Smart plants & crops
To provide the growing world population with healthy food and to keep our living environment healthy and sustainable, we need resilient and productive plants and crops that can withstand drought and higher temperatures. We therefore conduct plant research on all levels: the molecule, the cell, the organism, cultivation and the interaction between plants, pathogens and insects.
How do we work on smart plants & crops?
Our business units and chair groups work with other partners on solutions for resilient and productive plants and crops.
Business units
Our business units focus on applied research:
Chair groups
Our chair groups focus on fundamental research and education:
- Bioinformatics Group
- Biosystematics Group
- Horticulture & Product Physiology Group
- Laboratory of Cell Biology
- Laboratory of Entomology
- Laboratory of Genetics
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology
- Laboratory of Nematology
- Laboratory of Phytopathology
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding
- Laboratory of Virology
- Plant Developmental Biology
Looking for a course on smart plants & crops?
Master's programmes
- Online Master's Plant Breeding
- Master's Plant Sciences
- Master's Biology
- Master's Plant Biotechnology
- Master's Bioinformatics