Fighting mosquitoes and cockroaches with fungi
In the ‘Fungi 4 VectorControl’ project, researchers at Darmstadt Technical University are working with Argentine teams to develop a fungicide from fungi to combat mosquitoes.
Better bread and beer thanks to seed inoculation
A soil bacterium strengthens wheat and barley under stress and improves the beneficial components of the grain.
Healthy asparagus plants thanks to rhubarb extract and microbes
Agricultural crops urgently need new plant protection methods. The KombiAktiv2 project has evaluated a new bio-based approach.
Marine sugars from algae
From cosmetics to the food industry – in the BioTrim research project, enzymes from marine bacteria are used to modify carrageenans.
Food production of the future
In the joint project CUBES Circle, a consortium of researchers from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is developing and testing a symbiotic production system for the preparation of food in cities.
