For a better understanding of the potential of the mycorrhizal symbiosis and to ease its utilisation in the practise, some major events were investigated. Of these, are the coherence between ...

In many developing countries, food environments are changing rapidly, with modern food retailers – such as supermarkets and convenience stores – increasingly replacing or complementing traditional food retailers. In ...

Capacity development through agricultural training is a proven approach to enhance the management skills of small-scale farmers in developing countries, aiming to increase their standard of living in the long run. Yet, ...

The soil below the ploughed horizon of cropland, i.e. the subsoil, could be a large sink for carbon (C) and a valuable source of mineral-bound nutrients. C dynamics in subsoils need to be thoroughly understood to enable ...

In the recent decades, the German farmland marked faced enormous price increases. Those price increases caused intensive research. Among others, three streams of thought were especially in focus: farmland price ...

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a necrotrophic ascomycete and the causal agent of stem rot disease, an economically important constraint in the cultivation of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.). Since cultivar resistance is a ...

Leptosphaeria maculans, a phytopathogen causes blackleg disease, is an economically significant biotic stress that affects oilseed rape (B. napus) production worldwide. Blackleg disease can be controlled by stubble management, ...

One of the greatest challenges of the 21st century is to meet the food needs of a growing world population without exceeding the planetary boundaries. The consumption and production of food products of animal-based origin ...

Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) is the causal agent of rhizomania (root madness) in sugar beet and is spread to all sugar beet growing areas worldwide. The virus is transmitted by the soil-borne plasmodiophoromycete ...

Verticillium longisporum is a devastating vascular pathogen which infects plants from Brassicacae including oilseed rape Brassica napus, the pathogen infects the plant through the root and enters the vascular system to ...