Uni.-Prof. Gunter Backes - Research Information System | University of Kassel

Prof. Dr. Gunter Backes

Research Areas

Research Interest

Organic Plant Breeding; Agrobiodiversity; Genetic Resources

Work Experience

02/2013	Full Professor for Organic Plant Breeding and Agrobiodiversity, University of Kassel, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences
2007 - 01/2013	Associate Professor at the Department of Agriculture and Ecology (former Department of Agricultural Sciences), The University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences (after merger with The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University)
2005 - 2006	Senior Scientist at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004 - 2004	Senior Scientist at Risø National Laboratory, Plant Research Department, Denmark
2001 - 2004	Scientist at Risø National Laboratory, Plant Research Department, Denmark
1997 - 2001	PostDoc at Risø National Laboratory, Plant Research Department, Denmark
1995 - 1997	PostDoc at the Chair of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Technical University Munich, Germany

Offers for professorships

30.01.2013

Ökologische Pflanzenzüchtung und Agrarbiodiversität
Universität Kassel

Academic background

1989
Dipl. Ing. agr. from Technical University Munich, Germany

1990 - 1995
PhD studies at Technical University Munich, Chair of Agronomy and Plant Breeding
achieving Dr. agr. (“summa cum laude”)

2003-2005
Educational studies for assistant professors, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Qualifications

2002	Project administration course

Publications

5 of 5

2000	Kicherer, S., Backes, G., Walther, U., Jahoor, A., 2000. Localising QTLs for leaf rust resistance and agronomic traits in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics 100, 881–888. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220051365
2000	Backes, G., Jensen, J., Jahoor, A., 2000. Localising QTLs for malting quality traits in barley, in: Logue, S. (Hrsg.), 8th International Barley Genetics Symposium. Adelaide University, Adelaide, S. 217–219.
2000	Grando, S., Backes, G., Ceccarelli, S., Sabbagh, A., Jahoor, A., Baum, M., 2000. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis for agronomic traits in recombinant inbred lines of the cross Arta x H. spontaneum 41-1, in: Adelaide University (Hrsg.), 8. International Barley Genetics Symposium. Adelaide, S. 61–63.
1996	Backes, G., Schwarz, G., Wenzel, G., Jahoor, A., 1996. Comparison between QTL analysis of powdery mildew resistance in barley based on detached primary leaves and on field data. Plant Breeding 115, 419–421. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0523.1996.tb00946.x
1995	Backes, G., Graner, A., Foroughi-Wehr, B., Fischbeck, G., Wenzel, G., Jahoor, A., 1995. Localization of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for agronomic important characters by the use of a RFLP map in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics 90, 294–302. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00222217
1992	Schüller, C., Backes, G., Fischbeck, G., Jahoor, A., 1992. RFLP markers to identify the alleles on the Mla locus conferring powdery mildew resistance in barley. TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics 84, 330–338. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00229491
1991	Jahoor, A., Backes, G., Graner, A., Herrmann, R.G., Fischbeck, G., 1991. Development of RFLP markers for barley. Plant Breeding 107, 73–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0523.1991.tb00530.x

Other Research Activities

2017	Einfluss eines Agroforstsystems mit Weiden auf den Ertrag und die Artenzusammensetzung des Grünlandunterwuchs Advising activity