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 January 2021
Hilling of Transplanted Seedlings from Novel Hybrid True Potato Seeds Does Not Enhance Tuber Yield but Can Affect Tuber Size Distribution
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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Modeling smallholder agricultural systems to manage Striga in the semi-arid tropics
Agricultural Systems 187 (2021). - ISSN 0308-521X -
Exploring Optimized Synergetic Solutions for Major Constraints of Sustainable Agricultural Production in Chencha, Southern Ethiopia
Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 30 (2020)4. - ISSN 0257-2605 - p. 147 - 168. -
Leaf Nitrogen Traits in Response to Plant Density and Nitrogen Supply in Oilseed Rape
Agronomy 10 (2020)11. - ISSN 2073-4395 - p. 1780 - 1780.