Dr. Isabelle Nölke

Research interest


  • Resource use efficiency in grassland cropping systems
  • Performance of species mixtures
  • Identification of drought stress genes
  • Evaluation of a river restoration project



Current project

IMPAC3: Novel genotypes for mixed cropping allow for IMProved sustainable land use ACross arable land, grassland and woodland (Mischanbau mit neuartigen Genotypen für eine verbesserte nachhaltige Landnutzung in Ackerbau, Grünland und Forst) Projektseite



Short CV

seit 2018: Ph.D. researcher at the Department of Crop Science/Institute of Grassland Science, Georg-August-University Göttingen

Thesis: Resource use efficiency in grassland cropping systems

2016-2018: Studies of Ecology and Evolution (M.Sc.), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main

Thesis: Expression pattern of reference and putative drought-responsive genes in Mediterranen oaks under water shortage

2012-2016: Studies of Biologie (B.Sc.), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover

Thesis: The Meiße near Gut Sunder – a faunistic evaluation of a restoration project


Publications

Nölke, I., Tonn, B., Isselstein, J., 2021: Seasonal plasticity more important than population variability in effects on white clover architecture and productivity, Annals of Botany, mcab040, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab040

Nölke, I., Komainda, M., Tonn, B., Feuerstein, U., Isselstein, J., 2021: Including chicory and selecting white clover varieties as strategies to improve temporal stability of forage yield and quality in white-clover-based temporary grassland. European Journal of Agronomy 130, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2021.126362

Nölke, I., Tonn, B., Komainda, M., Heshmati, S., Isselstein, J. 2022: The Choice of the white clover population alters overyielding of mixtures with perennial ryegrass and chicory and underlying processes. Scientific Reports (2022) 12:1155. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05100-6