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Prof. Dr. Uwe Sonnewald attended the 5th International Conference on Plant Metabolism (ICPM2024) which took place from November 21-25, 2024 in Sanya, China. The conference, which takes place every three years, focused on the topic of “Plant Metabolism and Design Breeding”. The focus was on aspect...

How do genetics influence heat tolerance in potato? Climate change increases the occurrence of heat waves and other extreme weather conditions, which are a particular challenge for sensitive crops such as potatoes. Improving heat tolerance in potato is a topic that the Department of Biochemistry ...

Prof. Dr. Uwe Sonnewald is inviting to the upcoming PlantER lecture given by PD Dr. Ljudmilla Borisjuk , IPK Gatersleben: Title:  Seeing plants as never before Time: Thursday, Dec. 12 2024, 2:15 PM Location:  Lecture Hall B , Staudtstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen Notice with Abstract: ( PDF )

I am Ewane Kounty Herman Pascal, a PhD student at the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon. My research focuses on root and tuber crops, particularly cassava (Manihot esculenta) and cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium), two widely consumed species in tropical regions. In 2021, I completed my master’s ...

Dr. Tetyana Tsykun has started a project on the population genomics of two forest pathogens, Phytophthora plurivoraand P. x cambivora. Supported by DFG, the study, titled "Molecular Epidemiology of Phytophthora x cambivora as a Co-Dominant Factor in Beech Tree Decline in European Forests", will be c...

On July 23, a class from the Fachoberschule Nuremberg visited the Chair of Biochemistry. The students are already preparing for their seminar papers in the upcoming school year around the topic "Sustainable Innovations: The Role of Genetic Engineering in Environmental Protection and Resource Conserv...

Researchers from the Chair of Biochemistry, together with partners from the CASS research network, investigated the question of why provitamin A-rich cassava roots ("yellow cassava") have a reduced starch content. The results have now been published in The Plant Journal (Gutschker et al., 2024). It ...

In addition to heat, late blight is threatening the potato harvest in Europe. In order to protect the harvest, farmers are dependent on plant protection products whose effectiveness and range of application are decreasing due to new EU regulations and the development of resistant and aggressive fung...

On June 7, 2024, three doctoral students had the opportunity to visit the plant breeding and biotechnology company KWS in Einbeck and take part in the TalentCampus. The event allowed us to take a look behind the scenes of the breeding company's research and development departments. We visited the...