Tasks

• Research associate in the research group mycology in fruit crops
• Co-worker in Project ORDIAmur (Overcoming Replant Disease by an Integrated Approach) a joint project of the BMBF research initiative: BonaRes (Soil as a sustainable resource)
• Molecular analysis of structure and diversity of microbial communities in apple roots and soil and their influence on apple replant disease (ARD)
• Investigations of the functions of potentially beneficial fungi in ARD
• Development of environmentally-friendly strategies for controlling ARD