ZALF Focus Area - Site Research Station Dedelow

<p>Located around 100 km north of Berlin, ZALF operates the Dedelow research station. The Dedelow Site is enclosed by Focus Area Quillow (https://doi.org/10.4228/zalf.7161-ft27). At this site, household (for instance CarboZALF) and third-party funded research projects are carried out, scientific measuring equipment is operated through ZALF, like the FluxCrane for measuring greenhouse gases, the ZALF weather station and Lysimeter and ajoining projects like Tereno (https://www.tereno.net). A big focus is on living labs like the AgroScapeLab Quillow (https://comm.zalf.de/sites/aslq/SitePages/Home.aspx). </p>
<p>Dedelow is located in the northeast German glacial landscape and is characterized by a domed ground moraine. This is particularly evident in the small-scale heterogeneous soil properties and changing terrain profiles (knolls, depressions). Climatically, Dedelow is a continentally influenced location with 500 mm annual precipitation and an annual mean temperature of 8.7 °C, which is characterized by frequent pre-summer drought.</p>
<p>The dominant soil type is para-brown earth. Dedelow is one of the better sites in the Uckermark with a soil index of 35 - 50. The composition of the topsoil (10% clay - 30% silt - 60% sand) corresponds to a sandy loam, the supply of basic nutrients is in the B/C range. </p>
<p>The Dedelow trial station has the personnel and field trial technology to implement different cultivation systems in different plot sizes. There is also close contact with farmers in the region through field days and long-term cooperation.</p>