e-mail: h.h.h.titulaer@pav.agro.nl
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Current projects: Sustainable
crop rotations
Liquid
fertilisers
Model
evaluation |
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NorwayDr Hugh RileyNorwegian Crop Research InstituteApelsvoll Research Centre Division Kise N-2350 Nes Hedmark Norway |
Fax: 0047 6235 1729
Tel: 0047 6235 1711
e-mail:hugh.riley@planteforsk.no
webpages: www.planteforsk.no/English/
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Interests: Aspects
of soil management and the evaluation of nutrient requirement
and balance. Long term research on: The
effects of tillage on yields and soil quality,
Irrigation
scheduling and interactions with nutrient use,
Fertilizer
strategy and the development of new recommendation systems
The
assessment of crop residue effects on subsequent crops. |
Projects: Nutrient
management in organic vegetable growing.
Current
trials are aimed mainly at assessing means of supplying nitrogen to crops
in the absence of farmyard manure, which is often not available in sufficient
quantities in the arable regions of Norway. The use of legume crops, either
incorporated as green manure, interspersed with the growing crop (living
mulch) or applied as a surface mulch in the growing season, is being
investigated in cabbage and root crops. |
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PortugalClaudia CordovilDepartment of Environmental ChemistryInstituto Superior de Agronomia Tapada da Ajuda 1399 Lisboa Codex, Portugal |
Fax: 00 351 1 363 50 31
Tel: 00 351 1 363 79 70
e-mail: cmscordovil@isa.utl.pt
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Interests Plant
nutrition
Soil
fertility and fertilisation
Soil
organic matter and soil nitrogen transformations
Availability
of nutrients from organic fertilisers (manures, composted residues from
industry, municipal solid wastes)
Optimise
plant nutrition and reduce losses to the environment
Heavy
metals toxicity to crops (origin and remediation) |
Main areas of expertise N
mineralisation from soil organic matter and
organic residues applied to the soil Methods
for estimating potentially available N
Ongoing Projects
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Professor Amarilis de Varennes MendoncaInstitute Superior de AgronomicaSoil Science, Agriculture and Environment Tapada da Ajuda 1399 Lisboa Codex Portugal |
Fax: 0035 1136 35 031
Tel: 0035 1136 37 970
e-mail: adevarennes@isa.utl.pt
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SpainDr Carlos RamosValencian Institute for Agricultural ResearchDepartment of Soils Science Apdo Oficial Moncada Spain |
Fax: 0034 6139 240
Tel: 0034 6139 1000
e-mail: cramos@ivia.es
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Leaching
losses of nitrate in different crops important in the Mediterranean, namely
citrus and vegetables (early potato, onion, cauliflower, artichoke, watermelon,
lettuce), in relation to the fertilizer rate, irrigation and rainfall.
Methods
of estimating water flow below the root zone (deep percolation or drainage)
the evaluation of simple methods to measure the mineral soil nitrogen. Improving
the applicability of the N fertiliser recommendation systems that depend
on the measured amounts of mineral N in the soil.
Develop
a database to be used in tests of some of the existing models of N transport
and transformation in the soil. |
Expertise
Different
research projects dealing with irrigation, e.g. the use of wastewater for
irrigation, determining the effects of irrigation efficiency on nitrate,
and herbicide leaching in citrus orchards.
Studies
of the effects of different fertiliser rates on yield and nitrate leaching
in citrus orchards and vegetable fields. |
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SwedenBirgitta BåthSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesHorticultural Research Station Box 7052 S-750 07 Uppsala Sweden |
Fax: 0046 1867 2893
Tel: 0046 1867 1730
e-mail:birgitta.bath@mtfd.slu.se
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Interests: Developing
cultural practices in organic / ecological farming.
Examining
the interactions of different cultural practices to understand the
influence of individual parameters on the entire growing system. |
Projects: Examining
organic fertilisers and N mineralisation in field grown vegetables by using
different species of green-manure crops and incorporating them in the soil
at different times.
The
use of anaerobic and composted household wastes as fertilisers. |
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SwitzerlandDr Christian GysiSwiss Federal Research Station for Fruit growing,Viticulture and Horticulture Department of Soil Science Schloss Wadenswil CH-8820 Switzerland |
Fax: 0041 1780 6341
Tel: 0041 1783 6111
e-mail: christian.gysi@wae.faw.admin.ch
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United KingdomDr Clive RahnHorticulture Research InternationalDepartment of Soils and Environment Wellesbourne Warwick GB-CV35 9EF United Kingdom |
Fax: 0044 1789 470 552
Tel: 0044 1789 470 382
e-mail: clive.rahn@hri.ac.uk
webpage: http://www.hri.ac.uk/
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Interests: N cycling in
intensively managed field vegetable rotations.
investigations
of factors affecting release of N from crop residues,
including field and laboratory based studies organic Farming:
sustainable management of N including prediction
of growth and release of N from cover crops co-ordinator
of the ENVEG programme |
Main area of expertise: using computer
simulation models (N_ABLE) as tools to interpret field
experiments and make predictions of effects of management strategies on N leaching practical management
of fertiliser inputs
use of Computer
Decision support systems such as WELL_N to provide
advice on N fertiliser application |
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