Ertrag und Qualität von Winterweizengenotypen unter integrierten und ökologischen Anbaubedingungen

An annually identical assortment of each of 32 winter wheat varieties and lines bred under conventional conditions was tested between 2004 and 2007 both in a conventionally and in an organically managed environment. Previously the assortment had been evaluated with respect to yield and indirect parameters of baking quality. The objective was to obtain evidence for a targeted selection of lines for their later use as bread varieties in organic farming. It was discovered that for a successful selection of lines for the subsequent cultivation under organic conditions especially the evaluation of yield must be conducted strictly under the same conditions

Aktuelle Ergebnisse zur Flugbrandresistenz von Nackthafer

This report describes the resistance of some naked oats to Ustilago avenae. For inoculation a vacuum-aided method was used. Kernels were inoculated with a mixture of two German isolates as well as one Canadian smut sample. There was no resistant German cultivar among the naked oats tested, but two genebank accessions with resistance to smut were found