Förter, Lukas
PhD student
My research focuses on exploring GxExM interactions in relation to source-sink dynamics in winter wheat under abiotic stress conditions as part of the DFG-funded WheatSouSi project (Subproject 1). This includes collection and analysis of extensive phenotypic data from field trails and controlled experiments using our DroughtSpotterXXL platform. I aim to retrospectively investigate various traits under differing water and nitrogen levels to quantify their contribution to yield improvement in European winter wheat cultivars over the past six decades.
In addition, I am responsible for UAV-based phenotyping of the field trials conducted by the Department of Plant Breeding. This work involves the acquisition, processing, and analysis of RGB, multispectral, hyperspectral, and LiDAR data.
Research Keywords
- Winter wheat
- Source-sink relationships
- GxExM interactions
- Drought stress
- Nitrogen use efficiency
- UAV-based phenotyping and data analysis
- 3D imaging and data analysis
Curriculum vitae
- 2023-present: PhD Student at Department of Plant Breeding, JLU Giessen
- June 2024: Wheat initiative (WI) free student registration award for the 3rd International Wheat Congress in Perth, Australia
- May 2023: International DLG price (Junior prize awarded by the German Agricultural Society (DLG))
- 2020-2023: MSc in Crop Sciences (Focus on plant breeding), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
- June 2022: Wilhelm-Rimpau Price (2nd prize awarded by the German Agricultural Society (DLG) for BSc thesis)
- 2019-2022: Research assistant, Department of Plant Breeding, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen
- 2017-2020: BSc in Agricultural Sciences, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
Contact details
Room B316
Department of Plant Breeding – IFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
Phone: (0641) 99 37425
Email: lukas.foerter