Im Rahmen ihrer Ringvorlesung lädt die Abteilung Lebenswissenschaften und Gesundheitstechnologien alle Interessierten zu folgendem Vortrag ein:

Prof. Dr. Natalie Laibach (HS Rhein-Waal): Plants in Sustainable Land Use Systems

07.11.2025 | 09:00-10:30 Uhr | Online

Diversifying the crop cultivation by adding new species and cultivars to the cropping system on spatial and time dimensions has been shown to impact the soil metabolic and organism diversity with potential benefits for climate and pest resilience. Also, the metabolic status of the plant root and aboveground biomass including seeds is altered in interaction with different species and in response to different climatic conditions. To understand these systems on the organism level, i.e. just the response of the metabolism towards abiotic stresses on an omics scale, especially considering crop plants, we took Sorghum bicolor MOENCH as a species originating from tropical and subtropical Africa, well known for its drought resilience and adaptability to warmer climates and therefore already part in tropical agricultural systems with rising popularity in industrial countries. 

Our research highlights the metabolic networks active upon drought and heat, with emphasis on the root systems and evidence on the involvement of plant hormones involved in plant development and organismic interaction. These insights will feed into a new project investigating the root metabolic networks and their interaction with the soil and legumes in intercropping settings to understand their function for water and nutrient use efficiency.

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