Rebecka Dücker

Research

My working group operates at the intersection of weed science, herbicide resistance, and sustainable plant protection. Our research explores resistance evolution in weeds like bur chervil, ryegrass and blackgrass, using molecular biology, bioinformatics and population genetics. Recently, we have started exploring the potential of digital tools to reconcile the conflicting goals of agricultural productivity and the protection of biodiversity. Furthermore, I teach in the Master’s programmes Crop Protection and Plant Health (teaching details). In both programs, I am the contact person for our students with questions about education in crop protection.

Projects

• Compatibility of agricultural productivity and biodiversity through damage thresholds and digital technologies (BLE-funded project GoodWeedBadWeed)
• Validation of the HRAC classification of inhibitors of very long-chain fatty acid synthesis (project funded by CropLife International)
• Extent, cause and regulation of metabolic flufenacet resistance in ryegrass (Lolium spp.) (Walter Benjamin Fellowship funded by DFG)

Publications

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Curriculum vitae

• Born on 26th of October in 1988 in Bremervörde, Germany
• 2008-2012 B.Sc. In Agricultural Sciences at Georg-August Universität Göttingen
• 2012-2015 M.Sc. In Agricultural Sciences at Georg-August Universität Göttingen
• 2015-2019 External PhD student at Bayer AG under supervision of Dr. Roland Beffa and Prof. Dr. Andreas von Tiedemann (enrolled at Georg-August University Göttingen)
• 2019-2023 Postdoc at the Division of Plant Pathology and Crop Protection, Georg-August University Göttingen
• 2023-2024 Postdoc at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
• 2024-now Habilitation position at the Division of Plant Pathology and Crop Protection, Georg-August University Göttingen