N optimised rapeseed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The overall objectve of this project is to improve the ecological balance of rapeseed cultivation in terms of climate protection by increasing the nitrogen efficiency of winter rapeseed. To this end, direct and indirect CO2 emissions are to be...
Term: 2022-08-01 bis 2025-12-31Identification of future breeding potential for more climate protection in plant production - assessment of the contribution of breeding progress to reducing the CO2 footprint
Based on extensive variety trial data, the contribution of breeding progress to climate protection for the most relevant crops in Germany is evaluated using life cycle analysis (LCA) and statistical methods. Relevant plant characteristics for...
Term: 2022-09-01 bis 2025-08-31Strengthening resilience of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) in organic production to climate change-induced biotic and abiotic stressors through microbial action
Depending on the weather, diseases such as, B. lactucae and G. cichoracearum, as well as the aphid N. ribisnigri, which specializes in lettuce, occur. These cannot be controlled in organic farming by means of synthetic chemical pesticides and...
Term: 2024-01-01 bis 2026-12-31Studies on the Use of Aircraft in Crop Protection
Conducting drift measurements according to an internationally coordinated measurement protocol to generate drift benchmark values for the use of plant protection products and, if applicable, biocides with aircraft (drone and helicopter). Developing...
Term: 2024-10-01 bis 2029-12-31Sorghum – boosting breeding by multilevel modeling - Project part: Sorghum growth modeling
Sorghum is a promising crop that can contribute to both diversifying the range of crop species and increasing the climate resilience of crop production. As a C4 plant, sorghum has a high heat and drought stress tolerance. Due to its very extensive...
Term: 2024-12-01 bis 2028-11-30Harnessing the Unexplored Diversity of Rye by Genome-based Breeding for a Climate-Resilient Grain Production
For harnessing the full adaptation potential and climate protection service of rye, genome-based precision breeding of gibberellin-sensitive semi-dwarf hybrids serves as a novel plant breeding innovation that is different from current methods of...
Term: 2024-11-01 bis 2028-10-31Novel resources for resistance breeding against insect pests and heat stress under low cropping intensities in oilseed rape - Subprojetc B
In this project, we aim to identify and characterise biotic and abiotic resistances by applying and developing innovative phenotyping, genomic, metabolomic pathway analysis and bioinformatic approaches to systematically exploit existing and novel...
Term: 2025-05-15 bis 2029-05-14Identification of future breeding potential for more climate protection in plant production - assessment of the contribution of breeding progress to reducing the CO2 footprint
Based on extensive variety trial data, the contribution of breeding progress to climate protection for the most relevant crops in Germany is evaluated using life cycle analysis (LCA) and statistical methods. Relevant plant characteristics for...
Term: 2022-09-01 bis 2025-08-31Strategies for more efficient oat breeding for organic farming
Organic oat production has seen significant growth throughout Germany in recent years, driven by increasing demands for regionally and organically grown oat. As an increasing portion of the oat crop is processed into oat drinks, oat production...
Term: 2024-03-15 bis 2028-12-15Digitalization-driven development of Saxony-Anhalt into an innovation center for Pea Breeding, Cultivation and Utilization (DiPisum)
The main goal of the DiPisum project is to bundle the existing strengths from the region and to open up innovations from the fields of digitization, genomics, breeding, plant cultivation and food industry for the pea crop of the future in order to...
Term: 2024-04-01 bis 2028-12-31