Plant Cultivation

Plant Cultivation

Plant Cultivation

The future potential of biodynamic maize breeding

04/09/2026 |   Research

How plant-microbe partnerships are revolutionising agriculture

Bacteria from the field to the gut – a comparison of biodynamic and conventional apples

Created by Jasmin Peschke und Lea Sprügel | 03/04/2025 |   Research

The relationship between gut bacteria and human health is well known. However, how bacterial communities differ in different parts of apples and…

Fungal communities in viticulture: cultivation practices change the balance

Created by Lukas Maschek | 01/28/2025 |   Sektion für Landwirtschaft

Fungal communities play an essential role in plant health, whether as pathogens or beneficial symbionts. They are present in every agricultural soil,…

In-depth look: Effects of the biodynamic preparation BD500 on the quality of grapes

Created by Lukas Maschek | 11/26/2024 |   Sektion für Landwirtschaft

How do the biodynamic spray preparation BD500 and soil microvariability affect vines and grapes? Pierluigi Mazzei wants to answer this research…

Silica in viticulture strengthens the vine and increases wine quality

Created by Lukas Maschek | 11/12/2024 |   Research

How does silicon affect the growth of grapevines and the quality of the grapes? An Australian research team led by Cassandra Collins is investigating…

The autonomy of the biodynamic farm organism

Created by Lukas Maschek | 11/04/2024 |   Research

Can a modern farm be autonomous? For this conference paper, Marion Lebrun, Martin Quantin and Cyrille Rigolot looked at different biodynamic farm…

Science clearly supports biodynamic agriculture

10/29/2024 |   Research-Results

The results of the long-term DOK trial

Copper and carbon: long-term effects in biodynamic viticulture

Created by Lukas Maschek | 09/10/2024 |   Research

In a 2020 research study, Hendgen et al. investigate the long-term effects of viticulture on physical and chemical soil parameters. They compared the…

Histamine in wine? New solutions for safe biodynamic wine enjoyment

Created by Lukas Maschek | 08/06/2024 |   Research

A recent study by Moreira et al. investigates biogenic amines in wine. In addition to their formation and the microbial processes involved, the study…

Copper in viticulture – effective fungicide or problematic contaminant?

Created by Lukas Maschek | 03/01/2023 |   Research-Results-Sustainability

Copper has been used as a fungicide in viticulture for 150 years and, in the form of copper sulphate, is one of the few pesticides allowed in…

Biodynamic preparations influence the biochemical soil properties and the quality of potatoes

Created by Lukas Maschek | 12/14/2022 |   Research-Results-Preparations

The aim of the three-year research project by Vaitkevičienė et al. was to evaluate the effect of the biodynamic preparations 500 and 501 on the…

Biodynamic agriculture favours adaptive fungal communities

Created by Lukas Maschek | 12/09/2022 |   Research-Results-Methodology-Comparison

Agroecosystems are managed by humans but remain subject to ecological processes. The type and intensity of management measures have an impact on the…

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