JKI Julius Kühn Insititut Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institute for Crop and Soil Science (JKI PB)

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1 JKI Julius Kühn Insititut Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institute for Crop and Soil Science (JKI PB) The Institute for Crop and Soil Science of the Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants (JKI) ( delivers competent contributions on international level. The research fields cover the research and consultancy demand of the Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture and Consumer Protection with view to sustainable plant nutrition and soil science that produces high quality foodstuffs, warrants natural resources and preserves nature and environment. This requires the innovative development of strategies to reduce the input of nutrients crop and site specifically. Within the scope of Baltic Manure JKI will act as the leader of WP 4 Standardisation of manure types with focus on phosphorus. Among the activities carried out to accomplish the objectives stated in WP 4 is the assessment of the P supply of agricultural soils in the Baltic Sea Region in relation to land use systems as well as the evaluation of critical P contents in soils. Energetic balances of the chemical and microbial turnover of P will be established in order to describe different P pools and to prognose sitespecific P fluxes in relation to varying environmental conditions in the Baltic Sea Region. The BOundary LIne DEvelopment System (BOLIDES), which was developed in the Institute for Crop and Fig. 1: Sampling on a field in the BSR to assess the spatial variability of available P amounts in the soil Soil Science, will be applied to calculate upper boundary line functions by defined mathematical routines. Thus truly site specific optimum P ranges can be determined locally so that P fertiliser rates can be adjusted accordingly. Since researchers of the Institute for Crop and Soil Science are pioneers of Precision Agriculture and leading experts in the field of site specific nutrient management, algorithms for a site specific, variable rate application of solid and liquid manure as well as manure based recycling fertilisers will be developed and contribute to the formulation of site specific advisory models for farmers concerning the use of manure or manure based fertilisers in the Baltic Sea region. In addition, P indices for relevant areas of the Baltic Sea region will be calculated to determine the risk of P loss from those spaces to water bodies. Another objective is the chemical analysis of soil samples as well as the determination of the chemical composition of manure and manure based recycled Fig. 2: Mixing of stall manure before sampling fertiliser products will be part of the project. The gained knowledge of the characteristics of treated manure will be used to classify the products according to the current EU regulation on fertilisers and to harmonise the use of manure and manure based fertilisers according to the Code of Good Agricultural Practice (GAP).

2 Besides the partnership in Baltic Manure, JKI PB participates in other related projects which focus on problems of the Baltic Sea Region and the phosphorus challenge: JKI PB is lead partner of the sector agriculture of the EcoRegion project ( The project aims at developing the Baltic Sea Region into the world's first EcoRegion, where economical growth goes hand in hand with environmental integrity and social justice. JKI PB was among other tasks responsible for the composition of the Perspectives Agriculture entitled Sustainable agriculture in the Baltic Sea Region in times of peak phosphorus and global change in which policies, projects and practices for a sustainable development in agriculture in the Baltic Sea Region were presented by different international experts. Relevant aspects of P in agriculture are summarised from regional and sectoral point of view in the Perspectives Agriculture (Fig. 3). The significance of developments in tourism, local food production and farm management practices are outlined with regard to minimising P losses to the Baltic Sea. Fig. 3: The EcoRegion Perspective Sustainable agriculture in the Baltic Sea Region in times of peak phosphorus and global change International experts who already contributed the Perspectives Agriculture and other leading scientists are currently preparing a book entitled Phosphorus: 100% zero which deals with the topics P scarcity, excessive P loads on soils with intensive livestock farming and the safe and sustainable use of different P from secondary raw materials. JKI PB will provide guidelines for site specific P fertiliser recommendations in relation to land use systems, one of the tasks of WP4 in Baltic Manure. Addressees of this book will be besides scientists, advisors and farmers policy makers who are involved in the implementation of the Baltic Sea Action Plan. JKI PB is also partner of the Global TraPs project ( which focuses on the sustainability of future P use. Aim of the project is to bring together researchers from various disciplines with an interest in phosphorus ( Science ) and producers and users of P ( Practice ) to work in nodes organized around the global P supply. This should help to answer the project guiding question: What new knowledge, technologies and policy options are needed to ensure that future phosphorus use is sustainable, improves food security and environmental quality and provides benefits for the poor?

3 Professional Profiles Silvia Haneklaus Qualifications: Director and Professor at the Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Julius Kühn Institut, Braunschweig, Germany Dipl. Ing. agr. (Msc), University of Kiel 1986; Dr. sc. agr. (PhD), University of Kiel 1989; Diploma of Excellency, Romanian Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences 2008 Senior scientist responsible for research on Precision Agriculture with special emphasis on algorithms for variable rate fertilisation agro environmental aspects of nutrient recycling from secondary raw materials with special view to phosphorus sulphur in agroecosystems plant nutrition and soil science in organic farming Functions outside present position: Secretary general of the International Scientific Centre of Fertilisers (CIEC). Associate Editor of Journal Agronomy and Crop Science; editorial board member of Communications Soil Science Plant Analysis, Brassica; referee for various international scientific journals. 25 years experience in research in mineral nutrition and metabolism of food and non food crops with special view to sulphur. 20 years experience in geostatistics, crop yield mapping and development of innovative soil sampling and fertiliser strategies; 20 years experience in recycling of nutrients with special regard to phosphorus and contamination of plants and soils with heavy metals.

4 Publications and scientific contributions: More than 450 papers, 185 peer reviewed contributions and 95 publications with journal impact factor; 15 book chapters in the field of plant nutrition, precision agriculture and phytoremediation. More than 100 papers published on various aspects of plant sulphur metabolism in international scientific journals and books. Supervision of MSc and PhD students. Organisation of more than thirty international Symposia/Workshops. Judith Schick Qualifications: Research assistant at the Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Julius Kühn Institut, Braunschweig, Germany M.A. (Geography/English studies) HU/FU Berlin, 2006; Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Technical University Braunschweig (2009) Junior scientist responsible for research on agro environmental aspects of nutrient recycling from secondary raw materials with special view to phosphorus sutainable agriculture with focus on the Baltic Sea Region Publications: planning and conduction of pot and field trials practical field work (soil and plant sampling, fertilisation, surveying) extraction and analysis of samples (fertilisers, soil, plant) determination of P solubility and elemental composition of of secondary raw materials and mineral fertilisers collection and documentation of Good Practices to enhance a sustainable development in agriculture organisation of workshops and symposia co supervision of MSc and PhD students more than 10 papers with focus on P recycling and on the contamination of plants and soils with heavy metals as a result of P fertilisation

5 Professional Profiles Eila Turtola Professor (Soils and Environment) at MTT Agrifood Research Finland Plant Production Research, Jokioinen, Finland Qualification: M.Sc. Environm. (M.Sc.), University of Helsinki, 1984 Dr. Sci. Agr. For. (Soil science), University of Helsinki, 1999 Professor for research on Soils and Environment, with special emphasis on Phosphorus and nitrogen leaching, soil erosion Soil management, optimization of fertilization, nutrient recycling and novel methods to reduce agricultural impacts on surface waters 25 years experience in research contributing to better water quality through experimental findings of essential factors behind P and N losses from agricultural soils in Finnish conditions; long term data sets from field scale experiments Publications and scientific contributions: 32 refereed scientific articles, 25 articles in refereed scientific edited volumes and conference proceedings, 77 other scientific publications; editorial board member of Agricultural and Food Science

6 Kari Ylivainio Qualification: Senior Research Scientist at MTT Agrifood Research Finland Plant Production Research, Jokioinen, Finland M.Sc. Agr. For. (M.Sc., Agricultural Chemistry and Physics), University of Helsinki, 1998 Dr. Sci. Agr. For. (PhD, Environmental Soil Science), University of Helsinki, 2009 Senior Research Scientist on Soils and Environment, with special emphasis on Nutrient recycling and optimizing fertilization in plant production. Developing methods to decrease soil erosion and phosphorus leaching from agricultural soils. Publications and scientific contributions: Plant nutrition research related to phosphorus, iron, selenium and sulphur. Conducting growth experiment, both at the greenhouse and at the field scale level. Assessing phosphorus solubility in soil and manures with different methods, e.g. Hedley fractionation scheme. Using radioisotopes in plant nutrition studies. 10 refereed scientific articles, 44 reports, conference abstracts and articles in professional magazines. Organizing international seminars and reviewing scientific manuscripts

7 Professional Profiles Project manager, director, Andrzej Tonderski Qualifications: M.Sc. Eng., environmental engineering (Gdańsk University of Technology). Ph.D (Linkeoping University, Dept of Water & Environmental Studies) Control of nutrient fluxes in large river basins. For many years Dr Tonderski has been working as a consultant (AF International, ENVISTON, SMHI) and project coordinator. Since 2003 he has been responsible for development of POMCERT. He is taking part in the development of the region through activities such as ERA-NET BONUS PLUS Programme and is participating in several research/ training national and European projects. Present Position: Director of Pomeranian Centre for Environmental Research and Technology POMCERT, President of BioBaltica Ltd. development of international research/ training projects within environment, water management, bioenergy, biotechnology and innovation, fund-raising support for researchers and SMEs, project management (consortium building, budget planning, troubleshooting), Publications: 10 publications with the focus on nutrient fluxes, 15 publications within energy sector.

8 Ksawery Kuligowski Research manager, independent clerk Qualifications: M.Sc. Eng., environmental engineering (Technical University of Lodz, PL and Aalborg University, DK), PhD Eng. (Aalborg University) Utilization of ash from thermally treated pig manure as P fertilizer, research visitor at University of Western Australia, Perth, Present Position: Coordinator of research projects at POMCERT development and fund-raising for research projects within agro-environmental field, project coordination (planning of activities, budget, communication, partners search), characterization of residue from thermally treated manure (composition, mineralogy, leaching, extraction, agricultural application), practical field work with the focus on soil, modeling gas and pollutants transport in soil, measurements of biogas production from algae and manure, organization of workshops and seminars, Publications: More than 10 publications with the focus on ash application in agriculture, leaching, heavy metals toxicity and chemical extraction of phosphorus.

9 Agnieszka Kozak Research specialist Qualifications: M.Sc., biology, University of Gdańsk; Ph.D., ecology, University of Gdańsk Research specialist at the Pomeranian Center for Environmental Research and Technology, POMCERT. - research on water plant's ecology, population dynamics and demography, identification of plant biomass, practical fieldwork (water, sediment and plant sampling), analysis of samples (soil, water and plant), measurements of parameters in anaerobic digestion process with the focus on biogas from algae/manure, organisation of workshops and seminars, co-supervision of MSc students. Publications: About 10 papers with focus on aquatic macrophytes populations, invasion biology and ecology and impact of environmental factors on plants.

10 Professional Profiles Bettina Eichler Löbermann Qualifications: Associated Professor at the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, Dipl. Ing. agr. (Msc), University of Rostock 1993; Dr. agr. (PhD), University of Rostock 1997; Dr. agr. habil., University of Rostock 2004, Visiting Professor awarded from the University Bayamo (Cuba) 2006 Associated professor at the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Responsible for research and training on: Phosphorus cycles in agriculture, Recycling of waste material Cropping systems in the tropics and subtropics Renewable ressources Functions outside present position: Representative of International Affairs of the University of Rostock, Reviewer for the Leibnitz Society and BMBF, Deputy Secretary general of the International Scientific Centre of Fertilisers (CIEC), Member of the expert group of Baltic 21, Visiting Professor University of Bayamo, Editorial board member of Communications Soil Science Plant Analysis, Landbauforschung Völkenrode; referee for various international scientific journals. Publications and scientific contributions: 140 scientific papers (31 peer reviewed) and book chapters. Coordinator or partner in more than 20 national and international projects, Supervision of 9 Ph.D theses,

11 Professional Profiles Kalvi Tamm Qualifications: Researcher at the Estonian Research Institute of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Agri.eng (Msc), Estonian University of Agriculture 1999; Dr. Phil. Agri.eng. (PhD), Estonian University of Life Sciences 2009 Researcher responsible for research on choosing and use of plant production machines with special emphasis on algorithms for fertilisation technologies Database administrator for web based plant protection DSS I Taimekaitse, plant protection database developer. Translator for different agricultural softwares Developer of agricultural softwares 17 years experience in research in choosing and use of plant production machines. 5 years experience in Precision Agriculture, crop yield mapping, economic analyse; 15 years experience in agricultural software developing, 9 software applications. Publications and scientific contributions: 60 papers, 6 in peer reviewed international journals. Supervision of 1 MSc student Additional information in ETIS: =isikud.aspx&lang=en

12 Professional Profiles Raivo Vettik Qualifications: Senior researcher at the Estonian Research Institute of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Dipl.-Agri.eng (Msc), Estonian University of Agriculture 2000; Dr. Phil. Agri.eng. (PhD), Estonian University of Life Sciences 2007 Researcher responsible for research on choosing and use of plant production machines with special emphasis on algorithms for fertilization technologies Developer of agricultural software applications 17 years experience in research in choosing and use of plant production machines; 15 years experience in agricultural software developing, 5 software applications Publications and scientific contributions: 32 papers, 5 in peer-reviewed international journals. Additional information in ETIS: =isikud.aspx&lang=en