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Biodynamic Preparations: Biostimulants for Soil and Compost?
A recent extensive study conducted by an Italian team (Piccolo et al., 2026) examines the biochemical and microbiological properties of biodynamic…
Horn manure as a stress buffer for plants
How can the effect of the horn manure preparation be proven? Morau and Piepho investigated this question in a 2020 study. They examined how the horn…
Biodynamic preparations promote microorganisms in the soil
Jürgen Fritz‘ model explains statistically significant results
How humus influences our soil climate
Humus is good for soil health. But why is that? What exactly is humus, how is it formed and what functions does humus perform in the soil? In a review…
In-depth look: Effects of the biodynamic preparation BD500 on the quality of grapes
How do the biodynamic spray preparation BD500 and soil microvariability affect vines and grapes? Pierluigi Mazzei wants to answer this research…
Silica in viticulture strengthens the vine and increases wine quality
How does silicon affect the growth of grapevines and the quality of the grapes? An Australian research team led by Cassandra Collins is investigating…
Science clearly supports biodynamic agriculture
The results of the long-term DOK trial
In-depth: Biodynamic preparations can help to reduce salt stress in lavender
An increased salt content in the soil impairs plant growth. But can agricultural practices mitigate this effect? A team of Iranian researchers…
New research on bacterial diversity in biodynamic preparations
In this study, Vaish et al. analyse biodynamic preparations at the genetic level. The aim is to gain a better understanding of their effects on soil…
In depth: Who is actually fertilising whom?
This article goes into more detail on the study report by Milke et al. on the microbial soil community in both biodynamic and organic agriculture. Ind…
Who is actually fertilising whom?
Combining soil health and crop yield. Is that possible? The team of researchers led by Felix Milke wants to get to the bottom of this and other…
Benefits thanks to unique bacterial communities in the biodynamic preparations
Meta-analysis reveals bacterial populations involved in improving soil health, yields and crop quality.
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- Biodynamic Preparations: Biostimulants for Soil and Compost? – 2026-06-30
- Horn manure as a stress buffer for plants – 2025-11-04
- Biodynamic preparations promote microorganisms in the soil – 2025-06-23
- How humus influences our soil climate – 2025-05-06
- In-depth look: Effects of the biodynamic preparation BD500 on the quality of grapes – 2024-11-26
- Silica in viticulture strengthens the vine and increases wine quality – 2024-11-12
- Science clearly supports biodynamic agriculture – 2024-10-29
- In-depth: Biodynamic preparations can help to reduce salt stress in lavender – 2024-10-15
- New research on bacterial diversity in biodynamic preparations – 2024-09-03
- In depth: Who is actually fertilising whom? – 2024-07-30
- Who is actually fertilising whom? – 2024-07-16
- Benefits thanks to unique bacterial communities in the biodynamic preparations – 2024-06-26
- Farmyard manure improves soil properties in long-term experiment – 2023-03-29
- Distinguishing between different agricultural practices using crystallisation patterns – 2023-03-08
- Biodynamic preparations influence the biochemical soil properties and the quality of potatoes – 2022-12-14
- The influence of the biodynamic horn silicia (501) preparation on vineyard growth – 2022-06-30
- First molecular characterization of the properties of preparation 500 (horn manure) – 2022-05-17
- Biodynamic farming significantly leads to better soil agregate stability and microbiological activity of soil bacteria – 2022-04-29
- An update on image forming methods – 2022-04-08
- The effect of biodynamic preparations on growth and fruit quality of giant pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima D.) – 2022-03-02