FOR 6101:  Concurrent multiple abiotic and biotic stress interactions in maize: impacts and mechanisms (MultiStress)

• Subject Area: Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine
• Term: since 2026
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 571153016

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• DFG Programme: Research Units

Projects

• Central Project (ZP): Experimentation, data hub and synthesis of findings (Applicants Dippold, Michaela ;  Hoffmann, Munir ;  Komainda, Martin ;  Neugart, Susanne ;  Piepho, Hans-Peter ;  Rötter, Reimund P. ;  Scholten, Stefan )
• Combined effects of stem borers and abiotic stresses on maize commercial hybrids (SP4) (Applicants Rostás, Michael ;  Siebert, Stefan ;  Vosteen, Ilka )
• Coordination Funds (Applicant Rötter, Reimund P. )
• Effect of stress by genotype interactions on above- and belowground carbon allocation, nutrient use efficiency and root-zone processes (Applicants Dippold, Michaela ;  Komainda, Martin )
• Integrating genetics into crop growth models to understand genotype response to combined (abiotic + biotic) stresses & synthesis of modelling (SP6) (Applicants Hoffmann, Munir ;  Rötter, Reimund P. ;  Siebert, Stefan )
• Investigating the physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses of maize to concurrent biotic and abiotic stresses (SP2) (Applicants Ahmed, Mutez Ali ;  Ejaz, Ph.D., Irsa )
• Molecular adaptation to contrasting stress regimes (SP3) (Applicants Scholten, Stefan ;  Stetter, Markus )
• Sub-project 5 (SP5): Combined effects of Setosphaeria turcica and abiotic stresses on maize genotypes (Applicants Hoffmann, Munir ;  Koopmann, Birger ;  Pfordt, Annette ;  Rötter, Reimund P. )

• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Reimund P. Rötter