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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...

At the end of May, the members of the EU-funded ADAPT project met for a two-day project meeting in Bonn (photo). Following previous years' network meetings in Brno (CZE), Wageningen (NLD) and Ljubljana (SVN), this was the fourth and final meeting of the European wide academic and industrial proje...

Our latest publication highlights important aspects of the primary metabolism of cassava (Manihot esculenta) by describing the most likely pathway of sugars from source to sink by combining computational, biochemical and anatomical methods. Cassava, unlike potato and other staple crops, is a perenni...

The Chair of Biochemistry invites: Lecture given by Prof. Dr. Ute Vothknecht from the University of Bonn: The interplay between ABA, JA and SA during drought stress response in Arabidopsis and potato Time and location: Thursday, April 18th 2024, 3:30 pm, Lecture hall C, Staudtstr. 5, 91058 ...

The 37th Conference „Molecular Biology of Plants“ took place in Hennef from the 4th until the 7th of march. Two of our PhD students – Yannick Schnauhuber and Lisa Koch – attended the Conference to present their current research. Lisa Koch gave a talk with the title: “Yield reduction in potato cau...

Over 25 million euros from Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations (Gates Ag One) is providing approximately 25.8 million euros (28 million US dollars) in funding for an international research project led by FAU: The non-profit organizatio...

On February 21st, 2024, we celebrated the first Doctoral student’s Day within the department of Biology. Many students and employees of the department attended this event to hear about the research conducted by senior PhD candidates from different chairs at the department. The keynote speaker of ...

Potato is one of the most important staple food crops, consumed by millions of people worldwide. Unfortunately, potato plants display diminished yield in response to heat stress, which is especially problematic in the face of constantly increasing ambient temperatures. We investigated whether the...