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Applied bioeconomy:
agricultural residues for
improved biomass production
Nicolai David Jablonowski
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH - IBG-2: Plant Sciences 22.05.2014
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Research and development on 2.2 square kilometres
FZJ research areas: Founded:
11 December 1956
Employees:
5 300 (total)
482 PhD students
872 visiting scientists
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Energy and EnvironmentHow can we transform the energy sector? How can
we live and work in a sustainable manner and protect the
environment?
Soil researchPlant researchClimate research
Efficient
power plants
Nuclear waste
disposal research
New storage
technologies
FusionPhotovoltaicsFuel cell and
hydrogen research
Biotechnology
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• 140 employees
• 45 researchers
• 25 PhD students
• Bioeconomy
• Plant phenotyping
Forschungszentrum Jülich
IBG-2: Plant Scienceswww.fz-juelich.de/ibg/ibg-2
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October 2012 :
Contract between EMBRAPA and
IBG-2
EMBRAPA representative in
Germany at IBG-2:
Dr. Paulo Herrmann
September 2013:
Opening ceremony of LABEX-GIB
LABEX Germany in Brazil (LABEX-GIB)
left: EMBRAPA president Dr.
Mauricio Lopes; right: Head of IBG-2
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schurr
More information: Labex Europe -
Portal Embrapa
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Associates and partners
Cooperation with industry:
Bayer, RWE, Evonik, Henkel,
evocatal, GFP, breeders,
Phytowelt and others
Brasil
India
China
•54 institutes
•1200 employees
•Joint technology platforms
•One of the largest Bioeconomy
institutions in Europe
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Multidisciplinary and cross-sectorial education
- Many sciences are needed
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Systems Biology
• Informatics/ Robotics/
Engineering
• Processing - Engineering
• Plant Sciences and Genetics
• Geosciences
• Ecology
• Agro Sciences
Economy, Social Sciences, Political Sciences, Communication and Media
Soil
Nurients
Water
Plant Biomass
and Performance
Chemicals and
Pharmaceuticals
Fuels and
EnergyFood and
Nutrition
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Design and application of
robotics and informatics
• Automation and Integration
• Quantitative Image Analysis
specialized plant growth facilities
• UV-transparent greenhouse
• Fully automated growth chambers
• Field positioning systems
databases, computing and
experimental planning tools
• Plant Information System
• Environment Data Base
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Experimental approaches
• Tests at greenhouse and outdoor conditions
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• Application of non-invasive phenotyping technologies to quantify the
dynamics of plant growth
Study of crop growth dynamics by shoot imaging
Study of growth dynamics by remote
sensing of plant height
Experimental approaches
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Analysis of root system architecture in soil-filled rhizotrons
• rhizotron and rhizosphere measurements for analyzing
responses of root structures to fertilizer applications
Experimental approaches
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CCD camera
Experimental approaches
S. Blossfeld, C. Schreiber, G. Liebsch, A. Kuhn, P. Hinsinger (2013) Annals of Botany
M. Faget, S. Blossfeld, P. v. Gillhaußen, U. Schurr, V. Temperton (2013) Frontiers in Plant Science
S. Blossfeld (2013) Plant and Soil
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Experimental approaches: Miniaturized
spectrometer for UAVs
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• Using marginal lands for plant biomass production
• Using „digestates“ or other biogenic residues to
increase soil fertility for improved plant production
Scientific goals:
• Process-understanding and establishment
of low-energy, self-sustaining agricultural
systems for plant biomass production
• Prevention from land-use conflicts or “food
versus fuel“ controversy
Plant biomass and residues experiments:
Background & scopeMain questions: can we maintain a plant-soil-system for a
sustainable production of plant biomass, at low energy
input conditions using perennial plants, and through re-
application of plant residues (e.g. „digestates“) as soil
conditioners/fertilizers?
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Background & scope
Amount of
digestates in
Germany 2010:
60 million tons
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Background & scope
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Background & scope
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German-Brazilian collaboration projects:
1.: PURESBioProcess understanding and usage of residues for
sustainable plant biomass production
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Institution Barzlian Partner
EMBRAPA, Pesquisadora Sistemas de Produção
Sustentáveis
Embrapa Clima Temperado/
Embrapa Temperate Agriculture
Partner 1:
Dr. Rosane Martinazzo
Dr. Carlos Augusto Posser Silveira
Dr. Adilson Luis Bamberg [email protected]
MSc. Ricardo Alexandre Valgas
Prof. Sandro Giacomini (Universidade Federal de Santa
Maria) - [email protected]
CTBE – Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do
Bioetanol - CNPEM | CTBE/ Brazilian Bioethanol Science
and Technology Laboratory
Partner 2:
Dr. Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco
Dr. Camila Caldana
Federal Institute of Goiás (IFG), Campus Goiânia
Federal University of Applied Sciences
Rua 75, no. 46, Centro, Goiânia, CEP: 74055-110, Brazil
*Federal University of Goiás – UFG, Agronomy
Department
Campus Samambaia
Rodovia Goiânia / Nova Veneza, Km 0 - Caixa Postal 131,
CEP 74690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
Partner 3:
Prof. Dr. Joachim Werner Zang
Prof. Dr. Warde A. da Fonseca-Zang
Prof. Dr. Sérgio Botelho de Oliveira
*Prof. Dr. Wilson Mozena Leandro
Brazilian partners
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Aims & scope
• Evaluating the effects of biogenic residues
as fertilizers and soil conditioners with regard
to plant performance, biomass yield, soil
carbon and soil conditions (e.g. water
holding capacity)
• Considering marginal soils (i.e. unfertile, low-
yielding soils) for plant biomass production
and simultaneous improvement of these
soils via incorporation of biogenic residues
• Investigating plant-soil interaction in the
rhizosphere at various soil and fertility
conditions, plant availability of added
nutrients
• Application of phenotyping technologies to
investigate the root development at various soil
conditions
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Aims & scope
• Analyses of plant biomass, biogenic
residues and soils with regard to
nutrient content, nutrient fluctuations and
nutrient availability
• Modeling of water and nutrient
dynamics in soils treated with biogenic
residues and the respective plant growth
• Analysis of pesticide behavior in soils
treated with residues
• List of recommendations for residues
application adapted to its location
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Aims & scope
Realization plan and expected knowledge gain:
• Sustainable soil usage: Systematic analysis provide important
information for the use of biogenic residues, soil fertility and plant
growth
• Process understanding: Analysis of plant-soil interaction may
provide important information for biomass yield
• Cropping optimization: Knowledge-based recommendations
for agricultural management
• Technology development: Phenotyping technology for non-
invasive plant analysis and technology for residues applications,
transfer of knowledge for sugarcane production
• Strengthening and developing national and international
research collaborations in terms of a sustainable bio-economy
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German-Brazilian collaboration projects:
2.: ASHESRecycling of nutrients from residues of thermo-
chemical processing of bagasse/ straw
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Brazilian partners
Kontakt
Prof. Dr. Fernando Galembeck
rg.br
Prof. Dr. Joachim Werner Zang
Prof. Dr. Warde A. da Fonseca-
Zang
Luiz Sávio Medeiros Teixeira
luiz.savio.teixeira@agricultura.
gov.br
Wilson Mozena Leandro
Institution
CNPEM
Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and
Materials
IFG
Federal Institute of Goiás Campus Goiânia
LANAGRO/MAPA
Laboratório Nacional Agropecuário /
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e
Abastecimento
UFG
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Escola de
Agronomia e Engenharia de Alimentos,
Goiânia, Goiás
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Aims & scope
The following challenges have to be tackled
and integrated to a sustainable system:
• balancing matter fluxes and timing of
availability of residues
• Evaluation of mass fluxes of bagasse,
resulting ashes, and ashes-based fertilizer
quality, and nutrient availability for crops
In order to achieve these goals close collaboration of the following disciplines/
expertizes is necessary:
• Engineering of combustion and gasification processes
• Analytical chemistry
• Formulation of nutrients and agri-engineering
• Screening of uptake efficiency of nutrients in plants
• Field-testing of selected combinations of application (mode of thermochemical
treatment, formulation, Agri-technological application, crop species)
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Aims & scope at IBG-2 within ASHES
• Modified ashes will be tested to determine the bioavailability of plant
nutrients such as phosphorous
• Sugarcane as one of the target plants will be cultivated and
reproduced for the experimental approaches
• Evaluating the fertilizing potential of pure, non-modified ashes
obtained from Brazilian sugar mills in comparison with regular
fertilization, applying maize, soy and sugarcane as test plants
• Investigation of modified ashes/ash based fertilizers at different
levels in different substrates
• Analysis of rhizosphere processes employing rhizotrons and planar
optodes
• Dissemination of results: conference contributions and publications
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Thanks for your attention!
Questions and comments are appreciated!