Phase2: Agriculture 4.0 without Chemical‐Synthetic Plant Protection (NOcsPS)

Cluster 1: Experimental Setups

Consortium Partner 1

Experimental set-up and supervision of NOcsPS cropping systems

Subproject Team:

Experimental Station(400)

Dr. Wilfried Hermann

Experimental Station

Dr. Jürgen Schwarz

Duration: 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2025

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Cluster 2: Fertilization and Soil Fertility

Consortium Partner 2

Targeted use of mineral fertilizers and bio-effectors with crop protection effect

Subproject Team:

Department of Fertilization and Soil Matter Dynamics (340i)

Prof. Dr. Torsten Müller
Dr. Klára Bradáčová

Duration: 01.10.2025 – 30.06.2028

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Consortium Partner 3

Targeted use of mineral fertilizers and bio-effectors in legumes with plant protection effect

Subproject Team:

Department of Fertilization and Soil Matter Dynamics (340h)

Prof. Dr. Uwe Ludewig

Duration: 01.03.2025 – 28.02.2028

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Consortium Partner 4

N2O-Emissionen aus NOcsPS-Beständen: Einfluss von Fruchtart und Treibhausgas-Minderungsstrategien (Nitrifikationsinhibitor und Tiefenablage) bei der N-Düngung

Subproject Team:

Department of Fertilization and Soil Matter Dynamics (340i)

Prof. Dr. Torsten Müller
Dr. Reiner Ruser

Duration: 01.01.2026 – 30.09.2028

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Cluster 3: Plant Health Management

Consortium Partner 5

Use of innovative, preventive and mechanical methods of weed control in NOcsPS-systems

Subproject Team:

Department of Weed Science (360b)

Prof. Dr. Roland Gerhards

Duration: 01.07.2025 – 30.06.2028

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Consortium Partner 6

Lab-to-field Upscaling von Biologicals und KI-gestütztem Pathogen-Monitoring

Subproject Team:

Department of Phytopathology (360a)

Prof. Dr. Ralf Vögele

Duration: 01.10.2025 – 30.09.2028

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Consortium Partner 7

Lab-to-field Upscaling von Biologicals und KI-gestütztem Pathogen-Monitoring

Subproject Team:

Department of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture (440g)

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anthony Stein

Duration: 15.03.2025 – 14.12.2027

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Cluster 4: Biodiversity

Consortium Partner 8

Effects of pesticides on biodiversity and innovative approaches for non-chemical synthetic plant protection

Subproject Team:

Department of Applied Entomology(310b)

Prof. Dr. Georg Petschenka

Duration: .10.2025 – 30.09.2028

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Consortium Partner 9

Effects of pesticides on biodiversity and ecosystem services at the landscape scale

Subproject Team:https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/?id=158646

Department of Ecology of Agricultural Systems (490f)

Prof. Dr. Ingo Graß

Duration: 01.10.2025 - 30.09.2028

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Consortium Partner 10

Scale-dependent variation and natural pest control in agricultural landscapes with different csPPP loads

Subproject Team:

Department of Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science (320a)

Prof. Dr. Frank Schurr
Dr. Jörn Pagel
Prof. Dr. Andreas Schweiger

Duration: 01.10.2025 - 30.09.2028

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Consortium Partner 11

Effects of the abandonment of chemical-synthetic pesticides on soil organisms

Subproject Team:

Soil Biology (310b)

Prof. Dr. Ellen Kandeler
Dr. Sven Marhan

Duration: 01.10.2025 - 30.09.2028

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Consortium Partner 12

Improvement of biological plant protection through banker plant systems with companion plants

Subproject Team:

Institute for Strategies and Technology Assessment

Prof. Dr. Stefan Kühne
Dr. Sandra Krengel-Horney

Duration: 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2027

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Cluster 5: Plant Production Systems Modeling

CP13
CP14

Consortium Partner 13

Model-based assessment of interactive effects of biotic and abiotic stress on yields, nitrogen use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions in NOcsPS cropping systems

Subproject Team:

Institute for Strategies and Technology Assessment

Dr. Til Feike
Dr. Bettina Klocke

Duration: 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2027

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Consortium Partner 14

Development and evaluation of long-term (yield) effects in NOcsPS crop rotations and simulation/testing of further options for crop rotation adaptation

Subproject Team:

Dep. Agronomy (340a)

Prof. Dr. Simone Graeff-Hönninger
Dr. Sebastian Munz
Prof. Dr. Sandra Schmöckel

Duration: 01.10.2025 – 30.09.2028

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Consortium Partner 15

Further development of the sustainability assessment of future-oriented agricultural systems

Subproject Team:

Department of Biobased Resources in the Bioeconomy (340b)

Prof. Dr. Iris Lewandowski
Jan Weik , M.Sc.

Duration: 01.10.2025 – 30.09.2028

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Consortium Partner 16

Economic assessment of NOcsPS cropping systems and potential analysis of various NOcsPS implementation strategies

Subproject Team:

Department of Farm Management (410b)

Prof. Dr. Enno Bahrs
Dr. Beate Zimmermann
Dr. Elisabeth Angenendt

Duration: 01.10.2025 – 30.09.2028

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Cluster 7: Market Potential and Implementation Strategies

CP17
CP18

Consortium Partner 17

Social acceptance and willingness to pay for NOcsPS products: Real-world experiments and stakeholder analyses for the establishment of a new market segment

Subproject Team:

Department of Consumer Behaviour in the Bioeconomy (420c)

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ramona Weinrich

Duration: 01.10.2025 – 30.09.2028

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Consortium Partner 18

Specialty of crops produced in the NOcsPS cropping system from the consumer perspective

Subproject Team:

Marketing for Food and Agricultural Products

Prof. Dr. Achim Spiller

Duration: 01.07.2025 – 30.06.2028

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Consortium Partner 1

Subproject Team:

Experimental Station(400)

Dr. Wilfried Hermann

Experimental Station

Dr. Jürgen Schwarz

Consortium Partner 2

Subproject Team:

Department of Fertilization and Soil Matter Dynamics (340i)

Prof. Dr. Torsten MüllerDr. Klára Bradáčová

Consortium Partner 3

Subproject Team:

Department of Fertilization and Soil Matter Dynamics (340h)

Prof. Dr. Uwe Ludewig

Consortium Partner 4

Subproject Team:

Department of Fertilization and Soil Matter Dynamics (340i)

Prof. Dr. Torsten MüllerDr. Reiner Ruser

Consortium Partner 5

Subproject Team:

Department of Weed Science (360b)

Prof. Dr. Roland Gerhards

Consortium Partner 6

Subproject Team:

Department of Phytopathology (360a)

Prof. Dr. Ralf Vögele

Consortium Partner 7

Subproject Team:

Department of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture (440g)

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anthony Stein

Consortium Partner 8

Subproject Team:

Department of Applied Entomology(310b)

Prof. Dr. Georg Petschenka

Consortium Partner 9

Subproject Team:https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/?id=158646

Department of Ecology of Agricultural Systems (490f)

Prof. Dr. Ingo Graß

Consortium Partner 10

Subproject Team:

Department of Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science (320a)

Prof. Dr. Frank SchurrDr. Jörn PagelProf. Dr. Andreas Schweiger

Consortium Partner 11

Subproject Team:

Soil Biology (310b)

Prof. Dr. Ellen KandelerDr. Sven Marhan

Consortium Partner 12

Subproject Team:

Institute for Strategies and Technology Assessment

Prof. Dr. Stefan KühneDr. Sandra Krengel-Horney

Consortium Partner 13

Subproject Team:

Institute for Strategies and Technology Assessment

Dr. Til FeikeDr. Bettina Klocke

Consortium Partner 14

Subproject Team:

Dep. Agronomy (340a)

Prof. Dr. Simone Graeff-HönningerDr. Sebastian MunzProf. Dr. Sandra Schmöckel

Consortium Partner 15

Subproject Team:

Department of Biobased Resources in the Bioeconomy (340b)

Prof. Dr. Iris Lewandowski Jan Weik , M.Sc.

Consortium Partner 16

Subproject Team:

Department of Farm Management (410b)

Prof. Dr. Enno BahrsDr. Beate ZimmermannDr. Elisabeth Angenendt

Consortium Partner 17

Social acceptance and willingness to pay for NOcsPS products: Real-world experiments and stakeholder analyses for the establishment of a new market segment

Subproject Team:

Department of Consumer Behaviour in the Bioeconomy (420c)

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ramona Weinrich

Consortium Partner 18

Subproject Team:

Marketing for Food and Agricultural Products

Prof. Dr. Achim Spiller

Prof. Dr. Torsten Müller
Dr. Klára Bradáčová

Prof. Dr. Torsten Müller
Dr. Reiner Ruser

Prof. Dr. Frank Schurr
Dr. Jörn Pagel
Prof. Dr. Andreas Schweiger

Prof. Dr. Ellen Kandeler
Dr. Sven Marhan

Prof. Dr. Stefan Kühne
Dr. Sandra Krengel-Horney

Dr. Til Feike
Dr. Bettina Klocke

Prof. Dr. Simone Graeff-Hönninger
Dr. Sebastian Munz
Prof. Dr. Sandra Schmöckel

Prof. Dr. Iris Lewandowski
Jan Weik , M.Sc.

Prof. Dr. Enno Bahrs
Dr. Beate Zimmermann
Dr. Elisabeth Angenendt