Project number: 18.00.15.01.02

Environmentally Efficient Field-Crop Nutrition

Agricultural crop nutrition is a key process of agricultural production. Plant-nutrition research must furnish the scientific principles that enable us to ensure an optimal supply of nutrients to crops in order to achieve harvests that are satisfactory in terms of quantity and quality whilst limiting negative impacts on the environment. The aim of the projects conducted within this field of activity is to suggest concepts, methods, diagnostic systems and management practices suitable for ensuring an adequate supply of nutrients to agricultural crops, whilst preserving natural resources and the quality of the environment. To achieve this aim, plant-nutrition research consists of an applied component and an application-oriented basic-research component.

Fontana M., Bélanger G., Hirte J., Ziadi N., Elfouki S., Bragazza L., Liebisch F., Sinaj S.
Critical plant phosphorus for winter wheat assessed from long-term field experiments.
European Journal of Agronomy, 126, 2021, Article 126263.

Fontana M., Guillaume T., Bragazza L., Elfouki S., Santonja M., Buttler A., Gerdol R., Brancaleoni L., Sinaj S.
Legacy effect of green manure crops fertilized with calcium phosphite on maize production and soil properties.
Journal of Environmental Management, 295, 2021, 1-9.

Fontana M., Bragazza L., Guillaume T., Santonja M., Buttler A., Elfouki S., Sinaj S.
Valorization of calcium phosphite waste as phosphorus fertilizer: Effects on green manure productivity and soil properties.
Journal of Environmental Management, 285, (112061), 2021, 1-9.

Koishi A., Bragazza L., Maltas A., Guillaume T., Sinaj S.
Long-term effects of organic amendments on soil organic matter quantity and quality in conventional cropping systems in Switzerland.
Agronomy, 10, (1977), 2020, 1-17.

Filibeck G., Sperandii M.G., Bragazza L., Bricca A., Chelli S., Maccherini S., Wellstein C., Conte A.L., Di Donantonio M., Forte T.G.W., Lazzaro L., Macchiavelli T., Maestri S., Marchesini R., Marignani M. and others
Competitive dominance mediates the effects of topography on plant richness in a mountain grassland.
Basic and Applied Ecology, 48, 2020, 112-123.

Frau L.J., Libohova Z., Joost S., Levasseur C., Jeangros B., Bragazza L., Sinaj S.
Regional investigation of spatial-temporal variability of soil magnesium - a case study from Switzerland.
Geoderma Regional, 21, 2020, 1-11.

Sinaj S., Jeangros B.
Erhaltung der Nachhaltigkeit in Ackerbausystemen : Bilanz aus 50 Versuchsjahren in Changins.
Agrarforschung Schweiz, 10, (2), 2019, 88-95.
other Languages: french

de Carcer P.S, Sinaj S., Santonja M., Fossati D., Jeangros B.
Long-term effects of crop succesion, soil tillage and climate on wheat yield and soil properties.
Soil & Tillage Research, 190, 2019, 209-219.

Cadot S., Bélanger G., Ziadi N., Morel C., Sinaj S.
Critical plant and soil phosphorus for wheat, maize, and rapeseed after 44 years of P fertilization.
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 112, (3), 2018, 417-433.

Maltas A., Dupuis B., Sinaj S.
Yield and quality response of two potato cultivars to nitrogen fertilization.
Potato Research, 61, (2), 2018, 97-114.

Maltas A., Kebli H., Oberholzer H.R., Weisskopf P., Sinaj S.
The effects of organic and mineral fertilizers on carbon sequestration, soil properties, and crop yields from a long‐term field experiment under a Swiss conventional farming system.
Land Degradation & Development, 29, 2018, 926-938.

Jeangros B., Sinaj S.
Einfluss der Nutzungsart auf den Phosphor- und Kaliumbedarf von Grasland im Jura.
Agrarforschung Schweiz, 9, (7-8), 2018, 256-263.
other Languages: french

Richner W., Schlegel P., Sinaj S.
Düngung: was ändert sich?
Landfreund, 05, 2018, 16-17.

Neuweiler R.
Düngung: Feintuning ist entscheidend!
Der Gemüsebau / Le Maraîcher, 2, 2018, 15.
other Languages: french