Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät: E-Dissertationen
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Effects of mixing multiple spring wheat and faba bean cultivars in variable densities and environments
Paul, Madhuri Rani (2024-10-02)Intercropping, the practice of cultivating two or more crop species together, is widely recognized as a sustainable crop production system. This approach is valued for its ability to enhance production, stabilize crop ... -
Assessing the compatibility of genotypes in the rice—Magnaporthe oryzae interaction by hyperspectral imaging
Maina, Angeline Wanjiku (2024-10-01)The optical properties of plants are valuable indicators of their health and can be used to detect, monitor, and characterize both biotic and abiotic stresses. Spectral techniques like hyperspectral imaging (HSI), have ... -
Global and experimental evidence on the adoption of innovations and robotics for sustainable crop production
Feisthauer, Philipp (2024-09-26)Agricultural innovations in general and smart farming technologies (SFT) in particular, can mitigate the negative environmental impacts and risk inherent to modern agricultural practices while increasing productivity and ... -
Prokaryotic colonization of soil during early-stage aggregation and of soil microaggregates
Yao, Tongyan (2024-09-25)Soil is a complex mixture of minerals, gas, water and organic materials that assemble into aggregates and define pore spaces, therewith providing connective and isolated habitats for microorganisms. The soil microorganisms ... -
Grape phenolic maturity: Dynamics of polyphenol-polysaccharide interactions and the impact of grape seeds
Hensen, Jan-Peter (2024-09-24)Red wines contain various polyphenols that significantly impact their sensorial characteristics, making polyphenol extraction crucial for winemakers. Polyphenols are extracted from grape berries during maceration and ... -
Quantitative evaluation of ruminal nutrient degradation using in situ and in vitro methods
Deitmers, Jan-Helge (2024-09-06)Quantitative evaluation of ruminal nutrient degradation using <em>in situ</em> and <em>in vitro</em> methods Studies on ruminally cannulated animals are expensive and time consuming. Furthermore they are limited to a few ... -
Towards Sustainable Water Use in the Indus River Basin: Assessing Groundwater Dynamics, Environmental Flows, associated Controlling Factors and Management Options
Mehmood, Kashif (2024-09-05)The dissertation highlights the need to release enough discharge as EFs to conserve ecosystems and found that the Chenab, Ravi, and Sutlej Rivers of IRB are particularly vulnerable to the ecosystem as the estimated EFs ... -
Plant mucilage effects on rhizosheath formation
Rahim, Riffat (2024-08-28)The formation of rhizosheaths, protective layers encasing plant roots, involves various factors, including mucilage presence. Yet, the specific impact of mucilage concentration on rhizosheath growth remains unexplored. ... -
Recreating genomically stable rapeseed
Ihien, Elizabeth Omonefe (2024-08-15)Rapeseed (<em>Brassica napus</em>, AACC) is a young allotetraploid species formed by the hybridization of <em>Brassica rapa</em> (AA) and <em>Brassica oleracea</em> (CC). The genetic diversity of rapeseed is limited as a ... -
Imaging spatial and temporal soil water content variations of the soil-plant continuum using ground penetrating radar
Lärm, Lena (2024-07-23)The soil-plant continuum regulates a wide range of processes, which are crucial for plant performance, such as root water and nutrient uptake and the spatio-temporal distribution of soil water. Especially for agricultural ... -
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 (2024-06-10)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 ...