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Hans-Josef Schroers, section editor responsible for Ascomycota (2016–) Mycological Progress (international scientific journal). Eching: IHW-Verl. ISSN 1617-416X

Activity involves the (i) handling of peer-review processes, (ii) reviewing and editing papers, (iii) actively supporting authors by improving scientific yield of presented data and English language related issues

C.04 Editorial board of an international magazine

COBISS.SI-ID: 1919080

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Antagonistic potential of fungi of the order Capnodiales causing sooty blotch and fly speck on apples

Hans-Josef Schroers was mentor of PhD student / young researcher Mrs. A. Medjedović

D.09 Tutoring for postgraduate students

COBISS.SI-ID: 808311

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Exploiting rhizosphere competence of entomopathogenic or insect associated fungi to enhance crop resistance to soil pests

The presented achievement was delivered to the scientific audience at the miCROPe conference in Vienna. It was presented as an oral presentation of the results presented on a poster (poster presentation), for which it was awarded miCROPe best poster award 2015. Summary: The focus of our research is the development of protective microbial communities in the rhizosphere via bioaugmentation, i.e. the addition of microbes with plant beneficial metabolic or ecological traits, specifically bioaugmentation with entomopathogenic or insect associated fungi. We conclude that the ecological preferences of the fungal species might influence their performance (i.e. virulence to insect pests) in different environments, method of bioaugmentation influences the plant-microbe interaction, and plant-microbe interactions can depend on the specific fungal strain and plant cultivar.

B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference

COBISS.SI-ID: 4888424

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Organisation of the International Scientific Conference "Plant health for sustainable agriculture"

Agricultural Institute of Slovenia has organised an International Scientific Conference entitled “Plant health for sustainable agriculture” on current challenges in plant health, biotechnology and plant breeding (May 11th and 12th 2015, Ljubljana). Over 170 participants from 18 European countries attended this event organised within European project Cropsustain. Scientific part of the conference was composed of six sessions: Challenges in Plant Health, Plant Pests and Diseases Diagnostics, Nonchemical (Alternative) Control of Pests and Diseases, Biotechnology and Plant Breeding for Plant Protection, Prognosis and Decision Supporting Systems, and IPM and Good Agricultural Practice. Thirty contributions were presented in the form of lectures, and additional 65 contributions as presentations in poster session.

B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting

COBISS.SI-ID: 279199488

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Diversity of the genus Clonostachys in Brazil

Hans-Josef Schroers supervised of Mrs Gláucia M. Moreira (Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil) when she visited Agricultural Institute of Slovenia for 12 months for performing research related to her PhD. Citation for dissertation: Moreira, G.M. (2016) Diversity of Clonostachys species in Brazil. PhD Thesis. Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 83 p. Clonostachys (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) accomodates mycoparasites, endophytes, pest parasites, soil saprotrophs and, rarely, plant pathogens. The genus is structured in several subgenera distinguished from each other on the bases of teleomorph and anamorph characters. So far, mainly holomorphic species have been recognized in Clonostachys but many taxa obtained as anamorphs or members of currently unresolved species complexes await their description. The presentation provided an overview on the diversity of Clonostachys species isolated mainly from soil from Brazil including the Amazon Forest, Atlantic Rainforest, and the Cerrado savanna.