Harnessing the soil microbiome for healthy soils and healthy plants
The goal of the project is to provide insights into the performance of inocula in different soils, crops and agricultural cultivation practices. Stepwise analysis and evaluation of potential bioinocula from in silico to in vitro to greenhouse and...
Term: 2023-11-15 bis 2026-11-30Nematode diversity in organic farm types with a focus on crop rotation and fertilization in a long-term study at the University of Kassel
Due to their ability to fix nitrogen, legumes are of central importance for soil fertility in organic crop rotations. However, legumes are susceptible to a number of pathogens, including plant-parasitic nematodes. In particular, endoparasitic...
Term: 2022-03-15 bis 2028-06-30Rhizosphere processes and yield decline in wheat crop rotations (RhizoWheat)
The project deals with the elucidation and quantification of rhizosphere processes leading to yield differences in wheat grown after different preceding crops and approaches to mitigate the yield decline in wheat grown after wheat. Additionally,...
Term: 2024-03-01 bis 2027-02-28The Microbiome of Potato Cyst- and Root-lesion Nematodes in Soil Specifically Altered by Plant, Impacting on their Fitness
Isolating and identifying the bacteria and fungi species that attach to the infective stages of the nematode species G. rostochiensis, P. neglectus, and P. crenatus in different soils. Determining whether the sets of attached bacteria and fungi...
Term: 2024-03-01 bis 2026-02-28Survival of ToBRFV in soil
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is a tobamovirus. This group of viruses shows long persistence and infectivity of virus particles. The virus can survive for long time in soils and substrates. Aim of this project is the evaluation of...
Term: 2023-05-01 bis 2025-04-30Validation of molecular diagnostic methods for the detection and identification of tomato mottle mosaic virus
Term: 2023-04-01 bis 2025-04-30Strengthening 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 2026-12-31Mechanisms used by human pathogens to adapt and persist in agricultural environments
In order to uncover the mechanisms used by human pathogens to adapt and persist in agricultural environments, we propose to work with Salmonella enterica as a model organism. Salmonella is an increasing concern in African and European countries,...
Term: 2023-10-01 bis 2024-09-30Ultrastructural Analyses of asparagus virus 1 pathotypes isolated from Garden Asparagus Asparagus officinalis L.
The ultrastructure of AV-1 pathotypes (PI-III in infected asparagus has been revealed and has been compared with the one in indicator plants using negative staining, immuno electron microscopy and embedding of infected tissues for ultrastructural...
Term: 2023-02-01 bis 2026-01-31Nematode as bioindicators for monitoring of agroecology-based approaches
Nematodes are ideal bioindicators for characterizing anthropogenic impacts on soil due to their diverse diets (bacterivores, fungivores, plant parasites, omnivores, predators). In the following project, the effects of agroecological principles,...
Term: 2022-09-01 bis 2024-08-31