Centre for Crop Systems Analysis
Plant Science in a Crop Context
Centre for Crop Systems Analysis (CSA) contributes to the development of high quality plant production in sustainable agro-ecosystems through research and teaching. The emphasis is on improvement and innovation of plant production at various levels of integration; from genotypes to cropping systems and production chains.
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Paper of the Month July 2020
The Kok effect revisited
Read moreIntercropping was featured in a recent article in “Neues Deutschland”
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Our research
- Crop systems biology
- Plant form and function
- Functional biodiversity in crop-crop and crop-weed interactions
- Spatial agro-ecology
- Seeking synergy with social sciences
Projects
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Redesigning European cropping systems based on species mixtures
ReMIX is an international Research and Innovation project, funded by the EU's Horizon 2020 Program under Societal Challenge 2 - Food security,... -
Virtual tomato crops
Jochem Evers and his team are developing a digital twin of a tomato crop in a greenhouse: a 3D simulation model that is fed in real-time with sensor...
Latest publications
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Managing cool-season turfgrass without herbicides: Optimizing maintenance practices to control weeds
Crop Science (2020). - ISSN 0011-183X -
Plant architectural responses in simultaneous maize/soybean strip intercropping do not lead to a yield advantage
Annals of Applied Biology (2020). - ISSN 0003-4746 -
Comparisons with wheat reveal root anatomical and histochemical constraints of rice under water-deficit stress
Plant and Soil 452 (2020). - ISSN 0032-079X - p. 547 - 568.