Fakultät für Agrarwissenschaften (inkl. GAUSS)
Recent Submissions
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Linking crop modelling and experimentation to fully exploit genotypic diversity in barley for climate change adaptation in Europe
(2023-11-28)Summary Future barley production in Europe is projected to face severer and more frequent climate extreme events. Projections have also shown that potential climate-change induced yield losses can be significantly ... -
Beyond the Blemishes
(2023-11-09)A significant amount of food produced worldwide is lost and wasted along the supply chain. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that approximately 13 % of food is lost between harvest ... -
Determination of ammonia emissions in multi-plot field trials to assess optimized application techniques for liquid manure in growing winter wheat
(2023-10-30)Ammonia emissions caused by liquid manure application affect human life expectancy and threaten natural ecosystems. However, other associated concerns like greenhouse gas emissions and nitrate leaching are equally relevant. ... -
Interactions between endophytic Metarhizium brunneum and oilseed rape plants: effects on plant health and possible mechanisms
(2023-10-18)Fungi of the genus Metarhizium, belonging to the order Hypocreales, are well-known entomopathogens that primarily infect insects. However, recent research has revealed their multifunctional lifestyles, including their ... -
Fine-mapping of the major locus for vicine and convicine in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and application of the findings for winter faba bean breeding
(2023-10-18)Presented here is a thesis on a genetic and breeding project addressing the anti-nutritional seed con-stituents vicin and convicin in faba bean. Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a traditional grain legume of the Old World; ... -
Caught between theft and rapidly rising prices
(2023-09-08)This Ph.D. Dissertation explores smallholder preferences for contract farming options in the trade of vanilla from Madagascar. It seeks to identify possibilities to increase the mutual benefit of contract farming for both ... -
Insights into nitrogen fluxes in different dairy production systems in northwest Germany
(2023-08-31)Local nutrient surpluses are a global challenge and pose a risk for ecosystems. Nitrogen (N) is particularly important in this context, as it is a main plant nutrient and necessary for a promoted plant growth in agricultural ... -
Understanding sustainable food consumption: analysis of sustainable, plant-based dietary patterns, related food choices, and sensory acceptability
(2023-08-29)Given the impact of today’s food consumption on climate change and natural resource scarcity, as well as its impact on public health, a large-scale dietary transition is needed. A shift toward sustainable diets high in ... -
Digital credit for smallholder farmers: Evidence from Madagascar
(2023-08-16)The limited credit access for farmers compared to non-farmers in low-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been discussed broadly in literature. A recent innovation that has the ability to improve ... -
Biology of Pentastiridius leporinus and approaches to control the main vector of the syndrome ‘basses richesses’ in sugar beet
(2023-08-15)Pentastiridius leporinus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) is the main vector of Syndrome ‘basses richesses’ (SBR), a fast spreading sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) disease in Central Europe. The disease is caused by two procaryotic phloem ... -
Thermal processing and storage effects on antioxidant plant compounds and their interaction in model experiments and plant matrices
(2023-08-03)Vegetables contain health-promoting compounds, such as vitamins, phenols, and minerals. To assess the potential health benefits, this thesis investigated interactions between individual compounds and their performance in ... -
Analyses on the Mitigation of Environmental Pollution by Nitrogen from Agriculture – Selected Indicators and Regulatory Policy Options to Improve Nutrient Management
(2023-07-28)Nitrogen (N) supply is essential for sustainable and cost-effective crop production, but losses of reactive N from agricultural activities pose a major ecological threat, with negative impacts on biodiversity, climate, ... -
Einfluss der Fruchtfolgen auf das Vorkommen von Wurzel- und Halmbasiskrankheiten an Winterweizen und auf das Mikrobiom im Boden und in der Rhizosphäre
(2023-07-24)In the third phase of this project, from 2013 to 2016, the present work has examined the influence of various crop rotations on the occurrence of different stem basis and root patho-gens of winter wheat. For this purpose, ... -
Einkommensrisiken und Extremereignisse in der deutschen Landwirtschaft – Risikoanalysen und Untersuchungen des unternehmerischen Entscheidungsverhaltens
(2023-07-07)Extreme yield and price fluctuations burden farms, may threaten their viability and lead to public disaster relief. Therefore, efficient and well-planned farm risk management is crucial for agriculture and agricultural ... -
Addressing different forms of malnutrition among rural women and children in East Africa: the contribution of processed fruits and vegetables
(2023-07-06)Malnutrition in all its forms continues to be widespread in Africa, especially in rural areas and for women and children. Adequate consumption of fruits and vegetables could help address this malnutrition scourge, yet fruit ... -
Smallholders in highland regions of Southeast Asia: Agricultural land-use transitions, farmer risk preferences, the effects of poor vision on economic farm performance, and a note on scientific publishing in the field of development studies
(2023-06-27)Smallholders play an important role in feeding a growing world population and contributing to the eradication of hunger and poverty. It is estimated that there are more than 475 million smallholders in the world and recent ... -
Development and evaluation of physicochemical quick methods for the analysis of nutrients in liquid organic manures
(2023-06-27)Liquid organic manures can be used to return surplus nutrients from animal and biogas production to agricultural land. For correct ecological and economic use, the nutrient concentrations of the farm manures must be known ... -
Exploring the Potential of Deep Learning for Precision Livestock Farming of Pigs
(2023-06-16)With increasing occupancy densities, larger group sizes and intense farming conditions of pigs, the monitoring process of these animals takes on an important and pro-active role in the farm management system. At the same ... -
Assessing the relevance of fluid dilution rate for ruminal metabolism in cattle and sheep
(2023-06-07)Ruminants evolved a forestomach in which plant materials are fermented with the help of ruminal symbiotic microbes. Ruminal microbes use the ingested materials to proliferate, and produce volatile fatty acids which are ... -
Quantitative Analyses on the Effects of the EU Sugar Market Policy
(2023-05-23)The sugar market has long been excluded from the systematic reform process of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy started with the MacSharry reform in 1992. While the markets of most other agricultural products were ...