Crop Functional Genomics

The division of Crop Functional Genomics is part of the Institute of Plant Sciences and Resource Conservation (INRES).

Our research focus is the genetic and genomic dissection of maize and barley root development. To this end, we clone and characterize genes controlling root architecture and we investigate the molecular mechanisms of heterosis manifestation. Moreover, we are interested in how root systems react to abiotic stress such as drought or cold and how they interact with the rhizosphere.

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Congratulations to Emmy Noether group leader Peng Yu for his appointment as professor at TU Munich

Peng Yu was today appointed professor for Plant Genetics at the TU Munich School of Life Sciences. We are very proud of you!

Faculty prize for Danning Wang

Congratulations to Danning for receiving the faculty prize for the best thesis in plant science.

Congratulations to Yan Naing Win for successfully passing his PhD exam

Yan worked on the development of the BonnMu transposon resource in maize and functionally charactized one of the BonnMu root mutants.

Lab trip

The CFG and CS group enjoyed a wonderful hiking trip on the Apollinaris-Schleife, which included a wine tasting from the Maibachfarm at the Ahr Valley. Later, we had the opportunity to see and got to know the ostriches at the farm in Remagen.