Scientific publications

2026:

Broeg T, Don A., Scholten T., Erasmi S. (2026): Reducing Bias in Cropland Soil Organic Carbon and Clay Predictions using Sentinel-2 Composites and Data Balancing. Remote Sensing of Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.115109

2025:

Attia A, Woli P, Long CR, Rouquette FM, Smith GR, Datta A, Feike T, Rajan N (2025): Unlocking climate resilience by exploring the mitigation potential of improved rotation with cover cropping. Journal of Environmental Management. 391, 126352, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126352

Brinkord M, Seintsch B, Elsasser P (2025): CO₂ Estimation of Tree Biomass in Forest Stands: A Simple and IPCC-Compliant Approach. Forests 16 (10), S. 1580 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f16101580

Brinkord M, Elsasser P, Seintsch B (2025): Kohlenstoff-ETs: Bewährte Tafeln, neue Einsichten –  praxisnah. AFZ-Der Wald (2), S. 28-31

Coniglio R, Behrens D, Schütt F, Roesky N, Vogler U and Appelt, J. (2025): Exploring the potential of ammoxidation of lignins to enhance amide-nitrogen for wood-based peat alternatives and its impact on plant development. Holzforschung, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1515/hf-2024-0127

Gibson M, Sundiang M, Mason-D’Croz D, Oliveira T D, Beier F, Benavidez L, Bos A, Chepeliev M, Doelman J, Dunston S, Fujimori S, Hasegawa T, Havlik P, Hristov J, Jägermeyr J, Kozicka M, Kuiper M, Kumar I, de Lange T, Bodirsky B, Lotze-Campen H, Luchtenbelt H, Chen D, Mishra A, Müller C, Nelson G, Pérez Domínguez I, Popp A, Sands R, Springmann M, Stehfest E, Sulser T, Takahashi K, Tassinari G, Thom F, Thornton P, Tommey J, Tsuchiya K, van Zeist W-J, van Meijl H, van der Mensbrugghe D, Palazzo A, van Vuuren D, van Zanten H, Weindl I, Wiebe K, Zhao X, Kyle P, Herrero M (resubmitted after revisions): Food systems transformation would imply a radical revaluing of global agriculture. Nature. Preprint available: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6009571/v1

Hörmann VJ, Özgen-Xian I, Beyer M, Gerchow M, Gillefalk M, Hoppenbrock J, Strohbach MW, Preidl S, Quambusch M (2025): Urban Tree Drought Stress: A Practitioner-Focused Review of Detection and Monitoring Methods. Hydrological Processes 39, no. 10: e70298. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70298

Hunecke C,¹⁾ Thom F,¹⁾ Vogt J, Bellingrath-Kimura S D, Brück T, Gaupp F, Geppert F, Grune T, Herzfeld T, Kulling S E, Ojha S, Piorr A, Regierer B, Renner B, Schlüter O, Schreiner M, Springmann M, Weith T, Wiedmer P (¹⁾ shared first authorship) (2025): Sustainable and Resilient Agrifood Systems (SARAS). A Leibniz Position. Sustainable Development 33 (5): 6871. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.3468

Laidig F, Feike T, Brandes H, Piepho HP (2025): Breeding progress of grain and forage maize in long-term variety trials compared to on-farm yield development. Theor Appl Genet 138 (2025) 303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-025-05085-6

Lobert F, Schwieder M, Alsleben J, Broeg T, Kowalski K, Okunjeni A, Hostert P, Erasmi S (2025): Unveiling Year-Round Cropland Cover by Soil-Specific Spectral Unmixing of Landsat and Sentinel-2 Time Series. Remote Sensing of Environment, 318, 114594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114594

Lobert F, Schwieder M, Hostert P, Gocht A, Erasmi S (2025): Characterizing spatio-temporal patterns of winter cropland cover in Germany based on Landsat and Sentinel-2 time series. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 142, 104728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2025.104728

Muro J, Blickensdörfer L, Don A, Köber A, Asam S, Schwieder M, Erasmi S (2025): Hedgerow mapping with high resolution satellite imagery to support policy initiatives at national level. Remote Sensing of Environment, 328, 114870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114870

Oettler MJ, Stumpf G, Schulz K, Todte M, Hüttner K, Heyne H, Mettenleiter TC, Conraths FJ, Sauter-Louis C (2025): Strict Biosecurity and Epidemiological Segmentation Enable Partial Culling During a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak. Vet Med (Auckl). 2025;16:25-37. https://doi.org/10.2147/VMRR.S539444

Pathi KM, Sprink T (2025): Lupins in the Genome Editing Era: Advances in Plant Cell Culture, Double Haploid Technology and Genetic Transformation for Crop Improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1601216

Schütze B, Heukrodt S, Kruse M, Landmann M, Lembke HA, Schmidt F et al. (2025): Hecken als Kohlenstoffsenke und Lebensraum in der Agrarlandschaft fördern - Umsetzung erleichtern. In: Berichte über Landwirtschaft - Zeitschrift für Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaft 103. https://doi.org/10.12767/buel.v103i2.552 

Shanmugapriya S, Bargiel D, Htitiou A, Gerighausen H (2025): A SAR-Driven Approach for Winter Catch Crop Classification in Germany. IEEE access : practical research, open solutions / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 13, 171642–171665. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3615739

Shawon AR, Attia A, Ko J, Memic E, Uptmoor R, Hackauf B, Feike T (2025) Impact of calibration strategy and data on wheat simulation with the DSSAT‐Nwheat model. Agron J, 117 (4), e70111, https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70111

Sundiang et al. (2025) Bundling measures for food systems transformation: a global, multimodel assessment. The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 9, Issue 10, 101339. DOI: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.101339, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519625002177

Thom F, Beier F, Gibson M, Sundiang M, Chen D, de Lange T, Luchtenbelt H, Tassinari G, Mishra A, Dinaz Oliveira T (2025): Between code and conscience: early-career researcher reflections on agroeconomic modelling and international research collaboration. The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 9, Issue 10, 101303. DOI: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.101303, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519625001810

2024:

Attia A, Marohn C, Shawon AR, de Kock A, Strassemeyer J, Feike T (2024). Do rotations with cover crops increase yield and soil organic carbon? – A modeling study in southwest Germany. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.109167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109167

Bialozyt RB, Roß-Nickoll M, Ottermanns R, Jetzkowitz J (2024): The different ways to operationalise the social in applied models and simulations of sustainability science: A contribution for the enhancement of good modelling practices. Ecological Modelling 500, 110952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110952

Brinkord M, Elsasser P, Seintsch B (2024): Kohlenstoff-Ertragstafeln: Tabellenblätter. Göttingen: OpenAgrar, URL: www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00096138. DOI: 10.3220/DATA20240515142455-0

Brög T, Don A, Gocht A, Scholten T, Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi R, Erasmi S (2024a): Using local ensemble models and Land-sat bare soil composites for large-scale soil organic carbon maps in cropland. Geoderma, 444, 116850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116850

Brög T, Don A, Wiesmeier M, Scholten T, Erasmi S (2024b): Spatiotemporal monitoring of cropland soil organic carbon changes from space. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17608

Coniglio R, Schütt F, Appelt J (2024): Challenges for the utilization of ammoxidized lignins and wood fibres as a peat substitute in horticultural substrates. Journal of Cleaner Production 475 (2024) 143737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143737

Duden C, Nacke C, Offermann F (2024): German yield and area data for 11 crops from 1979 to 2021 at a harmonized spatial resolution of 397 districts. Sci Data 11:95. DOI:10.1038/s41597-024-02951-8

Herrmann A, Schulz K, Wischnewski N, Brüssau J, Zeiler E, Sauter-Louis C (2024): Risk Awareness and Attitude of German Farmers towards Biosecurity Measures. Animals 2024, 14, 1102. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14071102

Jetzkowitz J (2024): Themenessay Soziologische Forschung für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Soziologische Revue 47(3): 296–307. https://doi.org/10.1515/srsr-2024-2040

Laidig F, Feike T, Lichthardt C, Schierholt A, Piepho HP (2024): Breeding progress of nitrogen use efficiency of cereal crops, winter oilseed rape and peas in long-term variety trials. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 137, 45. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00122-023-04521-9

Laidig F, Feike T, Lichthardt C et al. (2024): Breeding progress of nitrogen use efficiency of cereal crops, winter oilseed rape and peas in long-term variety trials. Theor Appl Genet137, 45 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-023-04521-9

Löw P, Osterburg B (2024): Evaluation of nitrogen balances and nitrogen use efficiencies on farm level of the German agricultural sector. Agric Syst 213:103796. DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103796

Müller-Blenkle C, Adler CS (2024): Increasing the Oxygen Consumption in Hermetic Grain Storage Using Grain Weevils (Sitophilus granarius). Insects, 15(11), 845. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15110845

Muro J, Blickensdörfer L, Don A, Köber A, Schwieder M, Erasmi S (2024): Hedgerow mapping with high resolution satellite imagery to support policy initiatives at national level. Remote Sensing of the Environment (preprint). http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5011709

Pham V-D, Tetteh G, Thiel F, Erasmi S, Schwieder M, Frantz D, van der Linden S (2024): Temporally transferable crop mapping with temporal encoding and deep learning augmentations. International Journal of Applied Earth Obser-vation and Geoinformation 129, 103867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.103867

Riedesel L, Ma D, Piepho HP, Laidig F, Möller M, Golla B, Kautz T, Feike T (2024): Climate change induced heat and drought stress hamper climate change mitigation in German cereal production. Field Crops Research, 317, 109551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109551

Schütze B, Tönshoff C, Wegmann J (2024): Neuanlage von Hecken: Hemmnisse im rechtlichen und förderpolitischen Kontext. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 56(11), S. 28-35. DOI:10.1399/NuL.79851

Selvaraj S, Bargiel D, Htitiou A, Gerighausen H (2024): Ana-lyzing Temporal Characteristics of Winter Catch Crops Using Sentinel-1 Time Series. Remote Sens. 2024, 16, 3737. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16193737

Shawon AR, Memic E, Kottmann L, Uptmoor R, Hackauf B, Feike T (2024): Comprehensive evaluation of the DSSAT‐CSM‐CERES‐Wheat for simulating winter rye against multi‐environment data in Germany. Agronomy Journal 116: 1844-1868. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21590

Thom F, Gocht A, Grethe H (2024): EU agriculture under an import stop for food and feed. World Econ 47(5):2094-2121, DOI:10.1111/twec.13537

2023:

Brög T, Don A, Gocht A, Scholten T, Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi R, Erasmi S (2023): Using Local Ensemble Models and Landsat Bare Soil Composites for Large-Scale Soil Organic Carbon Maps. Preprint, available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4594434

Pathi KM, Sprink T (2023). From Petri Dish to Field: Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering of Oats for Improved Agri-cultural Outcomes. Plants, 12(21), 3782. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12213782

Quambusch M, Strohbach M, Hörmann V, Rutikanga A et al. (2023) Entwicklung eines Verfahrens für die klimawirksame Gestaltung der multi­funktionalen, urbanen grünen Infrastruktur – Auftaktveranstaltung des multidisziplinären Forschungsprojektes „Maximierung der Kohlenstoffsequestrierung in Stadtbäumen (CliMax)“, Journal für Kulturpflanzen; Bd. 75 Nr. 01-02 (2023): Urbane Landwirtschaft. https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/Kulturpflanzenjournal/article/view/16991