Sino-German International Research Training Group AMAIZE-P

Research Subjects (RS) of AMAIZE-P

Research Subject (RS) 1.1 Research Subject (RS) 1.2 Research Subject (RS) 1.3 Research Subject (RS) 2.1 Research Subject (RS) 2.2 Research Subject (RS) 2.3 Research Subject (RS) 2.4 Research Subject (RS) 3.1 Research Subject (RS) 3.2 Research Subject (RS) 3.4 Research Subject (RS) 3.3 Research Subject (RS) 4.1 Research Subject (RS) 4.2

Figure: The phosphate cycle in a future scenario with maximized phosphate use efficiency and minimized losses.

Subject Area 1

  • RS 1.1 - Genetic variation, genetic architecture and genomic prediction of P-use-efficiency traits in European and Chinese maize
  • RS 1.2 - Importance of root architecture and rhizosphere-related processes for improving phosphate use efficiency
  • RS 1.3 - Regulatory modules of carbon resource allocation under different phosphate availabilities

Subject Area 2

  • RS 2.1 - Genotype to phenotype modelling of phosphate acquisition and related biomass and yield traits of maize
  • RS 2.2 - Increasing soil phosphate availability and phosphate fertilizer efficiency
  • RS 2.3 - Detecting phosphate status in soil and in maize canopies by non-invasive methods
  • RS 2.4 - Heavy metals from phosphate fertilizers in maize based food-feed-energy systems

Subject Area 3

  • RS 3.1 - Impact of reduced-phosphate-availability on essential micronutrients in maize for human consumption
  • RS 3.2 - Inositol phosphates in the digestive tract and phosphate utilisation of farm animals fed maize
  • RS 3.3 - Deployment of phosphate resources for nutrient recycling via anaerobic digestion systems
  • RS 3.4 - Hydrothermal conversion of biomass to carbon materials with phosphate recovery

Subject Area 4

  • RS 4.1 - Economic analyses at plot, farm enterprise, regional and sectoral levels
  • RS 4.2 - Synthesis and field experiments
  • RS 4.3 - Economic assessment of future phosphorus availability: Impacts on agricultural and food markets at farm, national and global levels

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