Sustainable Plant Systems

The online learning material Sustainable Plant Systems aims at building knowledge through inquiry-based learning. Four major subject areas with a total of 12 topics that are covered by SPSW researchers have been chosen for this learning material:

1 Biotic interactions

• Induced systemic resistance and priming (Mauch-Mani Group, UniNe)
• Inducible root defenses (Turlings Group, UniNe)
• Plant innate immunity (Boller Group, UniBas)

2 Nutrient management

• Nitrogen supply in conservation agriculture (Frossard Group, ETHZ)
• Arbuscular mycorrhizas in soil nutrient management (Gamper Group, ETHZ / van der Heijden Group, ART)
• Phosphorus recycling (Oberson Group, ETHZ)

3 Plant breeding

• Abiotic stresses during corn development (Walter Group, ETHZ)
• Wheat resistance against fungal pathogens (Keller Group, UZH)
• Iron biofortification of rice (Bhullar Group, ETHZ)
• Orphan crops of Africa: Tef improvement (Tadele Group, UniBe)

4 Climate change

• Temperature adaption and acclimation (Shimizu Group, UZH)
• Role of vascular plants in methane emissions from soil (G. Singh Bhullar, ETHZ)

Link: Access to the course website on the e-learning platform OLAT (=Online Learning And Training

Last update: January 7, 2013