Research Portfolios

Plant Biotechnology

Cereal biotechnology research for crop improvement

Dr. Navreet K. Bhullar, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Cereals, such as rice and wheat, are important source of food worldwide but they contain very low levels of bioavailable...

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 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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Plant Nutrition

Microbial functions in soil nutrient dynamics

Dr. Else Bünemann-König, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

A good understanding of biological cycling of P in terrestrial ecosystems is important in view of both decreasing...

Plant Nutrition

Oxygen isotope in phosphate, a new approach to study the soil/plant system

Dr. Federica Tamburini, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Phosphorus (P) is a major nutrient and an important constituent in cell membranes, DNA and RNA, and energy transporters....

Plant Nutrition

Phosphorus and nitrogen (re-)cycling in agro-ecosystems

Dr. Astrid Oberson, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Globally food demand is increasing while natural resources are shrinking. Human alterations of nutrient cycles are a...