Scientific program
Holger Puchta (KIT, Botanical Institute)
From gene editing to chromosome and tissue engineering in plants
Peter Nick (KIT, Botanical Institute)
How to prepare viticulture for climate change – resilience genes from a Crop Wild Ancestor
Sandra Schmöckel (U. Hohenheim, Physiol. Yield Stability)
Quinoa – an orphan crop with future perspectives
Reinhard Fischer (KIT, Institute for Applied Biosciences)
How fungi and nematodes smell each other
Jörg Kämper (KIT, Institute for Applied Biosciences)
Sugar acquisition and regulatory circuits during infection of the smut fungus Ustilago maydis
Anne-Kristin Kaster (KIT, Institute for Biological Interfaces)
Microbes for future
Katharina Scherf (KIT, Institute for Applied Biosciences)
Plants proteomics to study quality and nutritional value
Glykeria Duelli (KIT, Institute for Technical Chemistry)
About the thermodynamics of phosphorus in complex multicomponent chemical systems
Mirko Bunzel (KIT, Institute for Applied Biosciences)
Analytical tools for structure elucidation of plant cell wall polymers
Andreas Schaller (U. Hohenheim, Plant Physiol. Biochemistry)
Biogenesis of peptide signals for plant reproductive development
Diana Bunzel- Sabine Kulling (Max Rubner Institute, Karlsruhe)
Metabolomics as one tool for evaluating substantial equivalence of genetically modified plant foods
Michael Riemann (KIT, Botanical Institute)
Jasmonate – a versatile phytohormone and its function in rice
Uwe Ludewig (U. Hohenheim, Institute for Crop Sciences)
Aspects of crop nutrition and protection
Natalia Requena (KIT, Botanical Institute)
Facing agricultural challenges with microbes and plant gene editing