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Biochemie und Regulation der tageszeitspezifischen Duftstoffbildung bei Pflanzen

Für einige Höhere Pflanzen ist die Bestäubung durch Insekten essentiell für die Fruchtbildung und Reproduktion. Um eine effiziente Anlockung zu ermöglichen, präsentieren Pflanzen ihre Blüten in eindrucksvollen Farben und Formen. Zusätzlich können Blüten eine Vielzahl von Duftstoffen emittieren. Letztere werden nicht selten tageszeitspezifisch gebildet, um spezifisch tagsüber tagaktive Bienen und nachts nachtaktive Motten anzulocken. Düfte werden auch emittiert, um Herbivoren abzustoßen oder die Fressfeinde der Herbivoren nach Befall anzulocken, um diese zu vernichten bzw. zu dezimieren (Pathogenabwehr). Während die chemische Zusammensetzung solcher emittierten Düfte bereits in vielen Fällen sehr gut untersucht ist, sind die zugrundeliegenden Biosyntheswege, die entsprechenden Enzyme und vor allem die Regulation dieser so gut wie nicht aufgeklärt. In diesem Antrag sollen Regulationsmechanismen identifiziert werden, die eine tageszeitspezifische Synthese und Emittierung von Düften ermöglichen. In Betracht kommen verschiedene Regulationsebenen, z.B. Transkription, Translation, Aktivität und Emittierung aus Duftorganen. Für die Arbeiten sind Stephanotis floribunda und verschiedene Tabakspezies ausgewählt worden, da einerseits die Zusammensetzung ihrer Düfte bekannt sind und diese Pflanzen einen Großteil ihrer Duftstoffe nachts emittieren. Ziel dieses Projekts ist es, nacht-spezifische Regulationssysteme und -netzwerke zu detektieren und zu charakterisieren, die es den Pflanzen ermöglichen, gezielt Insekten anzulocken.

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ZMH Lepidoptera collection

The ZMH Lepidoptera collection is part of the bigger Holometabolous collection of the Museum der Nature in Hamburg. It includes the collection of butterflies and moths, wing insects that have scales. We have ca. of 1,100 type species of lepidopterans, that are maintained in fireproof cupboards. The main collection is composed of ca. of 1,000,000 specimens of adult butterflies, dried, pinned and organized in ca. of 4,500 entomological drawers, while caterpillars are kept in alcohol in the wet collection. Most of the specimens came from Europe, Africa and Asia, but the collection also includes samples from South America.

Market Structure and Organization in Agri-Food Value Chains: An Application to the German Dairy Sector

The German dairy value chain is subject to profound structural change resulting in increasingly dominant agents at all stages of the chain, i.e. at the farm level, at the processors' level and at the retailers' level. In particular, the consolidation of retailers has increased retailers' bargaining power vis-à-vis their suppliers. Against this background, the overall objective of this subproject is to analyze the structural change in the dairy sector, particularly at the processors' level, by taking into account firms' strategic interactions along the entire dairy value chain. So far, there exists no theoretical workhorse model that allows for the analysis of interdependencies in a three-layer structure where imperfect competition is considered at all three stages. We aim to close this gap to understand how an increasingly dominant retail industry influences strategic decisions at the dairy processors' level which, in turn, may affect dairy farmers. Building upon a three-layer approach, we first examine whether processors have merger incentives to counter the retailers' bargaining power. We then analyze the differences between cooperatives and for-profit firms concerning their decision on product quality and the number of dairy suppliers. Finally, we assess the implications for upstream farmers which rounds off the picture of structural change in the German dairy sector.

Between Path Dependence and Path Creation: The Impact of Farmers' Behavior and Policies on Structural Change in Agriculture

Farm structures are often characterized by regional heterogeneity, agglomeration effects, sub-optimal farm sizes and income disparities. The main objective of this study is to analyze whether this is a result of path dependent structural change, what the determinants of path dependence are, and how it may be overcome. The focus is on the German dairy sector which has been highly regulated and subsidized in the past and faces severe structural deficits. The future of this sector in the process of an ongoing liberalization will be analyzed by applying theoretical concepts of path dependence and path breaking. In these regards, key issues are the actual situation, technological and market trends as well as agricultural policies. The methodology will be based on a participative use of the agent-based model AgriPoliS and participatory laboratory experiments. On the one hand, AgriPoliS will be tested as a tool for stakeholder oriented analysis of mechanisms, trends and policy effects. This part aims to analyze whether and how path dependence of structural change can be overcome on a sector level. In a second part, AgriPoliS will be extended such that human players (farmers, students) can take over the role of agents in the model. This part aims to compare human agents with computer agents in order to overcome single farm path dependence.

Adaptations and counter-adaptations in the coevolutionary arms race of a baculovirus and its insect host

Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV, Baculoviridae) is one of the most important agents for the control of codling moth (CM, Cydia pomonella, L.) in both biological and integrated pest management. The rapid emergence of resistance against CpGV-M, which was observed in about 40 European CM field populations from 2003 on, could be traced back to a single, dominant, sex-linked gene. Since then, resistance management has been based on mixtures of new CpGV isolates (CpGV-I12, -S), which are able to overcome this resistance. Recently, resistance even to these novel isolates was observed in CM field populations. This resistance does not follow the described dominant, sex-linked inheritance trait. At the same time, another isolate CpGV-V15 was identified showing high virulence against these resistant populations. To elucidate this novel resistance mechanism and to identify the resistance gene(s) involved, we propose a comprehensive analysis of this resistance on the cellular and genomic level of codling moth. Because of the lack of previous knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of virus resistance in insects, several different and complementary approaches will be pursued. This study will not only give an in-depth insight into the genetic possibilities for development of baculovirus resistance in CM field populations and how the virus overcomes it, but can also serve as an important model for other baculovirus-host interaction systems.

Flowering time, development and yield in oilseed rape (Brassica napus): Sequence diversity in regulatory genes

Flowering time (FTi) genes play a key role as regulators of complex gene expression networks, and the influence of these networks on other complex systems means that FTi gene expression triggers a cascade of regulatory effects with a broad global effect on plant development. Hence, allelic and expression differences in FTi genes can play a central role in phenotypic variation throughput the plant lifecycle. A prime example for this is found in Brassica napus, a phenotypically and genetically diverse species with enormous variation in vernalisation requirement and flowering traits. The species includes oilseed rape (canola), one of the most important oilseed crops worldwide. Previously we have identified QTL clusters related to plant development, seed yield and heterosis in winter oilseed rape that seem to be conserved in diverse genetic backgrounds. We suspect that these QTL are controlled by global regulatory genes that influence numerous traits at different developmental stages. Interestingly, many of the QTL clusters for yield and biomass heterosis appear to correspond to the positions of meta-QTL for FTi in spring-type and/or winter-type B. napus. Based on the hypothesis that diversity in FTi genes has a key influence on plant development and yield, the aim of this study is a detailed analysis of DNA sequence variation in regulatory FTi genes in B. napus, combined with an investigation of associations between FTi gene haplotypes, developmental traits, yield components and seed yield.

ZFMK Lepidoptera collection

The Lepidoptera collection at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) - Museum Koenig Bonn contains about 2 million specimens of all butterfly and moth families (geographical focus: Palaearctic Region and Southeast Asia).

Effects of water content, input of roots and dissolved organic matter and spatial inaccessibility on C turnover & determination of the spatial variability of subsoil properties

It is well established that reduced supply of fresh organic matter, interactions of organic matter with mineral phases and spatial inaccessibility affect C stocks in subsoils. However, quantitative information required for a better understanding of the contribution of each of the different processes to C sequestration in subsoils and for improvements of subsoil C models is scarce. The same is true for the main controlling factors of the decomposition rates of soil organic matter in subsoils. Moreover, information on spatial variabilities of different properties in the subsoil is rare. The few studies available which couple near and middle infrared spectroscopy (NIRS/MIRS) with geostatistical approaches indicate a potential for the creation of spatial maps which may show hot spots with increased biological activities in the soil profile and their effects on the distribution of C contents. Objectives are (i) to determine the mean residence time of subsoil C in different fractions by applying fractionation procedures in combination with 14C measurements; (ii) to study the effects of water content, input of 13C-labelled roots and dissolved organic matter and spatial inaccessibility on C turnover in an automatic microcosm system; (iii) to determine general soil properties and soil biological and chemical characteristics using NIRS and MIRS, and (iv) to extrapolate the measured and estimated soil properties to the vertical profiles by using different spatial interpolation techniques. For the NIRS/MIRS applications, sample pretreatment (air-dried vs. freeze-dried samples) and calibration procedures (a modified partial least square (MPLS) approach vs. a genetic algorithm coupled with MPLS or PLS) will be optimized. We hypothesize that the combined application of chemical fractionation in combination with 14C measurements and the results of the incubation experiments will give the pool sizes of passive, intermediate, labile and very labile C and N and the mean residence times of labile and very labile C and N. These results will make it possible to initialize the new quantitative model to be developed by subproject PC. Additionally, we hypothesize that the sample pretreatment 'freeze-drying' will be more useful for the estimation of soil biological characteristics than air-drying. The GA-MPLS and GA-PLS approaches are expected to give better estimates of the soil characteristics than the MPLS and PLS approaches. The spatial maps for the different subsoil characteristics in combination with the spatial maps of temperature and water contents will presumably enable us to explain the spatial heterogeneity of C contents.

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