News from INRES

Field preparation in Ambohidratrimo

Field work in Ambohidratrimo

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.

Advanced-level biology class visited INRES - Plant Nurtition

Advanced-level biology class visited INRES - Plant Nutrition

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.

EU Environment Commissioner Meets Researchers from the University of Bonn

The EU Environment Commissioner (5. from the left) met researchers from the University of Bonn's PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence

From the left: Professor Niklas Möring (PhenoRob), Professor Anna Cord (PhenoRob), Professor Jan Börner (PhenoRob), Professor Cyrill Stachniss (Spokesperson PhenoRob), Jessika Roswall (EU Environment Commissioner), Prof. Dr. Annette Scheersoi (Vice Rector for Sustainability), Professor Heiner Kuhlmann (Spokesperson PhenoRob), Stefan Lock (Head of the EU Commission's regional office in Bonn), Ruben Greif (Advisor to the Vice Rector for Sustainability).