Field Afternoon BOKU Plant Breeding

Monday, June 22, 2026

• CRISPR/Cas9—mutants induced by the “gene scissor” in the greenhouse; basic research to identify causal genes.
• Mirabilis jalapa and intermediate inheritance in Gregor Mendel’s work.
• Rain Out Shelter: a new facility for testing crop plants for drought stress resistance under field conditions.
• Soybean: testing and selection for drought stress resistance, including hyperspectral measurements.
• Soybean as a food crop: a contribution to satisfying our protein needs in a climate-neutral way.
• 10,000 Years of Grains in One Field: all our grain varieties, from ancient to brand-new, including some rather wild relatives.
• Fusarium head blight—one of the world’s most significant grain diseases: resistance research is working!
• Stinking wheat is back, especially in organic farming: we are developing methods and resistant breeding lines.
• Cereal viruses are climate change winners: we’re using biodiversity to prepare the next generation of cereal varieties to combat them.
• Climate change and mycotoxins: field trials under near-natural conditions—corn stover inoculation.
• Performance testing of new experimental lines with high resistance to smut and/or ear fusariosis.