The general theme of this course is the effect of abiotic stress factors on the molecular, cellular and morphological level of the plant. Abiotic stress factors will be discussed, which are highly important for agriculture in various climatic regions. Methods to quantify and to improve the tolerance toward abiotic stress will be demonstrated.

Crop phenotyping aims to quantify traits like photosynthesis, development, architecture, biomass or quality of crops using a broad variety of sensors and analysis procedures. The course aims to provide the necessary basic knowledge in agronomy and plant breeding along with knowledge in image acquisition, computer vision, machine learning and crop modelling to improve crops and cropping systems.

The general theme of this course is the effect of environmental factors (such as light, temperature, relative humidity, CO2 concentrations, etc.) on plant physiology: water uptake and transport, transpiration, CO2 gas exchange of plants (photosynthesis, respiration), growth and C allocation, yield and production, stress physiology. Working with measurement data and Jupyter Notebooks is included.

Development of competence in the basic and applied physiological processes of crops and their interaction with the environment. Examination of physiological processes, which are the basis of growth and development of crops. Comparison of environmental factors on growth and development.

An Introduction into crop physiological methods. Characterisation of plants by gas-exchange und chlorophyll fluorescence technique, determination of growth parameters as well as interpretation, presentation and discussion of the results.

In the module "Integrative Plant Sciences", which consists of the online course and seminar "Plant Response to Stress" (PRESS) and the colloquium "Challenges in Plant Sciences" , the focus lies on interdisciplinarity, ranging from molecular biology and biochemistry to ecosystem research, and an integrated understanding of plants in their environments.

Die Vorlesung baut auf Agrargenetik auf, vermittelt praktische Inhalte und schliesst mit einer Exkursion ab. Themen sind: Zuchtziele, rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen, genetische Variation, Sortentypen und Züchtungsmethoden sowie moderne Züchtungsansätze, wie digitale Phänotypisierung, genomische Selektion und Genom Editierung. Ziel ist es das Thema einer breiten Studierendenschaft zu präsentieren.