Publications from 38 supported projects in the thematic area of biodiversity, plant breeding and food security:

• Georgiadis, Pavlos, Ethnobotanical knowledge against the combined biodiversity, poverty and climate crisis: A case study from a Karen community in Northern Thailand, 2022 Summary as View-PDF
• Vargas‑Carpintero, Ricardo, Thomas Hilger, Johannes Mössinger, Roney Fraga Souza, Juan Carlos Barroso Armas, Karen Tiede, Iris Lewandowski, Acrocomia spp.: neglected crop, ballyhooed multipurpose palm or fit for the bioeconomy? A review, 2021 Summary as View-PDF
• Bierschenk, Birgit, Rice wild relatives under different iron stress regimes - growth parameters, yield and grain quality factors, 2018 Summary as View-PDF
• Tagele, Melle Tilahun, Characterization of rice wild relative species for iron toxicity tolerance at the vegetative growth stage, 2017 Summary as View-PDF
• Fellahi Zine El Abidine: Analyse génétique d’un croisement line x tester, réponse à la sélection et tolérance des stress du blé tendre (Triticum aestivum L.) sous conditions semi-arides (Genetic analysis of crosses line x tester, response to selection and stress tolerance of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under semi-arid conditions) , 2017 Summary as View-PDF
• Zakia Ibrahim Ali and Sabine Golombek: Effect of Drought and Nitrogen Availability on Osmotic Adjustment of Five Pearl Millet Cultivars in the Vegetative Growth Stage, 2015 Summary as View-PDF
• Frei, Michael: Identification and characterization of loci conferring tolerance to iron toxicity in rice, 2014 Summary as View-PDF
• Matthus, E., L. B. Wu, G. Gregorio, M. Becker and M. Frei: A genome wide associationstudy (GWAS) to identify genes associated with tolerance to iron toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa L.) , 2014 Summary as View-PDF
• Pandey, Madhav Prasad: Drought tolerance of Nepalese wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell) cultivars, breeding lines, and landraces and associated morphophysiological, agronomic and root traits, 2014 Summary as View-PDF
• Ueda, Yoshiaki, Felix Frimpong, Yitao Qi, Elsa Matthus, Linbo Wu, Stefanie Höller, Thorsten Kraska and Michael Frei: Genetic dissection of ozone tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by a genome-wide association study, 2014 Summary as View-PDF
• Frei, Michael: Association mapping of genes related to abiotic stress tolerance in rice, 2013 Summary as View-PDF
• Ruschhaupt, Moritz: Replication modes of Maize streak virus mutants lacking RepA or the RepA-pRBR interaction motif, 2013 Summary as View-PDF
• Calles, Teodardo: Diversity of Venezuelan Stylosanthes (Leguminosae), 2012 Summary as View-PDF
• IRRI: Enhancing and Stabilizing the Productivitiy of Salt Affected Areas by Incorporating Genes for Tolerance of Abiotic Stresses in Rice, 2012 Summary as View-PDF
• Siqueira, Marcos V. B. M., Maria L. Bonatelli, Torsten Günther, Inka Gawenda, Karl J. Schmid and Elizabeth A. Veasey : Morphological and molecular diversity of water yam (Dioscorea alata) in Brazil, 2012 Summary as View-PDF
• Souza Canada, Eduardo Daniel: Transformation einer argentinischen Sommerweizenvarietät (Triticum aestivum L.) durch Transfer eines Seneszenzverzögernden Gens zur Verbesserung der Ertragsleistung. (Transformation of an Argentine summer wheat variety (Triticum aestivum L.) by transfer of a senescencedelaying gene to improve the yield), 2012 Summary as View-PDF
• Dilip Babasaheb Kajale: Consumer Acceptance, Effects of Information on Willingness to Pay, and Attitude towards Mandatory Labeling Policy for Genetically Modified Food, 2011 Summary as View-PDF
• Häntzschel, Katharina Rosalie: Bestimmung und Optimierung von Colchicin- Alternativen für die Doppelhaploiden-Technik bei Mais (Zea mays L.), 2011 Summary only in German as View-PDF
• Mundakana, Manjula: A study of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins from pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) after infection with the downy mildew pathogen (Sclerospora graminicola), 2011 Summary as View-PDF
• Madhav Pandey, Kiran Baral, Amrit Poudel: Growth Angle of Seminal Roots in Wheat Correlates with Drought Responsive Physiological Traits and Grain Yield, 2010 Summary as View-PDF
• Ruschhaupt, Moritz: Replication of maize streak virus lacking RepA or RepA-pRBR interaction, 2010 Summary as View-PDF
• Umesh R. Rosyara, Sushil Subedi, Etienne Duveiller and Ram C. Sharma: Photochemical Efficiency and SPAD Value as Indirect Selection Criteria for Combined Selection of Spot Blotch and Terminal Heat Stress in Wheat, 2010 Summary as View-PDF
• Umesh Raj Rosyara: Breeding for stress tolerant wheat genotypes for foliar blight stressed, warm and dry environments of South Asia, 2010 Summary as View-PDF
• El-Banna, Antar Nasr Salem: Improvement of osmotic and salt tolerance in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by homologous protein overexpression, 2008 Summary as View- PDF
• Srinivasan, Ramasamy : Pioneering development of a public-private partnership in the use of agri-biotechnology for sustainable solutions to insect problems on crucifer crops in India , 2008 Summary as View-PDF
• U.R. Rosyara, K. Khadka, S. Subedi, R.C. Sharma and E. Duveiller: Heritability of stay green traits and association with spot blotch resistance in three spring wheat populations, 2008 Summary as View-PDF
• U.R. Rosyara, K. Khadka, S. Subedi, R.C. Sharma and E. Duveiller: Field resistance to spot blotch is not associated with undesirable physio-morphological traits in three spring wheat populations, 2008 Summary as View-PDF
• Umesh R. Rosyara, Amrit A. Ghimire, Sushil Subedi and Ram C. Sharma: Variation in south Asian wheat germplasm for seedling drought tolerance traits, 2008 Summary as View-PDF
• Elagib, Tahani Y.: Marker-assisted heterotic grouping of Sudanese sorghum landraces, 2007 Summary as View-PDF
• Heider, Bettina: Assessment of Legume Diversity for Genetic Resources Conservation in the Highlands of Northeast Vietnam. Germplas, Collecting, Molecular Marker Studies, and Ethnobotanical Surveys, 2007 Summary as View-PDF
• Khidr, Yehia: Development of a strategy to induce RNA-silencing in squash against virus diseases by genetix transformation, 2007 Summary as View-PDF
• Meyer, Stefanie: Heterois-assoziierte Genexpression in frühen Entwicklungsstadien von Zea mays L. (Heterois-associated gene expression in early development stages of Zea mays L.), 2007 Summary only in German as View- PDF
• Rivadeneira, Miguel: Participatory Evaluation of advanced Barley lines for release as New Varieties that are tolerant to Rusts, in seven Barley growing Areas of the Ecuadorian Highlands, 2007 Summary as View-PDF
• Andersson, Meike S.: Diversity in the tropical multipurpose shrub legumes Cratylia argentea (Desv.) O. Kuntze and Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Merrill, 2006 Summary as View-PDF
• Ashry El Nagar, Mahran Mokhtar Mohamed : Biotechnological Investigations on Regeneration and Transformation in Capsicum annuum L., 2006 Summary as View- PDF
• Dadshani, Said Abdul Wali: Untersuchungen zur genotypischen Salzresistenz von Gerste in semi-ariden Gebieten (Studies on the genotypic salt resistance of barley in semiarid regions), 2006 Summary only in German as View-PDF
• Elwan, Mohammed Wasfy Mohammed: In vitro induced salt tolerance in pepper (Capsicum Sp.), 2005 Summary as View-PDF
• Islam, Aminul: Genetic diversity of the genus Curcuma in Bangladesh and further biotechnological approaches for in vitro regeneration and long-term conservation of C. longa germplasm, 2005 Summary as View-PDF
• Zermane, Nadjia: Potential of Rhizobacteria to Control Parasitic Weeds of the Genus Orobanche, 2005 Summary as View-PDF
• Zhang, Deyong: Sequence Variability of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and its Effects on CMV-Resistance of Capsicum sp., 2005 Summary as View-PDF
• Dreisigacker, Susanne: Genetic Diversity in Elite Lines and Landraces of CIMMYT Spring Bread Wheat and Hybrid Performance of Crosses among Elite Germplasm, 2004 Summary as View-PDF
• Geiger, H. H.: Gentechnikforschung für den Nutzpflanzenbau in Entwicklungsländern. Ein Positionspapier (Genetic research for crop cultivation in developing countries. A position paper), 2004 Summary only in German as View- PDF
• Peng Zhang, Herve Vanderschuren and Wilhelm Gruissem : RNA-mediated Cassava Geminivirus Resistance in Transgenie Cassava , 2004 Summary as View-PDF
• Peng Zhang, Hervé Vanderschuren, Martin Stupak and Wilhelm Gruissem: Contribution of Cassava Biotechnology on Sustainable Development in Tropical Agriculture, 2004 Summary as View-PDF
• Rothenstein, Dirk: Maniok-assoziierte Begomoviren in Indien - Biodiversität, Gewebelokalisation und Funktionsanalyse (Manioc-associated begomoviruses in India - biodiversity, tissue localization and function analysis), 2004 Summary as View-PDF
• Zhang, Pingzhi: Trends and levels of genetic diversity in CIMMYT wheat germplasm and Omani landraces evaluated by using SSR markers and pedigree data, 2004 Summary as View-PDF
• Zhang, Pingzhi: Trends and levels of genetic diversity in CIMMYT wheat germplasm and Omani landraces evaluated by using SSR markers and pedigree data, 2004 Summary as View-PDF
• Zimmermann, Roukayatou: Biotechnology and Value-added Traits in Food Crops. Relevance for Developing Countries and Economic Analysis, 2004 Summary as View-PDF
• Zimmermann, Roukayatou and Matin Qaim: Potential health benefits of Golden Rice: a Philippine case study, 2004 Summary as View-PDF
• Zakia Ali Ibrahim and Sabine Golombek: The effects of genotype and nitrogen supply on drought tolerance mechanisms of pearl millet, 2003 Summary as View-PDF
• Geiger, H. H., K. Becker und H. K. Biesalski: Ernährungssicherung in den ariden Tropen und Subtropen durch Perlhirsesorten mit erhöhter biologischer Wertigkeit (Food security in the arid tropics and subtropics by pearl millet varieties with increased biological value), 2002 Summary only in German as View-PDF
• Zimmermann, Roukayatou and Matin Qaim: Projecting the Benefits of Golden Rice in the Philippines, 2002 Summary as View-PDF
• Virchow, Detlef: Conservation of Gentic Resources - Cost and Implications for a Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 1999 Summary as View- PDF