Fakultät für Agrarwissenschaften (inkl. GAUSS)
Recent Submissions
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Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Climate Change, Food Prices, and Macroeconomic Dynamics
(2025-04-24)Agri-food systems are integral to achieving at least 12 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Nevertheless, agri-food systems are both a victim of and contributor to climate change. A comprehensive understanding ... -
Untersuchung von Indikatoren zur Einschätzung des Risikos einer Subakuten Pansenazidose bei Milchkühen auf Praxisbetrieben
(2025-04-23)Feeding of high-yielding dairy cows in the beginning of lactation is a major challenge due to high energy requirements and reduced dry matter intake at the same time. This leads to diets with a high level of rapidly ... -
Understanding the Effective Number of Independent Chromosome Segments as a Tuning Parameter for Genomic Prediction
(2025-04-16)The effective number of independently segregating chromosome segments (𝑀𝑒) is a key parameter in animal selection. Its relevance lies within the methods to obtain the accuracy of genomic prediction. However, there is ... -
Housing pigs with undocked tails: methods for the early detection and prevention of tail biting
(2025-04-15)The occurrence of tail biting is a widespread problem in global pig farming. Painful biting incidents lead to a significant impairment of animal health, animal welfare and the performance of pigs in various production ... -
Role of root exudates as signals in the interaction of Brassica napus L. roots with Verticillium longisporum in the soil
(2025-04-03)Verticillium longisporum is a soil-borne pathogen that primarily infects brassicaceous plants, including oilseed rape, a major global source of vegetable oil and oil extraction meal. V. longisporum causes stem striping ... -
Klimarisikomanagement - Akzeptanz und Potential satellitenbasierter Indexversicherungen in Deutschland
(2025-03-27)Although drought is the most relevant production risk for farmers in Germany, the demand for weather index insurance remains very low. Given that basis risk is known to be one of the main inhibiting factors of farmers’ ... -
Conservation of wild bees in agricultural landscapes through intercropping and habitat management
(2025-03-12)Bees, important providers of vital environmental functions such as pollination and soil bioturbation, are currently declining both on a local and global scale. Two main causes of this decline are habitat loss and fragmentation ... -
Development of a rapid in-field method for measuring soil pH and plant-available nutrients using ISFET multi-sensors
(2025-03-07)Knowledge of plant-available soil nutrients is important for determining fertilizer requirements. Collecting this data rapidly and directly in the field could be beneficial for improving nutrient utilization efficiency. ... -
Identification of resistance parameters / mechanisms of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) to green peach aphid Myzus persicae and black bean aphid Aphis fabae
(2025-03-07)The infestation of two aphid species, the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) and black bean aphid (Aphis fabae), along with the viruses they transmit, causes significant yield losses in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). With ... -
Application of imputed sequence-level genotypes to genomic analyses in German Warmblood horses
(2025-02-20)The use of whole-genome sequence (WGS) data in genomic applications is potentially superior to the commonly used genotype data from single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays, but their generation on a large scale is ... -
From Savings to Credit: Exploring the Financial Behavior of Smallholder Farmers in Mali, Ghana, and Madagascar
(2025-02-20)Access to financial services is a critical driver of economic development, empowering individuals to break cycles of poverty. Savings enable households to withstand adverse shocks, achieve greater food security, and make ... -
Challenges and Opportunities for Smallholder Farmers in Oil Palm Replanting: Evidence from Indonesia
(2025-02-14)The cultivation of oil palm supports the livelihoods of millions, including smallholder farmers. However, studies have shown that smallholder-managed plantations still generate much lower yields than large-scale company-managed ... -
Optimising management strategies on permanent grassland in the temperate zone in order to increase carbon sequestration, meet yield demands and ensure resilience to future climate change
(2025-02-14)Future climate change will require agricultural management to adapt to increasing air temperatures and changing precipitation patterns while simultaneously providing food, fodder and biomass, and maintaining a variety of ... -
Crop rotational effects on soil structure, root development and yield formation of winter wheat
(2025-02-14)Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important staple food crops worldwide and commonly grown in crop rotations to obtain high grain yields and overcome increased disease pressure which is caused by ... -
Fundamental Changes in Food: Improving the Toolbox of Simulation Modeling
(2025-02-14)Background
The global agrifood system is critically contributing to the transgression of planetary boundaries (Rockström et al., 2009b, 2009a). Crippa et al. (2021) estimate that the agrifood system ... -
(Mis)Guiding consumers to sustainable consumption: the role of information, labels and claims
(2025-02-06)This dissertation uses plant-based meat and dairy alternatives (PBMDAs) as a food category example, and palm oil as a case study ingredient, to illustrate how consumer communication on food products can influence assumptions ... -
Entwicklung eines integrierten Behandlungskonzeptes für die Kabatiella-Augenfleckenkrankheit (Kabatiella zeae) und die Turcicum-Blattdürre (Setosphaeria turcica) im Mais (Zea mays subsp. mays L.)
(2025-01-20)The aim of this study was to develop an integrated treatment concept for Northern corn leaf blight (Setosphaeria turcica) and Kabatiella eyespot (Kabatiella zeae) in maize (Zea mays subsp. mays L.) under Central European ... -
Genetic variation and inheritance of seed fiber components in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)
(2025-01-13)Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) is a major oil crop and a valuable protein source for animal and human nutrition. The oil-extracted meal of oilseed rape has a high protein content and a well-balanced amino acid composition. ... -
Designing politically feasible policies to enhance healthy and sustainable diets – empirical insights.
(2025-01-07)The adoption of nutrition policy measures to promote healthy and sustainable diets has lagged behind the health, environmental, social, and economic arguments to invest. In recognition of the fact that a lack of political ... -
Evaluation and optimization of the effectiveness of Attracap® and its environmental influences: A biological soil insecticide to control wireworms (Agriotes spp.)
(2024-12-19)The use of entomopathogenic fungi as biocontrol agents in agricultural pest management offers a promising alternative to chemical pesticides, aligning with the increasing global emphasis on sustainable farming practices. ...