Research
Research activities of the division are divided into topic groups and can be viewed via drop-down boxes.
- Stem stripeness (Verticillium longisporum)
- Improvement of winter oilseed rape (B. napus L.) resistance to Verticillium longisporum
- Verticillum resistance and drougth stress in oilseed rape
- Role of root exudates in host plant sensing of V. longisporum and clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae) during early stages of disease initiation in B. napus
- Stem mold (Sclerotina sclerotiorum)
- Stem canker (Leptosphaeria maculans, asexual stage: Phoma lingam)
- Occurence and distribution of Leptosphaeria maculans races in different oilseed rape growing regions of Germany
- Efficacy of major Phoma resistance genes in different oilseed rape growing regions of Germany
- Studies on biological and pathological aspects of the pathogen species complex Phoma lingam
- ...other topics
- Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans - another important vascular pathogen in winteroilseed rape in Germany?
- Impact of cabbage root fly (Delia radicum) on infections of oilseed rape with Verticillium longisporum and Phoma lingam
- Potential impacts of climate change on pathogens of oilseed rape (B. napus L.)
- Influence of crop architecture on yield of winter oilseed rape
- Ocurrence and importance of foliar diseases in maize in Central and Northern Europe
- Population structure of the pathogen Exserohilum turcicum and spatial efficacy of race specific resistances
- Improving resistance in maize to E. turcicum and Fusarium spp.
- Assessment of economic damage thresholds for E. turcicum and Kabatiella zeae in maize
- Investigations into the resistance of potatoes to Helminthosporium solani, the pathogen of silver scurf, and its transmission from mother to daughter tubers
- Phytosanitary control of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, the causal agent of bacterial canker of tomato
- Investigations on the interaction of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis with different tomato varieties and on phytosanitary seed treatment using plasma under atmospheric pressure
- Fungal diseases in grain peas (Pisum sativum L.). Diagnosis, epidemiology, yield relevance and control
- Downey mildew (Plasmopara viticola) - Studies on infection biology and the mode of action of fungistatic or fungicidal plant extracts
- Investigations into the significance of extracellular polysaccharides of the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv, phaseolicola
- Biocontrol of S. sclerotiorum by field application of CONTANS WG® (Coniothyrium minitans) in Germany
- Biological degradation of straw-borne fungal pathogens of cereals and oilseed rape by the fungal antagonist Microsphaeropsis ochracea
- Ecology and Molecular Characterization of Neozygites tanajoae (Entomophthorales: Neozygitaceae) a fungal pathogen of the cassava green mite
- Implementation of biological control strategies against soilborne pathogens in the farming industry: a seed to field approach (BioCon)
- Search and evaluation of potential biologicals for the control of major pathogens in arable crops
- Reduction of the use of pesticides – consequences for the occurrence of pests and the profitability in cereal-sugar beet crop rotations
Reduktion des Pflanzenschutzmitteleinsatzes – Konsequenzen für das Schaderregerauftreten und die Wirtschaftlichkeit in Getreide-Zuckerrübe-Fruchtfolgen - Crop Rotations with Energy Crops – Chances and Risks for Plant Protection
- Physiological side effects of fungicides
- Metabolic resistance of grass weeds against pre-emergence herbicides