The core research theme developed by the Crop Nutrition unit is on the environmentally sustainable intensification of the agricultural systems. The aim is to increase crop resource use efficiency in order to guarantee environmental quality and food security. A considerable fraction of fertilizer to sustain plant biomass production gets lost as runoffs, with detrimental consequences to the environment and human health. In light of these pressing societal costs, modern agriculture must make a step change to produce food with less input.

The Crop Nutrition unit develops synergistic activities in laboratory, natural habitat and field environments to identify plant characteristics that will increase the resilience of agricultural production. The natural genetic variability of model (Arabidopsis) and crop (cowpea, maize, rapeseed, sorghum ...) species is screened.
Updated on December 30, 2024