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Plant harvest

Field work in Itasy

Xiaoming He collecting rhizosphere microbiome samples

Lab work in Antananarivo

Labeled maize samples

Zhihui Wen and Xiaoming He are labeling the maize plants

Award ceremony

Soil scientist Dr. Melanie Braun and Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer, who gave his name to the Klaus Töpfer Research Prize of the University of Bonn.

Farmland weeds help to combat pests

Marienkäfer-Larve mit Blattläusen auf dem Versuchsfeld der Universität Bonn.

Dr. Séverin Hatt (Bild) hat zusammen mit Prof. Dr. Thomas Döring die Auswirkung von Misch-Anbau, Blühstreifen und Unkräutern auf den Schädlingsbefall untersucht.

Ladybird larva with aphids on the test field from the University of Bonn.

Dr. Séverin Hatt (Photo) and Prof. Dr. Thomas Döring investigated the interplay of intercropping, wildflower strips and weeds on pest infestation.

Additive to make slurry more climate-friendly

Pig farming produces a lot of excrement, which is stored as slurry. Methane is released from this through decomposition processes.

In his doctoral thesis, Felix Holtkamp from the University of Bonn investigated processes that can be used to reduce methane emissions from slurry.

Caroline Marcon and Frank Hochholdinger received the cooperator award of the Maize Genetics Cooperation

Award

Caroline Marcon and Frank Hochholdinger received the cooperator award at the 67th maize genetics conference in St. Louis.

Frank Hochholdinger received 2025 Maize Genetics Cooperation Award

Award

Organic farming leads to adaptations in the genetic material in plants

Links die konventionelle Population, rechts die Biogerste

Mit dem Auge sind Unterschiede nur für Fachleute erkennbar. Mit Hilfe der Molekulargenetik lassen sich aber große Unterschiede nachweisen.

The conventional population on the left and the organic barley on the right

Only experts can spot the differences with the naked eye. However, huge differences can be identified using molecular genetics.

To the press release of the University of Bonn: www.uni-bonn.de | 22.07.2022

More on this topic: dielinde.online (GE) | 25.07.2022

Ranking: Sixth Place in Germany and Good Positions for Individual Subjects

Ranking: Sixth Place in Germany and Good Positions for Individual Subjects

Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Bonn adopts new name

Absolventinnen und Absolventen - der Landwirtschaftlichen Fakultät beim Bonner Universitätsfest.

Graduates of the Faculty of Agriculture at the Bonn Unifest.