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![An aphid has landed on her favorite color, a bright yellow. An aphid has landed on her favorite color, a bright yellow.](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/aphids-and-their-favorite-colors/eine-blattlaus.jpeg/@@images/ac1926ea-4a2e-48a6-9f17-0dd1cf2e3656.jpeg)
![Receive ERC Consolidator Grants Receive ERC Consolidator Grants](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/two-erc-consolidator-grants-for-the-university-of-bonn/lehmkuhl-mason.jpg/@@images/40f96b49-f4fc-4c70-841b-16600d2e9889.jpeg)
Prof. Dr. Dennis Lehmkuhl from the Institute of Philosophy and Prof. Dr. Annaliese Mason from the Institute of Crop Sciences and Resource Conservation at the University of Bonn.
![The map of the USA shows The map of the USA shows](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/wurzel-als-schluessel-zu-duerretoleranterem-mais/hochholdinger-abb-1-srn-us.jpg/@@images/3db6188f-af31-4dee-9443-c7fa03c9d4cb.jpeg)
The drier the region, the fewer seminal roots the maize varieties cultivated there had on average (black figure; the pie chart shows the proportion of varieties with up to one seminal root in yellow, with up to three seminal roots in green and with more than three seminal roots in blue).
![Prof. Dr. Frank Hochholdinger Prof. Dr. Frank Hochholdinger](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/wurzel-als-schluessel-zu-duerretoleranterem-mais/hochholdinger-portraet-lannert.jpg/@@images/579cbcf4-9a07-48a0-aa54-1bbc93a0c37a.jpeg)
Head of INRES - Crop Functional Genomics at the University of Bonn.
![Dr. Peng Yu Dr. Peng Yu](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/wurzel-als-schluessel-zu-duerretoleranterem-mais/hochholdinger-yu-portraet.jpg/@@images/d7dd822f-21a9-4aef-95a8-59d75eb4e0c1.jpeg)
Head of INRES - Root Functional Biology at the University of Bonn.
![Three different maize plants after drought and subsequent re-irrigation Three different maize plants after drought and subsequent re-irrigation](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/wurzel-als-schluessel-zu-duerretoleranterem-mais/hochholdinger-abb-2-drought.jpg/@@images/69f2caf4-d048-4cb6-aee7-3cd1f318f84f.jpeg)
In the two plants on the right, a gene has been switched off with the effect that fewer seminal roots and more lateral roots grow. They recovered significantly better following a period of drought that the plant with the intact gene (plant on the left).
![PD Dr. Caroline Marcon and Dean Prof. Dr. Heiko Schoof PD Dr. Caroline Marcon and Dean Prof. Dr. Heiko Schoof](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/wissenschaftspreis-fuer-dr-caroline-marcon/tb-preis_4-korr.jpg/@@images/aeca62a0-eda4-4773-85bc-8e1b05a79823.jpeg)
![Soil profile of a test field Soil profile of a test field](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/agriculture-study-delivers-unexpected-results/bodenprofil-eines-versuchsfeldes_.jpeg/@@images/2a5b4ecc-d5ea-4619-abf3-693497f04554.jpeg)
Samples the size of a brick were taken from the soil at different depths and the roots were then isolated, scanned and measured.
![Prof. Dr. Wulf Amelung of the University of Bonn and Forschungszentrum Jülich. Prof. Dr. Wulf Amelung of the University of Bonn and Forschungszentrum Jülich.](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/wulf-amelung-is-a-new-member-of-the-leopoldina/prof-dr-wulf-amelung.jpeg/@@images/2d7b5e5a-0398-48f1-9816-1361b39c6546.jpeg)
![Wild-type Arabidopsis plants and ero1 ero2 mutants after four days of flooding followed by a six-day recovery period. The double mutants show very clearly recognizable damage. Wild-type Arabidopsis plants and ero1 ero2 mutants after four days of flooding followed by a six-day recovery period. The double mutants show very clearly recognizable damage.](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/protein-folding-in-times-of-oxygen-deficiency/arabidopsis-wildtyp-pflanzen-und-ero1-ero2-mutanten-nach-vier-tagen-uberflutung-und-einer-anschliessenden-sechstagigen-erholungszeit-die-doppelmutanten-zeigen-sehr-deutlich-erkennbare-schaden.jpeg/@@images/3a434920-0d0f-4d96-8db4-b4553c199024.jpeg)
![The HortiBonn participants at the 31st International Horticultural Congress (IHC) in Angers. The HortiBonn participants at the 31st International Horticultural Congress (IHC) in Angers.](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/hortibonn-participation-at-the-31st-international-horticultural-congress-in-angers/ihc2022.jpg/@@images/c98dd3bb-58bb-4107-aa26-aaa3e34105da.jpeg)
![Digital technologies in the field Digital technologies in the field](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/agricultural-scientist-from-phenorob-cluster-of-excellence-is-most-cited/digitale-technologien-auf-dem-feld.jpeg/@@images/699b73b7-292c-4162-99a3-4525a95d468c.jpeg)
Agricultural scientist Prof. Anne-Katrin Mahlein is a pioneer in the field of sensing and imaging plant diseases.
![The figure shows two root tips of thale cress, Arabidopsis thaliana, which was used as a model plant in the study. The cells contain a biosensor (roGFP2iL) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) which reads the ambient redox status and indicates reductive stress in the right-hand root. The figure shows two root tips of thale cress, Arabidopsis thaliana, which was used as a model plant in the study. The cells contain a biosensor (roGFP2iL) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) which reads the ambient redox status and indicates reductive stress in the right-hand root.](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/help-for-stressed-out-cells-in-a-crisis/wurzelspitzen-neu.jpg/@@images/819a7f04-ea5f-42a2-8204-7a6d7014e2ac.jpeg)
![The photo shows a maize plant infected by the fungus. The photo shows a maize plant infected by the fungus.](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/the-fungal-effector-rip-1-suppresses-maize-host-defense-responses/image_large.png/@@images/8fb84c05-7c39-4c39-80d2-f7a16487e6d6.png)
![The expansion of the land area for agricultural production contributes significantly to tropical deforestation in Brazil. The expansion of the land area for agricultural production contributes significantly to tropical deforestation in Brazil.](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/genetic-engineering-can-have-a-positive-effect-on-the-climate/die-ausdehnung-der-flache-fur-die-landwirtschaft-tragt-in-brasilien-erheblich-mit-zur-regenwaldrodung-bei.jpeg/@@images/154b0209-ff12-4f5f-b173-c19938bcc903.jpeg)