Research at INRES
At the Institute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), 14 professorships1 and other working groups research comprehensively on a wide range of issues in the entire field of plant production and agricultural resource conservation.
Research at INRES covers a number of scales and ranges, for example, from basic research on protein folding2 in plants or the breeding3 of novel crop species to the diagnosis of plant diseases4 and practice-oriented research on agroforestry systems5.
The variety of topics includes the problem of microplastics in soils8, the defence mechanisms of plants against harmful nematodes9, the role of microbes in soils10 or the inclusion of entire value chains in renewable raw materials11. A wide range of research methods are used, from bioinformatic12 analysis of plant genomes, molecular biological characterisation of root growth13 and the rhizosphere microbiome10, to field experiments under conventional14 and organic management15 or even landscape experiments4.
INRES is closely integrated into the PhenoRob cluster of excellence16, where it’s investigating what a digitally supported agriculture of the future might look like. This is done, among other things, through modelling17, molecular biology-based diagnosis of nutrient deficiencies18 and plant diseases4, as well as field trials19.
Research at INRES examines globally important crop species such as wheat, maize13, barley and rice18, as well as a large number of other agricultural crops, including fruit, vegetable and ornamental plants5, fodder plants19, medicinal and spice plants11, and trees as renewable raw materials11.
The INRES working groups are active in various regions, both locally in the Rhineland11 and in tropical and subtropical climates18 or in the Atacama Desert10. An important aspect at INRES is the close involvement of students in research and a strong research and teaching.
Links
- https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/research/professorships
- https://www.redox.uni-bonn.de/en
- http://www.plantbreeding.uni-bonn.de/front-page-de-en?set_language=en%09
- https://www.pflanzenkrankheiten.uni-bonn.de/?set_language=en
- https://www.gartenbauwissenschaft.uni-bonn.de/
- https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/research/project-manager
- https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/research/associations
- https://www.boden.uni-bonn.de/allgemeine-bodenkunde-und-bodenoekologie?set_language=en
- https://www.mpm.uni-bonn.de/welcome-to-the-websites-of-molecular-phytomedicine-1?set_language=en
- https://www.boden.uni-bonn.de/molecular-biology-of-the-rhizosphere-en?set_language=en
- https://www.nawaro.uni-bonn.de/
- https://www.cropbio.uni-bonn.de/
- https://www.hochholdinger-lab.uni-bonn.de/
- https://www.cka.uni-bonn.de/?set_language=en
- https://www.wiesengut.uni-bonn.de/?set_language=en
- https://www.phenorob.de/
- https://www.lap.uni-bonn.de/home?set_language=en
- https://www.ipe.uni-bonn.de/welcome?set_language=en
- https://www.aol.uni-bonn.de/en/profil?set_language=en