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The main directions of research carried out at the Station based on many years of static fertilization experience:

• development of new and modification of the existing needs for fertilization of unexplored species and / or varieties,
• assessment of the impact of the degree of acidification and soil abundance in basic nutrients on the quality characteristics of plants,
• assessment of the long-term impact of various fertilization systems on soil and plants,
• assessment of the impact of mineral and organic fertilization on yielding, chemical composition and quality characteristics of various species of agricultural plants and their varieties,
• assessment of the productivity of plants grown in rotation or monoculture depending on differentiated fertilization,
• assessment of the effectiveness of fertilization of agricultural and fruit plants,
• development or refinement of the balance of individual nutrients over the years,
• assessment of the ecological effects of diversified soil acidification or unsustainable mineral fertilization,
• dynamics of changes in soil nutrient content based on the analysis of soil samples collected in the “sample bank”,
• development of simulation models of prospective changes in soil fertility and crop yielding on a specific soil.

Other research directions carried out at the Station:

• ways to increase the effectiveness of organic fertilizers,
• assessment of suitability for fertilization of various raw materials and new mineral fertilizers,
• fertilization techniques and technologies,
• heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in agricultural ecosystems,
• fertilizing waste utilization,
• creating a balance of elements in agricultural agro-systems,
• regeneration of soils heavily depleted of available forms of nutrients.

Domestic and international projects implemented at WSD:

1.INSPIRATION− “Managing soil and groundwater impacts from agriculture for sustainable intensification” 2016-2019 The project is implemented under the Horizon 2020 program, MSCA-ITN-2015-ETN – Maria Skłodowska-Curie competition, grant agreement No 675120. The program is implemented by the University of Sheffield (UK), EAWAG (Switzerland), University of Wageningen (Netherlands), Teagasc (Ireland), TE Laboratories Limited (Ireland), Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) (Germany), IWW- Beratung GMBH (Germany), University of Liège (Belgium), Flemish Institute for Technological Research (Belgium), Geolys SPRL (Belgium) and the Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography of the Warsaw University of Technology together with the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) as a partner (dr hab. Ewa Szara, an employee of Agricultural Chemistry).

2. Intensify production, transform biomass to energy and novel goods and protect soils in Europe “Implementation period 1.04.2016-31.03.2019. a project coordinated by the Norwegians, in which the task manager was prof. Wiesław Szulc was carried out by employees of agricultural chemistry next to WSD Skierniewice there are experimental objects from the following centers: NIBIO (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research), Særheim, Norway, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen GmbH, Munich, Germany, INRA (National Institute of Agronomic Research), Bordeaux, France , CIEMAT (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas), Madrid, Spain, Martlhof am Tegernsee, Gmund-Ostin, Germany, Universita ‘degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy

3.Financed by the ERA-NET Bioenergy program. Cradle to cattle farming. Implementation 2016-2019 The project was implemented as part of a consortium coordinated by the Dutch company Cornelissen Consulting Services BV (CCS), and partners with ProfiNutrients from the Netherlands, Center for Ecology and Hydrology from Great Britain, Institute of New Syntheses Chemicznych (INS) from Puławy and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), represented by dr hab. M.Szymańska – agricultural chemistry and Dr. A. Wąs, Department of Economics and Organization of Enterprises. Project no: BIOENERGY / CtoCfarming / 03/2016

4. Annually SPUB in the years 2014-2019 “Faculty Experimental Station named after prof. Marian Górski in Skierniewice – many years of agrotechnical experience since 1922. Granted by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education – head dr hab. Wojciech Stępień, Professor at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences

List of grants and projects implemented on the basis of many years of experience or growing experience at the Station

• Composting onion waste after extraction. A research package implemented under the project “Modernization and development of R&D infrastructure in the area of pro-health, traditional food”. Operational Program Innovative Economy for 2014–2015. M. Szymańska, E. Szara, M. Korc.

• Development of an optimal technology for processing the digestate into products with high fertilizing value and development of instructions for their use in field production. The service was commissioned by Bioalians as part of the Voucher for Innovation program financed by PARP, 2013. J. Łabętowicz, M. Szymańska.

• Low-cost and environmentally safe system for fertilizing and sowing maize. Project implemented as part of the applied research program in path B. NCBiR project for 2012–2015. W. Stępień, W. Szulc, B. Rutkowska, T. Sosulski, M. Szymańska.

• N emissions rating ₂ O from soil and potential soil denitrification properties in various plant fertilization and cultivation systems. NCN author’s grant for 2011–2014. T. Sosulski, W. Stępień, M. Korc, E. Szara.

• Evaluation of the fertilization value and the impact on the soil of post-fermentation pulp produced in the process of biogas production with the use of various organic substrates. NCN author’s grant for 2010–2013 at the University of Life Sciences in Poznań. J. Łabętowicz, M. Szymańska, W. Stępień, M. Korc.

• Assessment of the impact of various forms of potassium fertilizers on the yield and quality of crops (sugar beet, potato, winter wheat, winter oilseed rape, corn for grain). Project under an international agreement with BPC Singapore Pte Ltd. for the years 2010–2013. J. Łabętowicz, W. Stępień.

• Development of a technology for the treatment and management of the digestate remaining as a by-product in the production of agricultural biogas. NCN author’s grant for 2010–2013. M. Szymańska, J. Łabętowicz, W. Stępień, T. Sosulski, M. Korc.

• Possibilities of using vermicultures in biomass utilization processes. Production and economic effects of substrate recycling after mushroom production in large-scale vermicompost production and earthworm multiplication technology. NCN author’s grant for 2010–2012 implemented at the Department of Economics and Organization of Enterprises at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. J. Żuk, M. Korc.

• Development of a technology for processing mushroom waste into organic fertilizer and organic-mineral fertilizers. NCBiR development project for 2008–2010. J. Łabętowicz, A. Fabirkiewicz, W. Szulc, B. Rutkowska, W. Stępień.

• Modern technologies of energy use of biomass and biodegradable waste / BiOB / Conversion of BiOB to energy gaseous fuels. Ordered grant (energy crops) for 2007–2010. Research task of the Department of Plant Physiology: Comparison of physiological parameters determining the biomass yield of selected energy plant species. S. Podlaski, D. Chołuj, G. Wiśniewski. Agricultural Chemistry research task: Development of a fertilization system for energy crops in conditions of various soil depletion from the available forms of nutrients. J. Łabętowicz, W. Stępień.

• Development of a system for fertilizing energy plants in conditions of various soil depletion from the available forms of nutrients. A subtask of a research project commissioned for the years 2007–2010. “Modern Technologies for the Energy Use of Biomass and Biodegradable Waste (BiOB) – Conversion of BiOB To Energy Gaseous Fuels” project coordinator of the Institute of Power Engineering, Warsaw. J. Łabętowicz, W. Stępień.

• Assessment of the effect of phosphorus, potassium, liming, brown coal fertilization on yields and properties of soils unfertilized for 83 years with these elements. KBN author’s grant for 2006–2009. W. Stępień, J. Łabętowicz, M. Szymańska.

• The productivity of the giant miscanthus ( Miscanthus x giganteus ) cultivated for energy purposes in the changed conditions of water and nutrient supply and the role of this species in the management of sewage sludge. KBN author’s grant for 2006–2009. Z. Wyszyński, W. Stępień, T. Łoboda, S. Pietkiewicz.

• Ion mobility in soil profiles from long-term, long-term fertilization experiments in Skierniewice. KBN author’s grant for 2006–2009. T. Kozanecka, W. Stępień, W. Kwasowski, Z. Brogowski.

• Assessment of the fertilization needs and the suitability of sewage sludge for fertilization of Miscanthus and Pennsylvania’s mallow. Internal grant for 2006–2008. W. Stępień.

• Usefulness of various extraction solutions for determination of soil contamination with heavy metals on the basis of plant indicators. Internal grant for 2006–2008. B. Rutkowska.

• Usefulness of various extraction solutions for determination of soil contamination with heavy metals on the basis of plant indicators. Internal grant for 2006–2008. W. Stępień.

• Effect of multi-year differentiated potassium fertilization in various crop rotations on chemical and mineralogical indicators of changes in the soil environment. KBN author’s grant for 2006–2008. W. Stępień, Z. Zagórski.

• Ion speciation in soil solution as a method of assessing the degree of contamination of soil and plants with heavy metals. KBN author’s grant for 2005–2008. J. Łabętowicz, M. Szymańska.

• Development of a methodology for determining sulfur fertilization needs. Internal grant for 2003–2006. W. Szulc, J. Łabętowicz.

• The use of brown coal to improve the physicochemical and biological properties of chemically contaminated soils. Research task under an author’s grant for 2003–2006. A. Maciejewska (Warsaw University of Technology), W. Stępień.

List of major studies within the framework of own research

• The use of many years of static fertilization experiments for long-term evaluation of various systems of fertilization of crops in terms of their agricultural efficiency and environmental effects,

• Development of fertilizer components management models in the agro-system for various types of farms,

• Research on the concept of new diagnostic systems in plant fertilization based on chemical analysis and speciation of soil solutions,

• Assessment of the suitability of raw and treated industrial and municipal waste and new fertilizers in terms of their agricultural value and environmental hazards,

• Assessment of the nutritional and fertilizing needs of energy crops in order to develop a technology for their fertilization based on the use of waste organic materials,

• Development of a technology for processing mushroom waste into granulated organic and organic-mineral fertilizers,

• Usefulness of post-fermentation mass from agricultural biogas plants for fertilizing crops,

• The depth of application of granulated fertilizers in terms of improving the use of nutrients by plants,

• The reaction of highbush blueberry to a very diverse soil abundance in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and pH, as well as to increasing doses of N with different mulching methods.

List of conferences from recent years in which the results of research from the Faculty Experimental Station were presented

1. Zagórski Z., Stępień W., Uzarowicz Ł., 2019. Transformations of clay minerals in soils under the influence of chemical changes induced by long-term fertilizing experiments. Book of abstracts, EUROCLAY 2019, Paris, 1-5 July 2019, p. 659.

2. Stępień W., Chojnicki J .. Influence of manure fertilization on soil properties of permanent field experiments in Skierniewice. Contemporary research directions in the field of soil geography, palaeopedology and organic matter in the environment. International. Toruń III 2019

3. Suwara I., Leszczyńska R. ,, Perzanowska A. ,, Gozdowski D .. Effect of forecrops and differentiated fertilization on the yield of spring wheat. Production and ecological aspects of agricultural production space management. National Kazimierz Dolny September 11-13, 2019

4. Figura M., Kamińska-Stępień S. ,, Lenart S. ,, Wyszyński Z. ,, Perzanowska A., Michalska-Klimczak B .. Influence of tillage systems on winter triticale yield and soil properties. Production and ecological aspects of agricultural production space management. national district Kazimierz Dolny September 11–13, 2019

5. Perzanowska A., Lenart S., Frąckiewicz P .. Influence of tillage method on selected soil properties and plant growth. New research trends in general soil and plant cultivation in Zakopane, June 24-26, 2019

6. Stępień W., Jan Łabętowicz, Katarzyna Szyszkowska Effect of fertilization with potassium salt and liming applied on highly acidic soil and not fertilized with potassium for several dozen years on soil properties. Causes and effects of soil environment degradation. international UP Rzeszów IX 11-13 2018

7. Górska E., Izabella Olejniczak, Wojciech Stępień, Anna Szybecka, Dariusz Gozdowski, Lidia Oktaba Changes in the bacterial community in the soil with different methods of its cultivation. Current status and protection needs of soils rich in organic carbon national IUNG Puławy IX 06 2018

8. Stępień W., Beata Rutkowska, Jan Łabętowicz Changes in physical and physicochemical properties of soils under conditions of differentiated fertilization and plant rotation in permanent fertilization experiments in Skierniewice.

9. Stępień w., Wiesław Szulc, Józef Chojnick. The impact of diversified fertilization and changes in permanent experiments in Skierniewice on changes in the content of nutrients in the soil profile of Soil – threats, national protection and reclamation UP Lublin VI 21-22 2018

10. Stępień W., Tomasz Sosulski, Ewa Szara The interaction of mineral and organic fertilization in the light of permanent fertilization experiments in Skierniewice. Long-term experiments in agricultural research, international UWM Olsztyn Vi 27-29 2018

11. Stępień W., Wiesław Szulc, Beata Rutkowska, Jan Łabętowicz Effects of crop rotation And fertilization on soil fertility and plant nutrition European Conference on Agricultural and Biosystems engineering. International Wageningen, the Netherlands VI 8-12 2018

12. Rutkowska B., Wiesław Szulc, Ewa Kuśmirek. Evaluation of the effect of new organic – mineral fertilizers on soil properties. VIII International Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2017” international Bosnia and Herzegovina X 2017

13. Stępień W .. Influence of many years of diversified fertilization on selected soil properties in permanent fertilization experiments in Skierniewice. The issue of soils covered by permanent agricultural experiments in the light of the requirements of the WRD-FAO Krajowa international soil classification criteria within the 80th anniversary of PTG Warsaw- Skierniewice 21-23IX 2017

14. Frąckiewicz P., Stanisław Lenart The impact of simplified farming systems on the concentration and resources of organic carbon in soil and crop yield. National Rzeszów IX 2017

15. Suwara I., Ciesielska A., Tymińska A., Gozdowski D Diversity of weeds in spring barley cultivation depending on fertilization. VII Scientific Conference of the Polish Agronomic Society “Biodiversity – new challenges for agriculture in Poland national Rzeszów IX 2017

16. Górska e. ,, Wojciech Stępień, Anna Walkiewicz, Anna Wąsowska, Jakub Dobrzyński, Dariusz Gozdowski. Taxonomic diversity of Procaryota in soil under plant cultivation. in monoculture and with various shifts. II microbiological symposium Metagenomes of various environments. international Lublin June 2017

17. Górska E. ,, Anna Wąsowska, Wojciech Stępień, Jakub Dobrzyński, Dariusz Gozdowski Composition and taxonomic diversity of eukaryotic microorganisms in soil used for various purposes (monoculture, crop rotation). Environmental biodiversity meaning, problems, international challenges Puławy May 2017.

18. Dobrzyński J. ,, EBGórska, M.Sitarek, W.Stępień. Influence of soil use on the abundance and diversity of relatively anaerobic, spore-forming cellulose-degrading bacteria. microbiological symposium “Metagenomes of Various Environments in Puławy X 2016

19. Górska E, P.Słodownik, W.Stępień, I.Olejniczak, A.Walkiewicz, M.Sitarek, J.Dobrzyński The influence of agricultural use of soil on its biological activity. National soil platform. Soil quality assessment indicators national Warsaw IX 2016

20. Irena Suwara, Wojciech Stępień, Katarzyna Pruska, Anna Tymińska. Effect of long-term fertilization and rotation on weed infestation and yielding of winter triticale. VI PTA conference Research and innovation in plant production. National Krakow IX 2016

21. Lenart s. ,, W. Stępień, A. Perzanowska, P. Frąckiewicz The effect of fertilization, crop rotation and tillage on organic matter and physical properties of soil on the basis of the three oldest field experiments in Poland Anthropogenic conditions of plant production in Poland Lublin VI 2016

22. Suwara, A. Tymińska, A. Ciesielska, D. Gozdowski D. Effect of long-term mineral and organic fertilization on the content of seeds and fruits of weeds in soil Anthropogenic conditions of plant production domestic Lublin June 2016

23. Stępień W., Tomasz Niwiński. Zn, Cu, Mn B and Mo content in 3 genetic soil levels in permanent fertilization experiments in Skierniewice Microelements in agriculture and the environment XIII International Kudowa Conference VI 2016

24. Stępień W., Wiesław Szulc, Beata Rutkowska, Jan Łabętowicz, Tomasz Sosulski Effect of different fertilization and crop rotation on the physical and chemical properties of soil in a long – term fertilization experiments. Food & Agriculture International. Elenite Village, Bulgaria VI 2016

25. Stępień W., “The role of permanent fertilization experiments in the integration of environmental research. seminar “Integration of agricultural research in Poland. National SGGW Warsaw II 2016