Innovative agricultural research at the Weihenstephan campus
Food security, climate protection, energy supply, resource conservation, health: society is facing these central challenges in the coming decades. At Weihenstephan, the agricultural sciences of the Technical University of Munich work in close cooperation with forestry, environmental and nutritional sciences as well as food technology. The goal: Solving Global Challenges
The Hans Eisenmann Forum is the central institute for agricultural sciences at TUM. It connects the agricultural science oriented chairs within TUM as well as with partners.For further information look into "About us".
Climate change confronts agriculture with enormous challenges. How agriculture can cope with the changes and prevent further warming are key issues in agricultural research.
Digitization and robotics are fundamentally changing agriculture. These technologies make work easier for farmers. They can also make it possible to operate in a more environmentally friendly way.
Agroforestry systems combine elements of arable farming and animal husbandry with forestry. As a result, they have positive effects on the ecosystem and the economy.
Vertical agriculture can produce food in large quantities and consistent quality, regardless of environmental conditions. It thus offers enormous potential, e.g. for feeding the population in growing metropolitan areas.
Three researchers have been honored for outstanding scientific work in the field of agricultural research. The Dr. Heinrich Baur Prize 2022, which comes with 5,000 euros each, goes to Prof. Sara Leonhardt and PD Martin Wiesmeier. The Dr. Heinrich Baur Promotional Award 2022, which comes with 2,500 euros in prize money, goes to Dr. Pablo Albertos.
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Der Klimawandel ist eine der größten Herausforderungen für die Menschheit – ein globales Problem mit regionalen Auswirkungen. In Bayern werden zunehmend schwankende Temperaturen und unregelmäßiger Niederschlag erwartet. Mit diesen neuen Rahmenbedingungen ist die Landwirtschaft konfrontiert. Die Technische Universität München (TUM) untersucht im Projektverbund „BayKlimaFit 2 – Starke Pflanzen im Klimawandel“, wie eine bessere Toleranz gegen wechselnde Umweltbedingungen zu schaffen ist und wie die…
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Der Traditionsstandort Freising-Weihenstephan sowie die Breite und Vielfalt der agrarwissenschaftlichen Forschung an der Technischen Universität München (TUM) überzeugen immer mehr Studieninteressierte: Zu Beginn des Wintersemesters 2022/2023 verzeichnet die TUM sehr erfreuliche Entwicklungen der Studierendenzahlen. Bei den Erstsemestern ist der Bachelorstudiengang Agrarwissenschaften und Gartenbauwissenschaften beliebt und beschert der TUM eine Steigerung von über 140 Prozent an Bewerbungen.…
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Sustainable food production requires knowledge of the entire system and new approaches and methods. Alternative methods in food production allow cultivation with less negative impact on the environment. In particular, a focus on ecological practices as well as urban production systems are proposed as solutions to current challenges. Considering the whole system allows for increasing resource efficiency (e.g., water, nutrients) and increasing the role of biodiversity in providing ecosystem…
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How can we use innovative production systems to supply the growing world population with healthy, nutritious and sustainably produced food? This question was the focus of the event "Vertical Farming - everything under one roof", organized by the Hans Eisenmann-Forum (HEF) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), together with the Competence Center Digital Agriculture Bavaria (KneDL)/BayernInnovativ, the TUM Food & Agro Center for Innovation and the TUM Venture Labs.
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The Joseph Schepkens Prize in Plant Genetics, Thirty-third Triennium, was awarded to HEF member Mr. Gerd Patrick Bienert, Professor of Plant Physiology, for his contribution to the characterization of water and metalloid transport in plants.
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Feeling the heat: Steroid hormones contribute to the heat stress resistance of plants - Plants, like other organisms, can be severely affected by heat stress. To increase their chances of survival, they activate the heat shock response, a molecular pathway also employed by human and animal cells for stress protection. Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now discovered that plant steroid hormones can promote this response in plants.
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Three members of the Hans Eisenmann Forum are among the most cited in their field as shown by the current publication analysis "Highly Cited Researchers 2021".
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