Field Afternoon - BOKU Plant Breeding

Monday, June 22, 2026
 

Program - Overview

• CRISPR/Cas9 – mutants induced by the “genetic scissor” in the greenhouse, basic research to identify causal genes.
• Mirabilis jalapa and intermediate inheritance, following Gregor Mendel's footsteps.
• 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 really “wild” relatives.
• Fusarium head blight—one of the world’s most significant cereal diseases: we conduct resistance research.
• Stinking wheat is back, especially in organic farming: we develop methods and lines for resistance breeding.
• Cereal viruses are climate change winners: we use biodiversity to prepare the next generation of our varieties against them.
• Fusarium resistance testing under near-natural conditions: corn stover inoculation.
• Performance testing of new experimental lines with high resistance to smut and/or ear fusariosis.