Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3) at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)

As phosphorus becomes scarce, maize reorganizes its root system in ways that limit water uptake. This P-driven shift reduces root conductance and growth, showing that how roots are structured (not just how big they are) determines a plant’s ability to access water under stress.

🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek

Root system architecture reorganization under decreasing soil phosphorus lowers root system conductance of Zea mays by Felix Maximilian Bauer et al. in @annbot.bsky.social

#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/qjpb

#RootBiology #RootPhysiology #PlantScience

#Soils ensure #foodsecurity and #biodiversity. However, #climate #change is putting them under incresing pressure. On #WorldSoilDay, we present our research on sustainable land use, #climate-resilient agriculture and global food security: www.fz-juelich.de/en/research/... #IBG3 #agrosphere #WSD2025

🌾 A study from our members at @agrosphere-ibg-3.bsky.social found that thermal neutrons from Cosmic-ray neutron sensors correlates well with several parameter on plants and it is crop specific. The sensors is found to have potential in supporting eddy covariance stations.

📝 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Further information here: www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

We are seeking a new director for our institute:

Director (f/m/d) at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Agrosphere (IBG-3) at Forschungszentrum Jülich @fz-juelich.de
with professorship (W3) in Terrestrial Systems Analysis
at the @unibonn.bsky.social University of Bonn

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Mehr Informationen (auf Deutsch) findest Du hier: www.biooekonomierevier.de/Start-up_Dro...

Copyright: Drought Analytics / FZ Jülich / BioökonomieREVIER / Eva Onkels

Copyright: Drought Analytics / FZ Jülich / BioökonomieREVIER / Eva Onkels

Copyright: Drought Analytics / FZ Jülich / BioökonomieREVIER / Eva Onkels

IBG-3 start-up Drought Analytics wants to make agriculture more resilient to droughts.

Using real-time sensors and AI models, they measure soil water availability for plants, calculate irrigation requirements and identify potential water shortages for the regions of Germany

drought-analytics.com

Decreased root hydraulic traits in German winter wheat cultivars over 100 years of breeding (Juan C Baca Cabrera , Jan Vanderborght , Yann Boursiac , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @agrosphere-ibg-3.bsky.social,@guillaumelobet.bsky.social

Please register for the event by June 23 here: www.nrw-agrar.de/event/worksh...

The workshop "Water and Agriculture in Climate Change" by the Forschungsnetz NRW Agrar is aimed at interested parties from science, politics, industry, practice and civil society. Join us

📆 on July 1, 2025

📍at Conference Building of Landwirtschaftskammer NRW, Gartenstraße 11, 50765 Köln

Wulf Amelung will give his award lecture
Ways out of the #global #soil #crisis: opportunities and risks

🌐🌎
Today at 7:25-7:55 p.m. in room G1

#EGU25#Tip#of#the#Day#EGU25

We are delighted to announce the awarding of the Philippe Duchaufour Medal 2025. Our director, Prof. Wulf Amelung will receive this award today in recognition of his groundbreaking research in soil science.
The award ceremony will take place from 7-8 p.m. in room G1

Cosimo's presentation "Simultaneous monitoring of soil water content and vegetation with cosmic-ray neutron sensors: novel findings and future opportunities" today at 14:00–15:45 Hall X1, X1.127

And if you can't discuss with Cosimo on site, please do so here and ask your questions in the comments👇

#EGU25#Tip#of#the#Day#EGU25#

Tired of tedious and exhausting vegetation sampling? We developed a way to continuously estimate crop traits (plant height, leaf area index, and biomass) and soil water content using cosmic-ray neutron sensors

Faces of #IBG3 #YoungTalents #PostDocs #SoilScience

Then join Felix Bauer’s presentation on "Towards a farm-scale digital twin to evaluate trade-offs between ecosystem services for carbon farming" today at 16:15–18:00 (CEST) in Hall X4 | X4.166

And if you can't discuss with Felix on site, please do so here and ask your questions in the comments👇

#EGU25#Tip#of#the#Day#EGU25

Can a digital twin of a farm help us farm carbon instead of just crops? 🌱 🌾
Are you curious how our digital twin approach can spark action to improve soil health and help to mitigate climate change 🌍?

Faces of #IBG3 #YoungTalents #PostDocs #SoilScience

"Investigating the soil-plant continuum of maize crops using ground penetrating radar” today at 16:15–18:00 (CEST) in Hall X3 | X3.86

And if you can't discuss with Lena on site, please do so here and ask your questions in the comments👇

####EGU25#####Tip#of#the##Day#####EGU25####

Are you interested in how GPR can help feeding future generations?

Then join Lena Lärm’s presentation today (see link in the comments)

Faces of #IBG3 #Agrosphere #YoungTalents #PostDocs #SoilScience

On the way to #EGU25
With >40 participants, 33 presentations and (co-) convening of several sessions the IBG-3 will be involved in this exciting week in Vienna. Connect and discuss with us!

And btw - we'll be giving daily tips on #YoungTalent presentations, so stay tuned🙃
Faces of #IBG3 #PostDocs

Illustration featuring a series of icons representing different concepts: a camera, a bar graph with mathematical symbols, a wheat stalk, a computer monitor, a shovel, a plant growing in a field, interlocking gears, and an Open Science symbol

🧪🌱💡 #PlantSciJob

Are you passionate about #robust cropping systems? Do you want to explore how #plant #roots impact water flow across different scales?

I am thrilled to say that we have 4 open positions (2 #PhD, 2 #postdocs) @UCLouvain (BE) for the EU project DROOGHT.

More: drooght.github.io

Working at the forefront of managing environmental research, collaborating across Helmhoitz Centres (@ufz.de, @gfz.bsky.social, @awi.de, @agrosphere-ibg-3.bsky.social) devoted to research for Earth & Environment? Then join my team in Halle (Germany)!

#biodiversity #ecosystems #earthsystems #job

Sollten wir Sonnenlicht lieber zurück ins All schicken – oder für #Photosynthese nutzen? 🌍🌞 Diese Frage steht heute im Mittelpunkt unseres #WissenschaftOnline-Vortrags mit Dr. Alexander Graf vom Institut für Agrosphäre (IBG-3).

📅 Heute, 15 Uhr | MS Teams
👉 www.fz-juelich.de/de/ueber-uns...

2nd Summer School on Advanced Soil Physics: Soil-Plant-Water Flow 🧪🌱💧
@agrosphere-ibg-3.bsky.social
@UCLouvain - ELI

Designed for master’s and PhD students, as well as early-career scientists in fields such as soil physics, plant physiology, water management, and environmental science

#ISMC

On this #WorldWaterDay2025, let's draw attention to our valuable #resource #water and its use: at #IBG-3 we develop powerful models to analyze complex water processes and provide a basis for sustainable decisions and policy-making at regional to national level. www.fz-juelich.de/en/ibg/ibg-3...