Future agroecosystems in South Germany will suffer from increasing abiotic stress such as summer droughts. Are key rhizosphere traits (e.g. root hairs, exudates, soil structure, mycorrhization) capable of increasing the resistance and resilience of crops under drought in order to secure yields? To answer this question, a comparative approach is chosen in this project, which focuses on high yield varieties vs. old landraces of wheat and maize genotypes and different soil types.

Prof. Dr. Johanna Pausch

Agroecology, University of Bayreuth
Universitätsstr. 30, 95447 Bayreuth
johanna.pausch@uni-bayreuth.de

Technical University of Munich (Chair of Soil Science),
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research),
Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture
(Institute of Organic Farming, Soil and Resource Management)