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Insights to plant–microbe interactions provide opportunities to improve resistance breeding against root diseases in grain legumes by Wille, Lukas, Messmer, Monika M., Studer, Bruno, Hohmann, Pierre

“…Root and foot diseases severely impede grain legume cultivation worldwide. Breeding lines with resistance against individual pathogens exist, but these…”
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Yield and economic performance of organic and conventional cotton-based farming systems--results from a field trial in India by Forster, Dionys, Andres, Christian, Verma, Rajeev, Zundel, Christine, Messmer, Monika M, Mäder, Paul

“…The debate on the relative benefits of conventional and organic farming systems has in recent time gained significant interest. So far, global agricultural…”
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Untangling the Pea Root Rot Complex Reveals Microbial Markers for Plant Health by Wille, Lukas, Kurmann, Mario, Messmer, Monika M., Studer, Bruno, Hohmann, Pierre

“…Plant health is recognised as a key element to ensure global food security. While plant breeding has substantially improved crop resistance against individual…”
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Heritable Variation in Pea for Resistance Against a Root Rot Complex and Its Characterization by Amplicon Sequencing by Wille, Lukas, Messmer, Monika M, Bodenhausen, Natacha, Studer, Bruno, Hohmann, Pierre

“…Soil-borne pathogens cause severe root rot of pea ( L.) and are a major constraint to pea cultivation worldwide. Resistance against individual pathogen species…”
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Advances in Breeding for Mixed Cropping - Incomplete Factorials and the Producer/Associate Concept by Haug, Benedikt, Messmer, Monika M, Enjalbert, Jérôme, Goldringer, Isabelle, Forst, Emma, Flutre, Timothée, Mary-Huard, Tristan, Hohmann, Pierre

“…Mixed cropping has been suggested as a resource-efficient approach to meet high produce demands while maintaining biodiversity and minimizing environmental…”
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Effect of Low-Input Organic and Conventional Farming Systems on Maize Rhizosphere in Two Portuguese Open-Pollinated Varieties (OPV), "Pigarro" (Improved Landrace) and "SinPre" (a Composite Cross Population) by Ares, Aitana, Costa, Joana, Joaquim, Carolina, Pintado, Duarte, Santos, Daniela, Messmer, Monika M, Mendes-Moreira, Pedro M

“…Maize is one of the most important crops worldwide and is the number one arable crop in Portugal. A transition from the conventional farming system to organic…”
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Assessing seed and breeding interventions for organic farming using a multiagent value chain approach by Winter, Eva, Grovermann, Christian, Messmer, Monika M., Aurbacher, Joachim

“…According to the EU’s organic regulation, the use of organic seed is generally binding in organic farming. Because of an organic seed shortage, derogations to…”
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Correction: Assessing seed and breeding interventions for organic farming using a multiagent value chain approach by Winter, Eva, Grovermann, Christian, Messmer, Monika M., Aurbacher, Joachim

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A Diagnosis of Biophysical and Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Farmers' Choice to Adopt Organic or Conventional Farming Systems for Cotton Production by Riar, Amritbir, Mandloi, Lokendra S, Poswal, Randhir S, Messmer, Monika M, Bhullar, Gurbir S

“…Organic agriculture is one of the most widely known alternative production systems advocated for its benefits to soil, environment, health and economic…”
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Organic soybean production in Switzerland by Klaiss, Matthias, Schmid, Nathaniel, Betrix, Claude-Alain, Baux, Alice, Charles, Raphaël, Messmer, Monika M.

“…Organic Soybean cultivation experiences an upscale at the moment in Switzerland. As in the rest of Europe, Switzerland is still heavily dependent on protein…”
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Studies on Morphophysiological and Biochemical Parameters for Sucking Pest Tolerance in Organic Cotton by Aherkar, Shradha S., Deshmukh, Surendra B., Konde, Nitin. M., Paslawar, Aadinath N., Joshi, Tanay, Messmer, Monika M., Riar, Amritbir

“…The demand for organic cotton is primarily driven by manufacturers and brands with a corporate focus on environmental and social responsibility. These entities…”
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A qPCR Assay for the Fast Detection and Quantification of Colletotrichum lupini by Kamber, Tim, Malpica-López, Nachelli, Messmer, Monika M., Oberhänsli, Thomas, Arncken, Christine, Alkemade, Joris A., Hohmann, Pierre

“…White lupin (Lupinus albus) represents an important legume crop in Europe and other parts of the world due to its high protein content and potential for…”
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High Buffering Potential of Winter Wheat Composite Cross Populations to Rapidly Changing Environmental Conditions by Weedon, Odette D., Brumlop, Sarah, Haak, Annette, Baresel, Jörg Peter, Borgen, Anders, Döring, Thomas, Goldringer, Isabelle, Lammerts van Bueren, Edith, Messmer, Monika M., Mikó, Péter, Nuijten, Edwin, Pearce, Bruce, Wolfe, Martin, Finckh, Maria Renate

“…A winter wheat composite cross population (CCP), created in the UK in 2001, has been grown in Germany, Hungary, and the UK since 2005 (F5 generation). In…”
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Breeding for mycorrhizal symbiosis: focus on disease resistance by Hohmann, Pierre, Messmer, Monika M.

“…Modern plant breeding can no longer afford to ignore the interaction between plants and microbial key players. Increasing evidence suggests (i) that the…”
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Attack of the clones: Population genetics reveals clonality of Colletotrichum lupini, the causal agent of lupin anthracnose by Alkemade, Joris A., Baroncelli, Riccardo, Messmer, Monika M., Hohmann, Pierre

“…Colletotrichum lupini, the causative agent of lupin anthracnose, affects lupin cultivation worldwide. Understanding its population structure and evolutionary…”
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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) hosts several widespread bradyrhizobial root nodule symbionts across contrasting agro-ecological production areas in Kenya by Ndungu, Samuel Mathu, Messmer, Monika M., Ziegler, Dominik, Gamper, Hannes A., Mészáros, Éva, Thuita, Moses, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Frossard, Emmanuel, Thonar, Cécile

“…•Bradyrhizobial root nodule symbionts of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) are diverse and widespread.•Soil texture and pH seem to influence the occurrence…”
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Productivity, profitability and partial nutrient balance in maize-based conventional and organic farming systems in Kenya by Adamtey, Noah, Musyoka, Martha W., Zundel, Christine, Cobo, Juan Guillermo, Karanja, Edward, Fiaboe, Komi K.M., Muriuki, Anne, Mucheru-Muna, Monicah, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Berset, Estelle, Messmer, Monika M., Gattinger, Andreas, Bhullar, Gurbir S., Cadisch, Georg, Fliessbach, Andreas, Mäder, Paul, Niggli, Urs, Foster, Dionys

“…•Maize based farming systems were compared for 6 years in Chuka and Thika in Kenya.•High input organic system yields equal to conventional except in year 1 at…”
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Genome-wide association study reveals white lupin candidate gene involved in anthracnose resistance by Alkemade, Joris A., Nazzicari, Nelson, Messmer, Monika M., Annicchiarico, Paolo, Ferrari, Barbara, Voegele, Ralf T., Finckh, Maria R., Arncken, Christine, Hohmann, Pierre

“…Key message GWAS identifies candidate gene controlling resistance to anthracnose disease in white lupin. White lupin ( Lupinus albus L.) is a promising grain…”
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Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the competitiveness analysis of selected indigenous cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Bradyrhizobium strains from Kenya by Ndungu, Samuel Mathu, Messmer, Monika M., Ziegler, Dominik, Thuita, Moses, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Frossard, Emmanuel, Thonar, Cécile

“…Cowpea N 2 fixation and yield can be enhanced by selecting competitive and efficient indigenous rhizobia. Strains from contrasting agro-ecologies of Kilifi and…”
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Fungal Microbiome Indicators Are Associated with Genotypic Variation in Pea Root Rot Susceptibility when Intercropped with Barley by Cadot, Selma, Hohmann, Pierre, Hsung, Ming-Hui, Hartmann, Martin, Haug, Benedikt, Wille, Lukas, Messmer, Monika M., Bodenhausen, Natacha

“…Intercropping of legume and cereal crop species shows potential to reduce root disease pressures by changing root-associated microbiomes and improving nitrogen…”
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