Prof. George erforscht derzeit die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Pflanzen, Bodenmikroorganismen und Nährstoffverfügbarkeit unter realen Anbaubedingungen — mit aktuellem Fokus auf Stickstoff-Effizienz in der Feldpraxis und die Rolle von Mykorrhiza-Pilzen bei der Phosphor- und Nährstoffaufnahme unter Stress. Seine jüngsten Arbeiten untersuchen, wie Urease- und Nitrifikationshemmer die Stickstoffnutzung, Kohlenstoff- und Wasserzyklen beeinflussen, sowie wie verschiedene Kulturpflanzen (Reis, Okra, Mais) native Bodenphosphate versus Dünger-Phosphate unterschiedlich nutzen. Für Unternehmen in Agrarchemie, Düngemittelentwicklung und Gartenbau bietet dies konkrete Ansatzpunkte zur Optimierung von Düngestrategien, Reduktion von Treibhausgasen und Steigerung der Ressourceneffizienz in der Feldpraxis. Seine Arbeiten verbinden Laborexperimente mit On-Farm-Versuchen und adressieren damit direkt die Anforderungen nachhaltiger, klimafreundlicher Anbausysteme.
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Prof. Dr. Eckhard George
HU-FIS-Profil ↗Zeitraum: 08/2003 - 08/2005 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Eckhard George
Förderer: DFG Sachbeihilfe Zeitraum: 10/2003 - 09/2005 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Eckhard George
Förderer: DFG Sachbeihilfe Zeitraum: 10/2005 - 11/2006 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Eckhard George
Critical Reviews in Biotechnology · DOI
Colonization of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can greatly increase the plant uptake of phosphorus and nitrogen. The most prominent contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to plant growth is due to uptake of nutrients by extraradical mycorrhizal hyphae. Quantification of hyphal nutrient uptake has become possible by the use of soil boxes with separated growing zones for roots and hyphae. Many (but not all) tested fungal isolates increased phosphorus and nitrogen uptake of the plant by absorbing phosphate, ammonium, and nitrate from soil. However, compared with the nutrient demand of the plant for growth, the contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to plant phosphorus uptake is usually much larger than the contribution to plant nitrogen uptake. The utilization of soil nutrients may depend more on efficient uptake of phosphate, nitrate, and ammonium from the soil solution even at low supply concentrations than on mobilization processes in the hyphosphere. In contrast to ectomycorrhizal fungi, nonsoluble nutrient sources in soil are used only to a limited extent by hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Side effects of mycorrhizal colonization on, for example, plant health or root activity may also influence plant nutrient uptake.
Plant and Soil · DOI
New Phytologist · DOI
summary Maize ( Zea mays L.) was grown in fertilized calcareous soil in pots which were separated by 30 μm nylon nets into three compartments, the central one for root growth and the two outer ones for hyphal growth. The size of each compartment was 40 × 25 × 3 cm. The treatments comprised of sterilized soil, either inoculated with rhizosphere microorganisms (other than VA mycorrhizal fungi), with rhizosphere microorganisms together with a VA mycorrhizal fungus [ Glomus mosseae (Nicol. & Gerd.) Gerdemann & Trappe] or remained non‐inoculated (sterile control). As inoculum for rhizosphere microorganisms the roots with adhering rhizosphere soil of non‐mycorrhizal maize plants was used. Compared to the non‐inoculated (sterile) control, inoculation with rhizosphere microorganisms did not affect shoot dry weight and morphology, but increased total root length (17 %) and root length per unit root dry weight (35%). The additional inoculation with VA mycorrhizal fungi had no influence on the shoot dry weight but increased area and dry weight of the leaf blades by about 30% and the ratio leaf blade:leaf sheath + stem (w/w) by 41 %. The most profound effect of VA mycorrhizal fungi inoculation was on root growth and morphology. Compared to the non‐inoculated control, root dry weight was decreased by 16%, root length by 31 % and root hair density and length by 41 and 43 %, respectively. In mycorrhizal plants the transpiration rates per plant were about 30 % higher than in the other treatments and this is attributed to the larger leaf area. Water uptake rate per unit root length and per unit time was about twice as high in mycorrhizal plants. For several reasons a substantial hyphal water transport seems unlikely. The results stress the necessity of detailed studies on root morphology for interpretation of effects of mycorrhizal fungi on mineral nutrient uptake and water relations in plants.