Division of Applied Plant Nutrition

Dr. Ariel Turcios

(former group member)

Research interests

  • Water-use efficiency
  • Plant nutrition
  • Salt stress
  • Drought stress
  • Potassium and salt stress in quinoa
  • Phytoremediation

CV

01/2019 – 10/2020 Postdoctoral Research Associate at IAPN – Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition, Georg-August-University Göttingen
Since 02/2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Botany, Leibniz University Hannover
09/2015 – 03/2017 Research assistant at the Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Waste Management
10/2013 – 12/2016 Doctoral studies in Biology, Faculty of Sciences at Leibniz Universität Hannover
01/2009 – 06/2013 Lecturer, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, San Carlos University –USAC, Guatemala City
01/2010 – 07/2011 Master of Science in Integrated Water Resources Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, San Carlos University –USAC, Guatemala City
01/2003 – 03/2009 Agricultural Engineer, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, San Carlos University –USAC, Guatemala City

Reviews for journals

  • Agronomy (MDPI)
  • Agriculture (MDPI)
  • Bioresource Technology (Elsevier)
  • Chemistry and Biodiversity (Wiley-VHCA AG)
  • Energies (MDPI)
  • Horticulturae (MDPI)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
  • Journal of Plant Research (Springer)
  • Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality (Julius Kühn-Institut)
  • Plant and Soil (Springer Nature)
  • Resources (MDPI)
  • Sustainability (MDPI)
  • Water (MDPI)

Publications

peer reviewed

2019

Reginato, M.; Turcios, A.E.; Luna, V.; Papenbrock, J. (2019) Differential effects of NaCl and Na2SO4 on the halophyte Prosopis strombulifera are explained by different responses of photosynthesis and metabolism. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 141, 306-314; https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.05.027.

Turcios, A.E.; Papenbrock, J. (2019) Enzymatic degradation of the antibiotic sulfamethazine by using crude extracts of different halophytic plants. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 1-8; https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1080/15226514.2019.1606782.

Hornbacher, J.; Rumlow, A.; Pallmann, P.; Turcios, A.E.; Riemenschneider, A.; Papenbrock, J. (2019) The levels of sulfur-containing metabolites in Brassica napus are not influenced by the circadian clock but diurnally. Journal of Plant Biology 62, 359–373; https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/s12374-019-0143-x.

2018

Mohammad-pajooh, E.; Turcios, A.E.; Cuff, G.; Weichgrebe, D.; Rosenwinkel, K.H.; Vedenyapina, M.D.; Sharifullina, L.R. (2018) Removal of inert COD and trace metals from stabilized landfill leachate by granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorption. Journal of Environmental Management 228, 189-196; https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.09.020.

Cuff, G.; Turcios, A.E.; Mohammad-pajooh, E.; Kujawski, O.; Weichgrebe, D.; Rosenwinkel, K.H. (2018) Bioaccumulation of metals and granular sludge development in a newly-inoculated high rate anaerobic reactor. Bioresource Technology Reports 3, 119-126; https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.biteb.2018.07.012.

Cuff, G.; Turcios, A.E.; Mohammad-pajooh, E.; Kujawski, O.; Weichgrebe, D.; Rosenwinkel, K.H. (2018) High-rate anaerobic treatment of wastewater from soft drink industry: methods, performance and experiences. Journal of Environmental Management 220, 8-15; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.05.015.

Turcios, A.E.; Papenbrock, J. (2018) Biofiltration of the antibacterial drug sulfamethazine by the species Chenopodium quinoa and its further biodegradation through anaerobic digestion. Journal of Environmental Sciences 75, 54-63; https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jes.2018.02.022.

2016

Cejas, I.; Rumlow, A.; Turcios, A.E.; Engelmann, F.; Martínez, M.E.; Yabor, L.; Papenbrock, J.; Lorenzo, J.C. (2016) Exposure of common bean seeds to liquid nitrogen modifies mineral composition of young plantlet leaves. American Journal of Plant Sciences 7 (12), 1612-1617; https://doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2016.712152.

Turcios, A.E.; Weichgrebe, D.; Papenbrock, J. (2016) Uptake and biodegradation of the antimicrobial sulfadimidine by the species Tripolium pannonicum acting as biofilter and its further biodegradation by anaerobic digestion and concomitant biogas production. Bioresource Technology 219, 687-693; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.08.047.

Turcios, A.E.; Weichgrebe, D.; Papenbrock, J. (2016) Potential use of the facultative halophyte Chenopodium quinoa Willd. as substrate for biogas production cultivated with different concentrations of sodium chloride under hydroponic conditions. Bioresource Technology 203, 272-279; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.12.061.

Turcios, A.E.; Weichgrebe, D.; Papenbrock, J. (2016) Effect of salt and sodium concentration on the anaerobic methanisation of the halophyte Tripolium pannonicum. Biomass & Bioenergy 87, 69-77; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.01.013.

2014

Turcios, A.E.; Papenbrock, J. (2013) Sustainable treatment of aquaculture effluents – what can we learn from the past for the future? Sustainability 6, 836-856; https://doi.org/10.3390/su6020836.

Further publications

Turcios, A.E.; Glasenapp, Y.; Papenbrock, J. (2017) Salzpflanzen als Biofilter, Küstenschutz und Delikatesse. Technologie-Informationen, Wasser und Meer 2017 (3), 6-7.
Turcios, A.E.; Weichgrebe, D.; Papenbrock, J. (2015) Biogas and methane production using biomass of the halophyte Salicornia spp. Book of Abstracts from 14th World Congress of Anaerobic Digestion, Viña del Mar, Chile, 2015.