Abstract
Comments on “Adaptation of Chinese and German maize-based food-feed-energy systems to limited phosphate resources—a new Sino-German international research training group”
Highlights
Of all nutritional elements essential for plants, phosphorus is one of the most limited elements worldwide
To extend the life of the existing phosphate reserves, the situation calls for closing of the phosphate cycles and increasing the phosphate fertilizer and feed additive utilization efficiencies
China and Germany together cover most aspects of the multi-purpose crop maize under a wide range of different climate conditions. In this uniquely interdisciplinary and international research and training program for early career scientists, the vision of a closed phosphate cycle is the driving force for science tackled by four consecutive research areas that address genetic potential, management at field and farm level, nutrition and recovery as well as economic evaluation and synthesis
Summary
Of all nutritional elements essential for plants, phosphorus is one of the most limited elements worldwide. Comments on “Adaptation of Chinese and German maizebased food-feed-energy systems to limited phosphate resources—a new Sino-German international research training group” In China, reserves are estimated to run out in less than 25 years, based on the current consumption, and Germany does not have any phosphate resources of its own at all.
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