Research in the WORKING GROUPS
The organisation of research at the Chair from 1995 to 2018, when there were three further working groups in addition to Heiko Becker's group, led to the partition of the Chair into two groups (Beissinger, Link) for the phase from 2018 to 2023. Accordingly, the research projects initiated by Tim Bissinger or dealing with faba beans were being continued. And work is currently being carried out on quinoa, a topic that dates to the phase in which Antje Schierholt managed the chair. Since June 2026 Aaakash Chawade is heading the Division of Plant Breeding Methodology, upcoming developments and updates will be posted on this website. Further details on the ongoing research work can be found under the "People" tab.
Head of Division; teaching and research in the field of Plant Breeding Methodology
iPAB lecturer, supervision of experimtal theses, Breeding research
Research projects in preparation:
Breeding Pulses for vegetarian and vegan diets
Faba bean abiotic stress tolerance: pollen and pollinator features
Former Working Groups
(apl. Dr. Wolfgang Link, retired senior scientist with teaching assignment)
Research on the reproductive peculiarities of faba bean
Research on frost-tolerance of winter faba bean
DNA-marker-based association analysis in winter faba bean
Breeding method and population structure in case of partial allogamy
Fast-track to homozygous lines in faba bean
Analysis and use of heterosis in faba bean
(Dr. Antje Schierholt)
(Prof. Dr. Tim Beissinger)
(PD Dr. Wolfgang Ecke)
(Prof. Heiko Becker; retired)