Das Projekt "Impact of urbanisation on the allergenicity of birch pollen grains" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Technische Universität München, Fakultät für Medizin, Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie am Biederstein.Evidence is compelling for a positive correlation between urbanisation and increment of allergic sensitisation and diseases. The reason for this association is not clear to date. Some data point to a pro-allergic effect of anthropogenic factors on susceptible individuals. Data analysing the impact of environmental - natural and anthropogenic - factors on the allergenicity of allergen carriers such as pollen grains are scarce, and if applicable only taken from in vitro experimental designs. This study will analyse one of the most common allergy inducers in northern Europe - the birch pollen. Under natural exposure conditions, birch pollen will be analysed with respect to their allergenicity. Within an interdisciplinary research team this study will evaluate the effect of natural (e.g. soil, climate, genetic background) and anthropogenic (e.g. traffic pollutants) factors on birch pollen in a holistic approach including analysis of allergen bioavailability, release of pollen associated lipid mediators from birch pollen grains, in vitro immunostimulatory activity and in vivo allergenic potential. These data collected in the time course of three years will significantly add to our understanding how urbanisation and climate change influence the allergenicity of birch pollen and will help us in the future to set up primary prevention studies.
Das Projekt "Flowering time, development and yield in oilseed rape (Brassica napus): Sequence diversity in regulatory genes" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Institut für Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung I, Professur für Pflanzenzüchtung.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.
Das Projekt "Unraveling the genetic architecture of winter hardiness and quality traits in durum by genome wide and canidate gene based association mapping" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Universität Hohenheim, Landessaatzuchtanstalt (720), Arbeitsgebiet Weizen.Durum wheat is mainly grown as a summer crop. An introduction of a winter form failed until now due to the difficulty to combine winter hardiness with required process quality. Winter hardiness is a complex trait, but in most regions the frost tolerance is decisive. Thereby a major QTL, which was found in T. monococcum, T.aestivum, H. vulgare and S.cereale on chromosome 5, seems especially important. With genotyping by sequencing it is now possible to make association mapping based on very high dense marker maps, which delivers new possibilities to detect main and epistatic effects. Furthermore, new sequencing techniques allow candidate gene based association mapping. The main aim of the project is to unravel the genetic architecture of frost tolerance and quality traits in durum. Thereby, the objectives are to (1) determine the genetic variance, heritability and correlations among frost tolerance and quality traits, (2) examine linkage disequilibrium and population structure, (3) investigate sequence polymorphism at candidate genes for frost tolerance, and (4) perform candidate gene based and genome wide association mapping.
Das Projekt "Organic matter composition in the subsoil: Contribution of root litter and microbial-derived compounds" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Technische Universität München, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan für Ernährung, Landnutzung und Umwelt, Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde.The aim of P2 within the Research Unit 'The Forgotten Part of Carbon Cycling: Organic Matter Storage and Turnover in Subsoils (SUBSOM)' is to contribute to the understanding of the different sources and stabilization processes of subsoil organic matter. This will be achieved by the analysis of the soil organic matter composition in topsoil versus subsoil by 13C NMR spectroscopy in bulk soils as well as organo-mineral associations. This will be done on a number of soil profiles differing in parent material and mineralogy and therefore also in the relevance of organo-mineral associations for subsoil C stabilization. In addition, a specific sampling approach will allow to differentiate three zones associated with the dominating effect of (1) leaching of DOC (the 'bulk soil' between trees), (2) root litter decomposition (the 'root-affected zone'), and (3) direct rhizodeposition of root exudates (the 'rhizosphere' sensu strictu). The contribution of above-ground versus below-ground litter is differentiated by the analysis of cutin and suberin biomarkers. Organic matter derived from microbial sources will be identified by the microbial signature of polysaccharides in the subsoil through the analysis of neutral sugars and amino sugars. Organo-mineral associations will be further characterized by N2-BET analyses to delineate the coverage of the mineral phase with organic matter. With these analyses and our specific analytical expertise at the submicron scale (nanoSIMS) we will participate in selected joint experiments of the research unit.
Das Projekt "DFG Trilateral collaboration Deutschland-Israel-Palestine: Wastewater from Olive Oil Mills in Israel and Palestine: Interactions with Soil, Organic Contaminants and Mechanisms of Incorporation into Soil" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, Institut für Umweltwissenschaften.Due to the often practised uncontrolled disposal into the environment, olive oil production wastewater (OPWW) is presently a serious environmental problem in Palestine and Israel. The objectives of this interdisciplinary trilateral research project are (i) to understand the mechanisms of influence of the olive oil production wastewater on soil wettability, water storage, interaction with organic agrochemicals and pollutants; (ii) monitor short-term and long-term effects of OPWW land application in model laboratory and field experiments; (iii) identify the components responsible for unwanted changes in soil properties and (iv) analyse the mechanisms of association of OPWW OM with soil, the interplay between climatic conditions, pH, presence of multivalent cations and the resulting effects of land application. Laboratory incubation experiments, field experiments and new experiments to study heat-induced water repellency will be conducted to identify responsible OPWW compounds and mechanisms of interaction. Samples from field experiments and laboratory experiments are investigated using 3D excitation-emission fluorescence spectroscopy, thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis-mass spectrometry (TGA-DSC-MS), LC-MS and GC-MS analyses. We will combine thermal decomposition profiles from OPWW and OPWW-treated soils in dependence of the incubation status using TGA-DSC-MS, contact angle measurements, sorption isotherms and the newly developed time dependent sessile drop method (TISED). The resulting process understanding will open a perspective for OPWW wastewater reuse in small-scale and family-scale olive oil production busi-nesses in the Mediterranean area and will further help to comprehend the until now not fully un-ravelled effects of wastewater irrigation on soil water repellency.
Das Projekt "Linking soil architecture formation with changing permafrost regime to carbon turnover in high latitude soils at multiple spatial scales" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Bodenkunde.Most soils develop distinct soil architecture during pedogenesis and soil organic carbon (SOC) is sequestered within a hierarchical system of mineral-organic associations and aggregates. Permafrost soils store large amounts of carbon due to their permanently frozen subsoil and a lack of oxygen in the active layer, but they lack complex soil structure. With permafrost thaw more oxidative conditions and increasing soil temperature presumably enhance the build-up of more complex units of soil architecture and may counterbalance, at least partly, SOC mineralization. We aim to explore the development of mineral-organic associations and aggregates under different permafrost impact with respect to SOC stabilization. This information will be linked to environmental control factors relevant for SOC turnover at the pedon and stand scale to bridge processes occurring at the aggregate scale to larger spatial dimensions. We will combine in situ spectroscopic techniques with fractionation approaches and identify mechanisms relevant for SOC turnover at different scales by multivariate statistics and variogram analyses. From this we expect a deeper knowledge about soil architecture formation in the transition of permafrost soils to terrestrial soils and a scale-spanning mechanistic understanding of SOC cycling in permafrost regions.
Das Projekt "Biogeochemical reactivity of Fe-organic matter coprecipitates" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Bodenkunde.Iron(III) (hydr)oxide-organic associations in soils have been recognized to play an important role in the biogeochemical cycling of iron, carbon, and of nutrients like phosphate. In temporarily moist or water-logged soils such associations can form via the coprecipitation of dissolved organic matter (OM) with Fe(III) (hydr)oxides (FHOs). At present, it is generally unknown which factors control the formation and composition of Fe(III)-OM coprecipitates and how the structural properties translate into the cycling of the FHO and OM component involved. The objectives of the project are thus to elucidate (i) the structural properties of Fe(III)- OM coprecipitates under different environmental conditions, (ii) the subsequent stability of Fe(III)-OM coprecipitates against dissolution under both oxic as well as anoxic conditions, (iii) the changes in Fe(III)-OM coprecipitate composition upon redox oscillations, and (iii) their cumulative effects on oxyanion sorption. To achieve these goals, various batch experiments will be conducted. By using multiple analytical tools, this project will gain a fundamental understanding of the abiotic and biotic controls on the formation, structure, and biogeochemical reactivity of Fe(III)-OM coprecipitates in acidic and neutral temporarily moist soils and soils subject to redox oscillations.
Das Projekt "Schutz des Nyekweri Waldes durch lokale Gemeinschaften, Trans Mara Subcounty, Kenia" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Regenwald und Artenschutz (ARA e.V.).
Das Projekt "Weiterentwicklung und Prüfung europäischer Standards und Anforderungen der kerntechnischen Sicherheit auf Umsetzbarkeit im deutschen Regelwerk - Benchmarking und Peer Review" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit , Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung (BMU,BASE). Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Physikerbüro Bremen.
Der Datensatz enthält die dynamische Klimagliederung der forstlichen Standortserkundung im Freistaat Sachsen. Die Dynamischen Klimastufen wurden auf Basis der 30jährigen Klima-Periode 1971-2000 im Kompetenzzentrum für Wald und Forstwirtschaft beim Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst erarbeitet. Die dynamische Klimagliederung basiert auf der Länge der forstlichen Vegetationszeit ( = Anzahl Tage >10 °C) und der klimatischen Wasserbilanz innerhalb dieses Zeitraumes und kann über diese Parameter auch künftige Klimaveränderungen abbilden. Die dynamischen Klimastufen können anhand der Höhenstufen räumlich weiter untergliedert werden. Dies wird insbesondere in den Mittelgebirgslagen bei der Klimastufe II genutzt, um diese den waldbaulichen Erfordernissen angepasst stärker differenzieren zu können. Hier bedingen vor allem Witterungsereignisse während der Vegetationsruhe (Schneehöhen, längere und intensivere Frostperioden) die weitere Differenzierung in höhere Berglagen (Hf) und mittlere Berglagen (Mf).
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