Molecular Ecology of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Experimental fungal community assembly

Dr. Hannes A. Gamper, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

We aim at understanding the ecological and evolutionary determinants of biodiversity in natural arbuscular mycorrhizal...

Plant Ecological Genetics

Grass endophytes

Prof. Dr. Adrian Leuchtmann, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology

Symbiotic associations between organisms are common in ecosystems, but mutual benefits may be conditional depending on...

Plant Nutrition

Improve nutrient-use efficiency in agro-ecosystems

Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Frossard, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

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Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions

Molecular aspects of pathogenesis in plants

Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Métraux, BeNeFri, University of Fribourg, Dept. of Biology

<div>We are interested in the molecular determinants of fungal pathogenesis and their possible interactions with...

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Molecular aspects of symbiosis and pathogenesis in plants

Prof. Dr. Thomas Boller, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Basel, Institute of Botany

Plants interact with microbes (bacteria and fungi), in both friendly and hostile ways – this is the essence of plant...

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Molecular plant-microbe interactions

Prof. Dr. Felix Mauch, BeNeFri, University of Fribourg, Dept. of Biology

Our research centers on molecular aspects of the interaction between plants and the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora....

Plant Pathology

Plant pathology

Dr. Monika Maurhofer Bringolf, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology

Monika Maurhofer is the leader of a research group with interest in elucidating the multitrophic interactions going on...

Plant Pathology

Population genetics and evolutionary biology of plant pathogenic fungi

Prof. Dr. Bruce McDonald, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology

Plant pathogens evolve rapidly to overcome the disease control strategies that are deployed against them. Resistance...

Molecular Plant-Microbe interactions, Plant Nutrition

Regulation of growth, nutrition, and symbiosis in plants

PD Dr. Didier Reinhardt, BeNeFri, University of Fribourg, Dept. of Biology

In symbiotic interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, the plant attracts the microbial partner with chemical...

Systematic Mycology

Systematic mycology

PD Dr. Reinhard Berndt, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology