Optimization of Lamiaceae, a group of medicinal and spice plants grown in Saxony-Anhalt, for the agronomic production of value-added plants for medicinal and nutritional purposes
A molecular breeding program will generate resilient plants with a high yield of essential oils for each of the Lamiaceae species. The breeding process will start with pre-selected material provided by the project partners. The genome and...
Term: 2024-04-01 bis 2028-12-31Sustainably produced vegan vitamin D3 and cholesterol from Nierembergia repens (DiPlanD)
It is planned to identify pedictive cultivars and accessions of N. repens which are rich in 7-dehydrocholesterol (provitamin D3) for vitamin D3 synthesis, but also cholesterol, and to increase the quantities of the aforementioned sterols by...
Term: 2024-04-01 bis 2028-12-31Somatic hybridization in asparagus to transfer Fusarium resistance to cultivated asparagus
Asparagus crown and root rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum is considered a significant disease in Asparagus officinalis that leads to significant yield losses and premature dying of stocks (Asparagus decline). In practice, the problem is exacerbated...
Term: 2023-02-01 bis 2026-12-31Improving the properties, cultivation and utilization of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) by technological progress and breeding
The project aims to evaluate winter-hardy lemon balm seed and to functionalize it for direct sowing. Furthermore, the influence of environmental conditions on the content of secondary metabolites is examined on an analytical and molecular level. For...
Term: 2023-01-01 bis 2025-12-31Analysis, establishment and support of the availability of organic plant propagating material for ornamental plants
In young plant companies, queries and interviews are used to analyze which crops and cultivars are particularly suitable for organic cultivation with regard to the EU organic regulation and their ecological sustainability (transport, cultivation...
Term: 2023-07-15 bis 2026-06-30Creation of methodical requirements for breeding asparagus resistant to Fusarium crown and root rot diseases
Main objective of the project is the development of methodical requirements for breeding asparagus resistant to Fusarium oxysporum. The project includes the development of test strategies, the evaluation of genetic resources, genetic analyses and...
Term: 2022-01-01 bis 2024-12-31Potato breeding to investigate and establish an increased resistance to pectinolytic bacteria
In the proposed project »KUER« a systemic phenotypisation should be established for the plant disease caused by the pectinolytic bacteria species Pectobacterium and Dickeya. When assessing the resistance not individual tissues will be addressed,...
Term: 2023-08-01 bis 2026-07-31Characterization of the virulence spectrum of Fusarium spp. for breeding climate-adapted pea varieties
The aim of the present project is to develop highly efficient and yield stable pea cultivars applying of speed breeding, which has a higher selection intensity per year and speeds up the breeding progress obviously. The yield security should be...
Term: 2023-03-01 bis 2026-02-28Development of aromatic types of mint (Mentha spp.) with improved sensory quality and higher yield stability
The central objective is the development of novel, customer-specific aromatic types of mint with improved and new aroma profiles, simultaneously combined with health-promoting ingredients (e.g. rosmarinic acid, carnosolic acid) in combination with...
Term: 2023-04-01 bis 2026-03-31Pyramidisation of resistances against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla from different carrot wild forms in Daucus carota ssp. sativus
The northern root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla leads to relevant economic losses in carrot production in temperate zone by yield reduction and considerable quality losses of infested batches. Application of chemical nematicides is forbidden in...
Term: 2021-02-01 bis 2026-01-31