Research at INRES - Plant Nutrition

Research in the INRES - Plant Nutrition is carried out in the two professorships and in the various working groups.

Eine Wissenschaftlerin und ein Wissenschaftler arbeiten hinter einer Glasfassade und mischen Chemikalien mit Großgeräten.
© Leandra Garcia

Professorship for Ecophysiology of Plant Nutrition

Our research group is interested in understanding how plants perceive and respond to nutrient deficiencies and toxicities. We particularly focus on the responses to such nutrient imbalances in the presence of additional biotic and abiotic stresses, to understand how plants “decide” which of the often antagonistic pathways to trigger in order to cope with various environmental challenges.

Eine Wissenschaftlerin und ein Wissenschaftler arbeiten hinter einer Glasfassade und mischen Chemikalien mit Großgeräten.
© Kai Behn

Professorship for Plant Nutrition in the Tropics and Subtropics (PITROS)

The PITROS group researches changing rice-based production systems, element fluxes in tropical wetlands, abiotic stress physiology of rice and the dynamics and effects of invasive plant species in savanna environments.

Upland Rice sowing ti a fieldwith multiple stresses (P deficiency, drought)
© Matthias Wissuwa

Working Group: Abiotic stress tolerance and resource efficiency

The aim of our research is to contribute to the development of new varieties with improved adaptation to stressful environments. We approach this goal through basic research on the genetic and physiological basis of stress adaptation. In collaboration with institutions in the developing world we subsequently transfer our research findings to crop breeding and other applied sciences.

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