Control and competition of invasive species (Abutilon theophrasti)
Allelopathy
Weed control
Performance of new chemical and other control measures
Weed control in transgenic herbicide resistant maize
Herbicidal activity of secondary plant metabolites
Precision farming in weed control
Digital image processing for weed identification
Application of GIS for temporal and spatial dynamics of weed populations
Decision making in weed control
Ongoing research projects
Predicting the spatial and temporal distribution of weed populations in arable crops using GIS, digital image analysis and population dynamic models (DFG-research training group 722, Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2010)
Camera-based weed control in cereals, maize, sugar beet and oil seed rape (Oct. 2005 - Sept. 2008)
Sensor-based mechanical weed control (DFG, 2007-2011)
Intelligent optical sensor for the site-specific herbicide application in an online procedure (BLE innovation funding, 2007-2010)
Decision algorithms for the site-specific herbicide application (Kverneland Group, AgriCon, 2007-2010)
Role of secondary plant metabolites in the effectiveness of biological agents for the control of Parthenium hysterophorus (University of Pretoria, Universität Hohenheim, Kruger National Park Scientific Services; until 2010)
Herbicide resistance in Apera spica-venti - mechanisms of distribution and causales (DuPont, Bayer Crop Science, Monsanto, 2007-2010)
Investigations on herbicide resistance in weeds (Nufarm, Oct. 2005 - Sept. 2008)
Molecular aspects of herbicide resistance in Apera spica-venti and Alopecurus myosuroides (DFG, 2007-2009)
Anti-carcinogenic effects of benzoxazinoids and metabolites (University of Tübingen, Universität Hohenheim; 2007)
Completed research projects
Site-specific weed control using image analysis – offline and online approaches (March 2004 - Feb. 2007); TURBO Homepage
Synergistic effects of herbicides in mixtures (March 2006 - April 2006)
