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Programme available online | Botanik-Tagung 2024

We are excited to announce that the main programme for the Botanik-Tagung 2024 – International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) – is now available online!
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Waging a war for land and soil

The war in Ukraine is also a war for soil. Sebastian Dötterl, Professor for Soil Resources at ETH Zurich explains what makes Ukrainian soil so valuable and why it will become even more geopolitically significant.
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Inheriting the Ability to Adapt

Genetic diversity enables plants to adapt. Research conducted by plant geneticist Ueli Grossniklaus on the epigenetic inheritance of traits is opening up new opportunities for breeding crops.
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New Beech Trees for Switzerland’s Forests

Climate change is afflicting indigenous beech trees in Switzerland. Researchers at UZH now want to find out what Swiss beech forests might look like in the future. To do that, they are taking an experimental approach, using spectral data to…
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Mosaic grassland landscapes are the most beneficial

Like forests, grassland provides numerous ecological, economic and social benefits. Researchers have investigated ways to maintain and improve these benefits in the Swiss canton of Solothurn.
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Wie die Pflanzenwelt den Klimakreislauf prägt

Um die Resilienz der Erde zu verstehen, modellieren Forschende der ETH Zürich Klimaveränderungen längst vergangener Zeiten. Und sie zeigen: Pflanzen sind nicht einfach Opfer der Umstände, sondern haben die Klimabedingungen auf der Erde…
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