CiBreed Divisions
We strive to develop and improve informatics and statistical methods to support crop and livestock breeding We research the legal framework across all branches of crop, tree and animal breeding. Focused on flexible forms of regression models based on Bayesian inference approaches, our research lies at the interface between machine learning and statistical learning and can be applied to ecology, economics, forestry, genetics, medicine, etc. We are interested in the genetics and epigenetics of reproduction and hybridization as well as resistance and quality traits to support breeding by functional understanding and prediction of complex traits. We are interested in adaptation mechanisms and tree improvement at the molecular level. We are interested in the effects of new cultivars and genotypes on productivity, functional agrobiodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions in different cropping systems and environments. We are combining quantitative and molecular approaches to understand the genetics of functional traits related to animal health and resource efficiency. The overall goal is to understand the function and genetic control of root traits in specific environments with the aim of enhancing soil resource capture and plant performance to secure food production in a changing climate. We research the molecular relationships and mechanisms that influence the characteristics of fertility and thus the health and robustness of our farm animals. At the IfZ, we are developing innovative sugar beet cultivation practices, considering all aspects of sugar beet production, like yield and quality forming, or plant diseases and protection as well as plant phenotyping, where we develop and use modern machines, sensors, robots, and analyzing tools. We are interested in the structural and functional analysis of mammalian genes and genomes and are investigating the cause of different important genetic traits and defects in domestic animals. We develop and study statistical, computational, and evolutionary methods that enable plant breeding and plant genetic analysis. We study life cycles of fungal pathogens and the interaction with their host plants in order to advance knowledge to manage plant diseases in agricultural crops. We investigate the chemical ecology of plant-insect interactions to deepen our understanding of these relationships and to promote the development of environmentally friendly crop protection strategies.CiBreed Divisions
Breeding Informatics
Chair of Agricultural and Public Law
Chairs of Statistics and Econometrics
Crop Plant Genetics
Forest Botany and Tree Physiology
Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding
Friedrich-Löffler Institute: Institute of Farm Animal Genetics
Functional Agrobiodiversity
Functional Breeding
Genetics and Physiology of Root Development
Biotechnology and Reproduction of Farm Animals
Institute of Sugar Beet Research
Institute of Veterinary Medicine
Marketing for Food and Agricultural Products
Plant Breeding Methodology
Plant Pathology and Crop Protection
Agricultural Entomology