Institute for Soil Science (IBÖ)
Research in the Institute focuses on the identification, prognosis, and ecological evaluation of changes in biotic processes in soils resulting from anthropogenic activities. The main aim is to investigate the impact of pollutants and land use on the soil as habitat, and the soil-regulated chemical balance and its impact on other environmental compartments like the atmosphere and water bodies.
Parent institution:
Helmholtz Zentrum München, GmbH German Research Center for Environmental Health (GSF) Details of GSF
Address
Institute for Soil Science (IBÖ)
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1
85764 Neuherberg
Bavaria
Phone: 089-3187-4065
Fax: 089-3187-2800
email: munch(@)helmholtz-muenchen.de
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Functional Microbe Ecology of Transformation in Soils
- Interaction between Organic Pollutants and Soil-plant Systems
- Modelling of Soil Processes
- Substance Flows in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Coordinated projects
- FOR 995 P5: Microbial carbon and nitrogen cycling in recent and ancient paddy soils Details of FOR 995 P5: Microbial carbon and nitrogen cycling in recent and ancient paddy soils
- INDEX - Indicators and thresholds for desertification, soil quality, and remediation Details of INDEX - Indicators and thresholds for desertification, soil quality, and remediation
- Microbial Si pools and transformations in soils Details of Microbial Si pools and transformations in soils
- Modelling climate change impacts on crop growth and yield quality based on explicit simulation of plant internal transport processes Details of Modelling climate change impacts on crop growth and yield quality based on explicit simulation of plant internal transport processes
- Modelling climate change impacts on yield and quality of crops based on leaf photosynthesis with acclimation to elevated CO2 Details of Modelling climate change impacts on yield and quality of crops based on leaf photosynthesis with acclimation to elevated CO2
- SFB/TRR 38: Project B3 Phase 1: Influence of different pioneering plants on microbial food web development in soil during initial states of ecosystem development Details of SFB/TRR 38: Project B3 Phase 1: Influence of different pioneering plants on microbial food web development in soil during initial states of ecosystem development
- SFB/TRR 38: Project B4 Phase 2: Formation and importance of functional redundancy for microbial nitrogene transformation during initial states of ecosystem development Details of SFB/TRR 38: Project B4 Phase 2: Formation and importance of functional redundancy for microbial nitrogene transformation during initial states of ecosystem development
- SPP 1315: Bioavailability of hexadecane during the degradation of litter from C3 and C4 plants in different soil compartments and its influence on the induction of alkane degrading genes from prokaryotes Details of SPP 1315: Bioavailability of hexadecane during the degradation of litter from C3 and C4 plants in different soil compartments and its influence on the induction of alkane degrading genes from prokaryotes
Involved in research projects:
- Effects of Veterinary Medicines on the functional diversity of the microbial biomass in soils Details of Effects of Veterinary Medicines on the functional diversity of the microbial biomass in soils
- SFB/TRR 38: Project Z1 Phase 1: Monitoring and site management Details of SFB/TRR 38: Project Z1 Phase 1: Monitoring and site management
- SPP 1315: Impact of pesticides and oxygen on microbial cellulose degradation in aerated agricultural soils: A microscaled analysis of processes and prokaryotic populations Details of SPP 1315: Impact of pesticides and oxygen on microbial cellulose degradation in aerated agricultural soils: A microscaled analysis of processes and prokaryotic populations
- SPP 1315: Microbial metabolism of model pesticides in the drilosphere and effect on N2 O production: Linking processes with populations Details of SPP 1315: Microbial metabolism of model pesticides in the drilosphere and effect on N2 O production: Linking processes with populations
- SPP 1315: The Detritusphere as Biogeochemical Interface for Bacterial and Fungal Degradation of MCPA and Phenanthrene Details of SPP 1315: The Detritusphere as Biogeochemical Interface for Bacterial and Fungal Degradation of MCPA and Phenanthrene
Work package leader of collaborative projects:
- SFB/TRR 38: Structures and processes of the initial ecosystem development phase in an artificial water catchment Details of SFB/TRR 38: Structures and processes of the initial ecosystem development phase in an artificial water catchment