Plants, Pathology and Prevention - iGEM UZH

„In the next decades, we will face the biodiversity as well as the climate crises, and in both, agriculture is both a driver and a victim of these changes.“
Dr. Pascale Flury is a phytopathology expert at the Swiss Research Institute for Organic Farming FiBL. Her research focuses on plant diseases and encompasses everything from basic research up to application methods. „We are trying to prevent the plants from becoming sick, instead of only reacting to a certain pathogen. We’re trying to find out under which circumstances and at which times pathogens become dangerous - such that we can tackle the problem in advance.“
For organic agriculture, a project like BOOM V which makes use of genetically modified organisms wouldn’t be an option, since organic agriculture doesn’t allow the application of living GMOs nor parts thereof.
Data Sources:
Muller, A., Schader, C., El-Hage Scialabba, N. et al. Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture. Nat Commun 8, 1290 (2017). doi.org/10.103...