We would like to contribute to “Improved resilience and health of crops” by understanding the interaction of sorghum or other cereal secondary metabolites and underlying genetics with the rhizosphere and its impact on the plant resilience in cropping systems. Our expertise includes plant molecular biology and biochemistry, secondary metabolism (https://www.hochschule-rhein-waal.de/en/page/prof-dr-natalie-laibach) as well as field research and soil biochemistry (https://www.hochschule-rhein-waal.de/en/faculties/life-sciences/research/soil-science-and-plant-nutrition) to improve the resilience of plant production system under abiotic stress. Moreover, we always aim for interdisciplinary research strategies to tackle overarching societal, economic and ecological questions with a broad team of colleagues of the Sustainable Food Systems Research Centre (https://foodsystems.institute/).
We are seeking partners for a consortium led by us that would like to contribute to analysing these interactions in field experiments, are interested to test their germ plasm collection, to investigate the interaction with farmers or plant nutrition ideas involving various cropping systems but would also be willing to contribute to an existing consortium.

Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences (HSRW) is a public University located in the Lower Rhine region, Germany, consisting of two campuses in Kleve and Kamp-Lintfort. As a young and innovative university, HSRW places great importance on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Founded in 2009, HSRW has already grown substantially - just six years after its commencement, the university was able to meet its founding ambition of a minimum enrolment of 7300 students. Over a third of students pursuing their degrees at HSRW are international students, from over 120 different countries. The University has 4 interdisciplinary faculties: Technology and Bionics, Life Sciences, Society and Economics, and Communication and Environment. HSRW offers 25 Bachelor and 11 Master degree programs, 75 % of these study programs are entirely taught in English.
Since its establishment, the mission of HSRW has been firstly, to teach, learn and do research in modern, excellently equipped laboratories, identifying new interdisciplinary research fields and developing innovative products and services. Secondly, HSRW strives to promote an international academic discourse and value-driven, cultural exchange; thirdly, in HSRW we believe and see internationality as an opportunity and we therefore work with our partners to help turn the region into an attractive knowledge centre; and fourthly, our theoretically sound and application-driven teaching models enable us to produce responsible and creative people and for this reason we place great emphasis on ingenuity and personal autonomy.