Article - 16/08/2016 Learning from wild grapevines Grapevines are treated with pesticides more frequently than any other crop. Peter Nick from the Botanical Institute at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is pursuing an ambitious goal: sustainable viticulture rather than toxins. Sustainable viticulture takes into account plants’ natural capacities of resistance. Nick uses the European Wild Grape, the ancestor of cultivated grapevine varieties, for his research as the plant is able to…https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/learning-from-wild-grapevines
Article - 13/02/2012 Emcid Biotech GmbH: mosses as gold mines Mosses are a great source of molecules that offer protection against microorganisms dehydration and other stress factors but it is a potential that has yet to be fully exploited. Freiburg-based Emcid Biotech GmbH is developing a platform for the identification development and industrial production of natural substances and enzymes of lower plants in particular those of mosses.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/emcid-biotech-gmbh-mosses-as-gold-mines
Article - 21/05/2010 A small moss turns professional No standards are available on the proper storage and documentation of sample material areas in which every research group does what suits it best. However in February 2010 the International Moss Stock Centre IMSC was established at the University of Freiburg and is rapidly changing this situation. Researchers led by Prof. Dr. Ralf Reski have developed a method that enables them to store biological material in a cryobank for an indefinite period…https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/a-small-moss-turns-professional