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University of Natural Resources

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Department of Forest and Soil Sciences

Institute of Soil Research I www.rhizo.at I W.W. Wenzel 17.10.2011 1

New opportunities for soil – plant

research at the BOKU campus Tulln

Walter W. Wenzel

Institute of Soil Research

Rhizosphere Ecology & Biogeochemistry Group


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Institute of Soil Research I www.rhizo.at I W.W. Wenzel

Institute of Soil Research at BOKU

Molecular scale

Single root, microsites in soil

Plant, pedon

Site & soil unit

Soil landscapes, regional cycling

Global cycling and impacts

Up

scaling

Experimental work

Mathematical modelling

Biogeochemistry (C, nutrients, pollutants) Soil and rhizosphere processes, microbial processes


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Institute of Soil Research I www.rhizo.at I W.W. Wenzel

Institute of Soil Research at BOKU

Research groups

Environmental Ecotoxicology and Isotopic Applications

(Martin Gerzabek)

Soil Microbiology (Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern)

Rhizosphere Ecology and Biogeochemistry (Walter

Wenzel)


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From a field to state-of-the-art research centre

University & Research Centre Tulln

(UFT)

March 2009 September 2009

March 2010 June 2010 March 2010 June 2010


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(UFT) New work place of > 250 employees

BOKU & AIT

6 BOKU departments

Greenhouses, isotopic lab, clean room, technical centre for

wood science,...

Analytical facilities (NMR, ICP-MS, confocal microscopy,...

Experimental station (45 ha)

Seminar centre, library


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Campus Technopol Tulln


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(UFT)

Minimal environmental

impact

Bioenergy

Biomaterials

Resource use efficiency

Biochemicals

Higher biomass

production & quality

Improved processability Increased genetic

diversity

Bioresources

(Soil, Plant, Microbes)

Renewables

Production &

Conversion

Technology

“Zero” waste

Sustained soil quality /

productivity

Food

Scientific Initiative

Bioresources, Renewables and Conversion Technology


impact

Bioenergy

Biomaterials


Biochemicals

Higher biomass



diversity

Bioresources


Renewables

Production &

Conversion

Technology

“Zero” waste


productivity

Food


impact

Bioenergy

Biomaterials


Biochemicals

Higher biomass



diversity

Bioresources


Renewables

Production &

Conversion

Technology

“Zero” waste


productivity

Food


impact

Bioenergy

Biomaterials


Biochemicals

Higher biomass



diversity

Bioresources


Renewables

Production &

Conversion

Technology

“Zero” waste


productivity

Food

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Scientific themes


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Phosphorus use efficiency

Phosphorus resource decline (peak P)

Increased prices

Example of research

http://www.energybulletin.net/node/33164

http://phosphorusfutures.net/why-phosphorus


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Soil erosion & eutrophication

Example of research


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Rhizotron experiment

Diffusive gradients in thin films

Laser ablation ICP-MS

Example of research

New wave UP-193

Elan DRC-e

Santner et al. 2011


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Institute of Soil Research I www.rhizo.at I W.W. Wenzel 17.10.2011


Highly resolved mapping of P solubility and fluxes in the

rhizosphere showing regions of depletion and efflux

Example of research

Santner et al. 2011


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Soils class room

Teaching soil science


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Soils class room



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Soil monolith collection


RANKER KALKLEHM TSCHERNOSEM KOLLUVIUM


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Böden Österreichs

Terrestrische Böden Hydromorphe Böden

<0.5 M% 75 M%

Grobmaterial-

Rohboden

Feinmaterial-

Rohboden

Ranker Pararendzina

Braun-

erde

Rendzina

0.5 – 75 M% Karbonat

Grobanteil >40 V% <40 V%

Para-

braunerde

Semi-

podsol

Podsol

Kalklehm-

Rendzina

Kalklehm

Tschernosem Typischer

Pseudogley

Rohauboden

Solontschak

Niedermoor

Anmoor

Feucht-

Schwarz-

erde

Überflutung Tagwasser

Grundwasser

Hang-

pseudogley

Stagnogley

Haftnässe-

pseudogley

Hanggley

Gley

Nassgley

Au-

boden Augley

Entwässerung

Solonetz

Schwemm-

boden

Solonetz-

Solontschak

Ver

salz

un

g

Stau-

podsol

Rumpf-

tschernosem

Hochmoor


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Raising soil awareness

Planned activities

Strong, continued collaboration with the Unit for Agriculture

and Forestry (LF6) of the Government of Lower Austria

BOKU member of ELSA

Open House at Campus Technopol Tulln (Nov. 18, 2011)

Long Night of Science (April 2012)

Children´s University (Summer 2012)


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