Prof. Beatrice Crona
Agriculture, Biological and related sciences , Sustainability Science with a focus on human-Environment interactions
Agriculture
Plant pathology in arable crops, Biological control of diseases and weeds
Effect of cropping factors on plant diseases and on accumulation of mycotoxins, Development of sustainable agricultural cropping systems, Strategies to avoid diseases and pests in arable crops and to reduce the input of synthetic plant protection products, Development of production systems beneficial for the environment and human health
Grant obtained from the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture: “PestiRed – Reduction of pesticides in arable crops through innovative cropping measures”, co-applicant (CHF 18 Mio. of which two-thirds are for growers across Switzerland), 2019 – 2024
Grant obtained within the Horizon 2020 Call SFS-13-2015 Biological contamination of crops and the food chain: "Integrated and innovative key actions for mycotoxin management in the food and feed chain" (MycoKey) , leader WP "Prevention in the field" (€ 825'000), 2016 – 2020
Grant obtained from the SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) within the National Research Programme NRP 69 "Healthy Nutrition and Sustainable Food Production": "Are healthy cereals safe cereals? Ensuring the resistance of small grain cereals to Fusarium diseases (HEALTHY & SAFE)" (CHF 584'000), 2013 – 2018
Visiting Fellowship in a Canadian Government Laboratory Administered by NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), 2000 – 2001
Frederick Dimmock Memorial Fellowship, McGill University, Canada, 1996
Government of Canada Award, International Council for Canadian Studies, 1995/96
English, French, German
A complete publication list can be obtained upon request.
Gimeno A, Kägi A, Drakopoulos D, Bänziger I, Lehmann E, Forrer HR, Keller B, *Vogelgsang S (2020) From laboratory to the field: biological control of Fusarium graminearum on infected maize crop residues. Journal of Applied Microbiology: https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.14634
Drakopoulos D, Kägi A, Gimeno A, Six J, Jenny E, Forrer HR, Muas T, Meca G, *Vogelgsang S (2020). Prevention of Fusarium head blight infection and mycotoxins in wheat with cut-and-carry biofumigation and botanicals. Field Crops Research: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2019.107681
Drakopoulos D, Luz C, Torrijos R, Meca G, Weber P, Bänziger I, Voegele RT, Six J, *Vogelgsang S (2019) Controlling Fusarium graminearum throughout its entire life cycle using botanicals: an in vitro approach. Phytopathology: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-06-19-0205-R
Gimeno A, Sohlberg E, Pakula T, Keller B, Laitila A, *Vogelgsang S (2019) TaqMan qPCR for quantification of Clonostachys rosea used as a biological control agent against Fusarium graminearum. Frontiers in Microbiology: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01627
*Vogelgsang S, Beyer M, Pasquali M, Jenny E, Musa T, Bucheli TD, Wettstein FE, Forrer HR (2019) An eight-year survey of wheat shows distinctive effects of cropping factors on different Fusarium species and associated mycotoxins. European Journal of Agronomy: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2019.01.002
Schöneberg T, Kibler K, Sulyok M, Musa T, Bucheli TD, Mascher F, Bertossa M, Voegele RT, *Vogelgsang S (2018) Can plant phenolic compounds reduce Fusarium growth and mycotoxin production in cereals? Food Additives & Contaminants, Part A: https://doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2018.1538570
Schöneberg T, Kibler K, FE Wettstein, Bucheli TD, Forrer HR, Musa T, Mascher F, Bertossa M, Keller B, *Vogelgsang S (2018) Influence of temperature, humidity duration and growth stage on the infection and mycotoxin production by Fusarium langsethiae and Fusarium poae in oats. Plant Pathology: https//doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12922
Schöneberg T, Musa T, Forrer HR, Mascher F, Bucheli TD, Bertossa M, Keller B, *Vogelgsang S (2018) Infection conditions of Fusarium graminearum in barley are variety specific and different from those in wheat. European Journal of Plant Pathology: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-018-1434-7
Martin C, Schöneberg T, Vogelgsang S, Mendes Ferreira CS, Morisoli R, Bertossa M, Bucheli TD, Mauch-Mani B, Mascher F (2018) Responses of oat grains to Fusarium poae and F. langsethiae infections and mycotoxin contaminations. Toxins 10: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins10010047
Schöneberg T, Jenny E, Wettstein FE, Bucheli TD, Mascher F, Bertossa M, Musa T, Seifert K, Gräfenhan T, Keller B, *Vogelgsang S (2018) Occurrence of Fusarium species and mycotoxins in Swiss oats – Impact of cropping factors. European Journal of Agronomy 92: 123-132
"PestiRed": Reduction of pesticides in arable crops through innovative cropping measures” (Ressource project Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture), since 2019
"MycoKey": Integrated and innovative key actions for mycotoxin management in the food and feed chain (Horizon 2020 project, European Commission), 2016 – 2020
Avoidance of mycotoxins in arable crops (Agroscope project, Swiss Federal Office of Agriculture), since 2014
Are healthy cereals safe cereals? Ensuring the resistance of small grain cereals to Fusarium diseases (HEALTHY & SAFE) (Swiss National Science Foundation), 2013 – 2018
International Oat Committee
Canadian Phytopathological Society
Swiss Society for Phytiatry
German Phytomedical Society
Society for Mycotoxin Research
International Society for Mycotoxicology
Associate Editor Toxins, since 2014
Associate Editor European Journal of Plant Pathology, since 2007
Regular reviewer for international journals, e.g. Food Additives and Contaminants, Mycology, Plant Pathology etc.
Invited expert for the scientific evaluation committee of Le Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies, Canada, 2001 – 2006
European, Canadian & US Patent (application filed EU: 20.12.2012, CAN & USA: 16.12.2013) – Vogelgsang S, Forrer HR, Krebs H (appl. no's EU: EP12198782.0, CAN: 2,836,966, USA: 14/107,479): "Method and composition for controlling fungal phytopathogens"
US Patent (2005) – Shamoun SF & Vogelgsang S (no. 6913920):
"Culture, formulation, and delivery technique of Valdensinia heterodoxa for use as a biological control agent of salal (Gaultheria shallon)"
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