Lana Bersch
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Research Interests
I am interested in the interactions between plants and beneficial and pathogenic fungi, particularly in light of the diversification of plant protection practices. My PhD project focuses on the investigation of the influence of pure cultures and wheat variety mixtures on the spread of pathogens, as well as their effects on the microbiome of these wheat plants.


Short CV
2026-present: PhD student, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, the project “Impact of Crop Diversification on Plant Health and pathogen dispersal” funded by DFG part of GRK 3128 Diversilience

2022-2026: M. Sc. in Phytomedizin (Crop protection), BOKU University, Vienna, Thesis “Impact of organic compounds from Serendipita spp. on sugar beet growth and defence responses against cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii” at the Institute of Plant Protection in Tulln

​2017-2022: B. Sc. in Agricultural Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart; Thesis “Nachweis von Mykoparasitismus bei verschiedenen pilzlichen Schaderregern” 
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