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Department of Organic Agricultural Products
Institution
Section overview
Description
The scientific interest of the group directed by Prof. Dr. Maria R. Finckh since 1999 lies in applied research topics addressing the specific crop protection needs in organic agriculture. Main focus is the development of preventative control strategies to enhance and to improve crop health, as well as their implementation in modern organic production schemes. The interdisciplinary work covers the three crop protection sectors - plant diseases, arthropod pests and weeds.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- COBRA - Coordinating Organic Plant Breeding Activities for Diversity
- Development of a computerized decision support system to prevent pea moth damage in field peas
- Development of a situational approach to the regulation of the pea moth in vegetable and field peas
- Effects of growing conditions on fungal attack, baking quality and mycotoxin contents in organic wheat production
- Enhancing the economic value of organically produced cash crops by optimizing the management of soil fertility, sub-project 6
- Improvement of ecological crop rotations for a regenerative, adapted nutritional management
- Influence of high-quality humus carrier and suppressive intercrops in organic soils
- Innovative approaches to optimize genetic diversity for sustainable farming systems of the future (INSUSFAR)
- OSCAR: a collaborative European research project to develop more sustainable systems of conservation agriculture and increase the diversity of cover crops and living mulches
- Pest management in organic rapeseed production
- Population breeding for adaptability through diversity and participatory on-farm selection of winter wheat
- Preventive cultivation planning in faba beans and field peas to avoid key-pest incidence and to enhance yield stability (WP1)
Involved in research projects
- Biology, damage potential and host spectrum of Paratylenchus bukowinensis
- Evaluation and acceptance of heterogeneous populations of winter wheat in organic value chains. Coordination
- Pest control in organic farming
- Pest control in organic winter rape cultivation
- Pest management in organic rapeseed production
Contact
Department of Organic Agricultural Products
Nordbahnhofstr. 1a
37213 Witzenhausen
Hesse
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)5542 98-1561
Fax: +49 (0)5542 98-1564
Email: sekr.foep(@)uni-kassel.de
