Mineral-Ecological Cropping Systems—A New Approach to Improve Ecosystem Services by Farming without Chemical Synthetic Plant Protection
The search for approaches to a holistic sustainable agriculture requires the development of new cropping systems that provide additional ecosystem services beyond biomass supply for food, feed, material, and energy use. The reduction of chemical synthetic plant protection products is a key instrumen...
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Beate Zimmermann Ingrid Claß-Mahler Moritz von Cossel Iris Lewandowski Jan Weik Achim Spiller Sina Nitzko Christian Lippert Tatjana Krimly Isabell Pergner Christian Zörb Monika A. Wimmer Markus Dier Frank M. Schurr Jörn Pagel Adriana Riemenschneider Hella Kehlenbeck Til Feike Bettina Klocke Robin Lieb Stefan Kühne Sandra Krengel-Horney Julia Gitzel Abbas El-Hasan Stefan Thomas Martin Rieker Karl Schmid Thilo Streck Joachim Ingwersen Uwe Ludewig Günter Neumann Niels Maywald Torsten Müller Klára Bradáčová Markus Göbel Ellen Kandeler Sven Marhan Romina Schuster Hans-W. Griepentrog David Reiser Alexander Stana Simone Graeff-Hönninger Sebastian Munz Dina Otto Roland Gerhards Marcus Saile Wilfried Hermann Jürgen Schwarz Markus Frank Michael Kruse Hans-Peter Piepho Peter Rosenkranz Klaus Wallner Sabine Zikeli Georg Petschenka Nicole Schönleber Ralf T. Vögele Enno Bahrs |
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Beate Zimmermann Ingrid Claß-Mahler Moritz von Cossel Iris Lewandowski Jan Weik Achim Spiller Sina Nitzko Christian Lippert Tatjana Krimly Isabell Pergner Christian Zörb Monika A. Wimmer Markus Dier Frank M. Schurr Jörn Pagel Adriana Riemenschneider Hella Kehlenbeck Til Feike Bettina Klocke Robin Lieb Stefan Kühne Sandra Krengel-Horney Julia Gitzel Abbas El-Hasan Stefan Thomas Martin Rieker Karl Schmid Thilo Streck Joachim Ingwersen Uwe Ludewig Günter Neumann Niels Maywald Torsten Müller Klára Bradáčová Markus Göbel Ellen Kandeler Sven Marhan Romina Schuster Hans-W. Griepentrog David Reiser Alexander Stana Simone Graeff-Hönninger Sebastian Munz Dina Otto Roland Gerhards Marcus Saile Wilfried Hermann Jürgen Schwarz Markus Frank Michael Kruse Hans-Peter Piepho Peter Rosenkranz Klaus Wallner Sabine Zikeli Georg Petschenka Nicole Schönleber Ralf T. Vögele Enno Bahrs Mineral-Ecological Cropping Systems—A New Approach to Improve Ecosystem Services by Farming without Chemical Synthetic Plant Protection Agronomy food security pesticide-free agriculture biological control nutrient efficiency resistance breeding equidistant seeding |
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Beate Zimmermann Ingrid Claß-Mahler Moritz von Cossel Iris Lewandowski Jan Weik Achim Spiller Sina Nitzko Christian Lippert Tatjana Krimly Isabell Pergner Christian Zörb Monika A. Wimmer Markus Dier Frank M. Schurr Jörn Pagel Adriana Riemenschneider Hella Kehlenbeck Til Feike Bettina Klocke Robin Lieb Stefan Kühne Sandra Krengel-Horney Julia Gitzel Abbas El-Hasan Stefan Thomas Martin Rieker Karl Schmid Thilo Streck Joachim Ingwersen Uwe Ludewig Günter Neumann Niels Maywald Torsten Müller Klára Bradáčová Markus Göbel Ellen Kandeler Sven Marhan Romina Schuster Hans-W. Griepentrog David Reiser Alexander Stana Simone Graeff-Hönninger Sebastian Munz Dina Otto Roland Gerhards Marcus Saile Wilfried Hermann Jürgen Schwarz Markus Frank Michael Kruse Hans-Peter Piepho Peter Rosenkranz Klaus Wallner Sabine Zikeli Georg Petschenka Nicole Schönleber Ralf T. Vögele Enno Bahrs |
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Mineral-Ecological Cropping Systems—A New Approach to Improve Ecosystem Services by Farming without Chemical Synthetic Plant Protection |
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Mineral-Ecological Cropping Systems—A New Approach to Improve Ecosystem Services by Farming without Chemical Synthetic Plant Protection |
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Mineral-Ecological Cropping Systems—A New Approach to Improve Ecosystem Services by Farming without Chemical Synthetic Plant Protection |
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Mineral-Ecological Cropping Systems—A New Approach to Improve Ecosystem Services by Farming without Chemical Synthetic Plant Protection |
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Mineral-Ecological Cropping Systems—A New Approach to Improve Ecosystem Services by Farming without Chemical Synthetic Plant Protection |
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mineral-ecological cropping systems—a new approach to improve ecosystem services by farming without chemical synthetic plant protection |
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MDPI AG |
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Agronomy |
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2073-4395 |
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The search for approaches to a holistic sustainable agriculture requires the development of new cropping systems that provide additional ecosystem services beyond biomass supply for food, feed, material, and energy use. The reduction of chemical synthetic plant protection products is a key instrument to protect vulnerable natural resources such as groundwater and biodiversity. Together with an optimal use of mineral fertilizer, agroecological practices, and precision agriculture technologies, a complete elimination of chemical synthetic plant protection in mineral-ecological cropping systems (MECSs) may not only improve the environmental performance of agroecosystems, but also ensure their yield performance. Therefore, the development of MECSs aims to improve the overall ecosystem services of agricultural landscapes by (i) improving the provision of regulating ecosystem services compared to conventional cropping systems and (ii) improving the supply of provisioning ecosystem services compared to organic cropping systems. In the present review, all relevant research levels and aspects of this new farming concept are outlined and discussed based on a comprehensive literature review and the ongoing research project “Agriculture 4.0 without Chemical-Synthetic Plant Protection”. |
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food security pesticide-free agriculture biological control nutrient efficiency resistance breeding equidistant seeding |
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doaj-c74ea48e7ec94c26a3a6138e8eb91a1d2021-09-25T23:34:01ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952021-08-01111710171010.3390/agronomy11091710Mineral-Ecological Cropping Systems—A New Approach to Improve Ecosystem Services by Farming without Chemical Synthetic Plant ProtectionBeate Zimmermann0Ingrid Claß-Mahler1Moritz von Cossel2Iris Lewandowski3Jan Weik4Achim Spiller5Sina Nitzko6Christian Lippert7Tatjana Krimly8Isabell Pergner9Christian Zörb10Monika A. Wimmer11Markus Dier12Frank M. Schurr13Jörn Pagel14Adriana Riemenschneider15Hella Kehlenbeck16Til Feike17Bettina Klocke18Robin Lieb19Stefan Kühne20Sandra Krengel-Horney21Julia Gitzel22Abbas El-Hasan23Stefan Thomas24Martin Rieker25Karl Schmid26Thilo Streck27Joachim Ingwersen28Uwe Ludewig29Günter Neumann30Niels Maywald31Torsten Müller32Klára Bradáčová33Markus Göbel34Ellen Kandeler35Sven Marhan36Romina Schuster37Hans-W. Griepentrog38David Reiser39Alexander Stana40Simone Graeff-Hönninger41Sebastian Munz42Dina Otto43Roland Gerhards44Marcus Saile45Wilfried Hermann46Jürgen Schwarz47Markus Frank48Michael Kruse49Hans-Peter Piepho50Peter Rosenkranz51Klaus Wallner52Sabine Zikeli53Georg Petschenka54Nicole Schönleber55Ralf T. 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Otto-Sander-Str. 5, 70599 Stuttgart, GermanyFarm Management (410b), University of Hohenheim, Schwerzstr. 44, 70599 Stuttgart, GermanyThe search for approaches to a holistic sustainable agriculture requires the development of new cropping systems that provide additional ecosystem services beyond biomass supply for food, feed, material, and energy use. The reduction of chemical synthetic plant protection products is a key instrument to protect vulnerable natural resources such as groundwater and biodiversity. Together with an optimal use of mineral fertilizer, agroecological practices, and precision agriculture technologies, a complete elimination of chemical synthetic plant protection in mineral-ecological cropping systems (MECSs) may not only improve the environmental performance of agroecosystems, but also ensure their yield performance. Therefore, the development of MECSs aims to improve the overall ecosystem services of agricultural landscapes by (i) improving the provision of regulating ecosystem services compared to conventional cropping systems and (ii) improving the supply of provisioning ecosystem services compared to organic cropping systems. In the present review, all relevant research levels and aspects of this new farming concept are outlined and discussed based on a comprehensive literature review and the ongoing research project “Agriculture 4.0 without Chemical-Synthetic Plant Protection”.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/9/1710food securitypesticide-free agriculturebiological controlnutrient efficiencyresistance breedingequidistant seeding |