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The Role of Lipids in the Formation of Beneficial Interactions Between Plant Roots and Soil Microbiota under Heat Stress
Macabuhay, Allene Andaya (2024-07-15)Climate change, which is characterized by the rise of global atmospheric temperatures known as global warming, has serious detrimental effects on crop production because of the direct influence of elevated temperature on ... -
Dynamics of Adjustment in Agriculture: Essays on Dairy Productivity, Dairy Quota System and Sustainable Corn Production
Marton, Tibor András (2024-07-11)The thesis comprises an introduction and three separate essays on aspects of agricultural adjustment processes. The essays specifically address (1) how the productivity of milk production in Norway changes between different ... -
Exploring water fluxes for agricultural production in African croplands
Ayyad, Saher (2024-07-11)The deteriorating status of water scarcity and food insecurity poses a global challenge, driven by population growth, rapid urbanization, socio-economic developments, shifting consumption patterns, inefficient resource ... -
Reduktion der Unsicherheiten bei der Registrierung von TLS-Punktwolken
Janßen, Jannik (2024-07-10)Die Erfassung und Reproduktion der realen Umgebung bleibt auch in unserer zunehmend digitalisierten Welt eine zentrale Herausforderung. Zur flächenhaften Aufnahme unserer Umwelt wird seit einigen Jahren vermehrt das ... -
Development of the BonnMu transposon resource in maize (Zea mays L.) and its application in characterizing the magenta root dwarf 1 (mrd1) mutant
Win, Yan Naing (2024-07-08)Genome-wide insertional mutagenesis is a tool to generate loss-of-function mutations for virtually all genes in a genome. In this process, mutations are naturally generated by random integration of mobile DNA elements ... -
Essays on the nexus between technological change, policies, and value chain governance for a transition towards a low-carbon economy
Mac Clay, Pablo (2024-07-04)Technological change is essential to reconciling economic growth with environmental conservation. A transition toward an environmentally sustainable economic system requires new production techniques that improve land use ... -
Assessing the potential role of insurance in flood adaptation in the context of climate change: a case study of the West African Lower Mono River Basin (LMRB) in Togo and Benin
Wagner, Simon Matthias (2024-06-18)The Lower Mono River basin (LMRB) located both in Togo and Benin is confronted with challenges such as periodic flooding, infrastructural development, deforestation, settlement expansion, land use change and risk governance. ... -
Children as consumers in the food market: Empirical analyses investigating industry advertising self-regulation, children’s preferences, and purchasing behavior
Landwehr, Stefanie Christina (2024-06-14)In modern society, children have emerged as an important consumer demographic in the food market as they hold considerable purchasing power resulting from both their influence on family expenditures and their autonomous ... -
The role of green infrastructure quality for healthier and biodiverse cities: A One Health approach for reconciling people and wildlife needs
Felappi, Jéssica Francine (2024-06-14)In the upcoming decades, urban areas are expected to undergo significant expansion and transformation in order to accommodate the growing proportion of the world's population living in cities. This challenge presents a ... -
Verzehr von Milchprodukten im Kindes- und Jugendalter: Assoziationen mit der Entwicklung der Körperzusammensetzung und prospektive Bedeutung für Risikomarker des Typ-2-Diabetes im jungen Erwachsenenalter
Hohoff, Eva (2023-06-10)Milchprodukte (MP), die für ein gesundes Wachstum im Kindes- und Jugendalter empfohlen werden, werden zunehmend im Zusammenhang mit der Entstehung von Übergewicht und ernährungsmitbedingten Erkrankung wie etwa Diabetes ... -
Comparison of the sustainability of ecological farming approaches using bio-economic modeling
Freytag, Julia Petra (2024-06-05)EU and national policies foster ecological farming approaches to mitigate environmental pressures and increase sustainability of agricultural production. However, existing policies suffer from limited participation or low ... -
Genome stability assessment in new diverse Brassica allohexaploid crop types (AABBCC) using molecular karyotyping
Quezada Martinez, Daniela Roxana (2024-06-04)Interspecific hybridization and polyploidization processes are known to confer advantages, such as hybrid vigor and increased environmental tolerances. Although cultivated diploid and allotetraploid <em>Brassica </em>species ... -
Influence of lactation-induced and condition-dependent mobilization of body fat on bile acid metabolism of high-yielding dairy cows
Dicks, Lena (2024-06-04)The transition from pregnancy to lactation is characterized by major metabolic, phys-iological, and hormonal changes. In early lactation, dairy cows experience a negative energy balance (NEB) as the energy required for ... -
Economics of Female Labor Force Participation: Overcoming Barriers in Pakistan
Amber, Hina (2024-05-28)The active participation of females in the labor force advances gender equality and empowers them to access economic opportunities. The thesis empirically investigates the dynamics of female labor force participation and ... -
Genome Wide Association Study and Genomic Selection Models for Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Bread Wheat
Sadeqi, Mohammad Bahman (2024-05-17)Nitrogen (N) as an essential element in the structure of proteins, nucleic acids and chlorophyll plays an important role in grain yield. Nitrogen fertilizer, which is most commonly used in cereal production, is necessary ... -
Early transcriptomic plasticity in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seminal roots in response to abiotic stress
Klaus, Alina (2024-05-15)Water deficit and soil salinity negatively affect plant growth and thus pose major threats to agricultural production and food security. Already one of these factors results in economic damage, while a combination of both ... -
Shifting towards sustainable and healthier dietary patterns in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolis, Germany: An extended One Health Life Cycle Assessment
Minetto Gellert Paris, Juliana (2024-05-15)The current state of global food systems poses threats to the environment and public health. Addressing these issues requires a transdisciplinary approach to promote sustainable development. This study adopts the One Health ... -
Effects of elevated ozone on winter wheat and potential genetic and physiological mechanisms
Feng, Yanru (2024-05-15)Wheat is an ozone-sensitive crop with substantial global yield loss. It is necessary to make assessments of ozone impacts and to investigate the tolerance mechanisms and genetic factors conferring ozone tolerance in wheat. ... -
Characterizing and assessing drought risks for agricultural systems: Integrating socioecological approaches at global and national levels
Meza Rodriguez, Maria Isabel (2024-05-15)Droughts are complex, multifaceted hazards that affect many regions of the world. They cascade through socioecological systems at different scales and cause severe environmental and social impacts. Agriculture bears much ... -
Robot Mapping with 3D LiDARs
Vizzo, Ignacio Martin (2024-05-15)Robots can assist humans in a multitude of ways. For example, robots can handle tedious tasks that humans prefer not to do, such as vacuum cleaning daily to keep a house clean. They can tackle challenging problems that, ...