ICON

DFG-Research Unit FOR 1701 - Introducing Non-Flooded Crops in Rice-Dominated Landscapes: Impact on Carbon, Nitrogen and Water Cycles (ICON)

ICON major goals: The interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research unit ICON explores and quantifies the ecological consequences of future changes in rice production. The research unit provides the basic process understanding necessary for balancing the revenues and environmental impacts of high-yield rice cropping systems while maintaining their vital ecosystem services. ICON focuses on the consequences of altered flooding regimes, crop diversification and different crop management strategies on the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nitrogen, the associated green-house gas emissions, the water balance, and further important ecosystem services of rice cropping systems.