MSc Alumni

2022

Gujer Luc

Characterization of recessive disease resistance in grapevine

Kupper Daniela

Gene silencing in planta to investigate the biosynthesis of potatoe cyst nematode Hatching Factor A

Ohnmacht Jonathan

Transient application of prime editing in apple protoplasts and characterization of CRISPR apple lines allowing host-pathogen interaction studies

Wiederkehr Maria

Black rust in Lolium multiflorum

Ziebart Salisa

Response of forage grasses to spring and summer droughts

2021

Bühler Joel

Cell-penetrating peptides-mediated protein delivery into plant cells

Bürki Fabienne

Transcriptomic analysis of the Lolium multiflorum Lam. – Xanthomonas translucens pv. graminis interaction

Hirschvogel Christa

Biological control of anthracnose disease in white lupin

Käch Damian

Genomics-assisted detection of cultivar-composition shifts in managed grassland

Stillhart Linus

Identification of structural variants in apple varieties using long-read sequencing data

2020

Chamberlin Tilika

The effect of growth regulators on stomatal conductance

Köppel Lotta

Growth cycle acceleration in common bean

2019

Binder Martina

Understanding wheat physiological and phenological phases linked with environmental interactions

Handschin Gabriel

De novo assembly of Lolium multiflorum genomes

Hodel Marius

Identification and characterization of long terminal repeat retrotransposons in Lolium multiflorum

Köhle Moritz

Establishment and characterization of self-compatible genotypes of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) for hybrid breeding

Kurmann Mario

Quantification of pathogenic Fusarium spp. in pea using real-time PCR

2018

Dalbosco Anna

Tool development for Marssonina coronaria resistance breeding in apples

Haesen Esther

Efficiency of non-synthetic seed treatments against anthracnose (Colletotrichum lupini) in white lupin

Haller Maria

Molecular tools to advance introgression breeding in eggplant

Scandella Milena

Southern Anthracnose Resistance in Red Clover

Schlup Yannik

Establishment of genetic, genomic and phenomic resources in medicinal plants

Spescha Anna

Genome-editing in cassava plants using CRISPR-Cas9

Zemp Uriel

Elucidating gene regulatory networks controlling leaf growth under drought stress in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

Zihlmann Reto

Genetic determinants of leaf growth response to environment in winter wheat

2017

Suter Dominik

Analysis of the pedigree diversity and outline of a new breeding strategy for the Agroscope apple breeding program

Stähli David

Adaptation of current tissue culture methods to medical plants

2016

Wyler Michele

The influence of natural UV-B on gene expression and the protein accumulation of selected genes Arabidopsis thaliana

2015

Bruun Andreas

Characterization of epidermal patterning in wheat

Falorio Emanuele

Pathotype-specific QTL for crown rust resistance and evaluation of bacterial wilt resistance in a Lolium perenne mapping population

Grogg Daniel

Genetic transformation of double haploid perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

Nay Michelle

Forward genetics in perennial ryegrass − a tool to identify beneficial alleles for abiotic stress resistance

2014

Beeler Tobias

Examination of methods that permit to concurrently multply seeds of several buckwheat varieties

Birrer Martina

Breaking epigenetic methylation patterns for advanced crop breeding

Schaad Julia

Cassava geminiviruses: evaluation of RNAi-mediated resistance and investigation of resistance genes in naturally tolerant cultivars

Zwahlen Diana

Optimizing common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) as a crop: The value of greenhouse based phenotyping approaches