Dr. József Zsembeli - MATE Research
Overview
Dr. József Zsembeli's research focuses on the development of soil- and water-conserving cultivation techniques, the impact of land use on soil CO2 emissions and organic carbon stocks, with a focus on cultivating farming systems tailored to the agroecological conditions of the Great Hungarian Plain. He elaborates soil protective methodologies to safeguard against adverse effects. He also investigates how soil water and material cycles alleviate the impact of abiotic stress factors on plants. Furthermore, he evaluates the effect of irrigation on crops and the physical and chemical attributes of soils. His expertise covers water and salt balance monitoring by lysimeters providing pedological and hydrological assessments within the primary soil types prevalent in the Great Hungarian Plain.
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Publications
Optimization of soil cultivation, water management, and irrigation on heavy textured soils with special regards to climate change and mitigation of organic carbon losses.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12020516
Projects
Project no. 1.: Training of farmers V4 in techniques for environmental protection and soil water management
In 2018 a group of universities, given in the application, did a successful research on a project no. within the Visegrad Fund. The outputs were in a written form provided electronically on web pages of the project free to download for public. The objective of the project is to widen information about the results of the above mentioned project to the widest target group. The project will be realized especially in the form of practical seminars and lectures in all the countries of the V4.In the proposed project, there is a rotation of previously cooperating partners, the coordinator of the project becomes the University of Agriculture in Nitra.
https://visegradfund.uniag.sk/index.html
Project no. 2.: The role of conservation soil tillage in sustainable crop production and prevention of soil degradation with a focus on climate change
An international-level approach to the examination and implementation of modern, soil-protective cultivation systems and methods in the soil:plant:water system, with particular regard to climate damage and soil degradation. Regarding the progress of scientific knowledge related to soil conservation cultivation, we expect valuable results from the comparison of the experiments carried out by the Croatian and Hungarian research groups, as well as the soil quality, weed population, crop yields, etc. from the methods used for monitoring.
