INTERNATIONAL SUNFLOWER ASSOCIATION
Members' Directory
Last name :
WIECKHORST
First name :
Silke
Entrance year :
2020
Occupation :
Group Lead Breeding technologies
Birthdate :
1979/06/03
Address :
Grimsehlstr. 31
37574 Einbeck / Germany
Main fields of interest :
- Seeds, genetics
Professional experience : Since 2010: Scientist - Breeding technology for sunflower and sorghum at KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
Education : * 2012: PhD. (Dr.sc.agr.), Technical University of Munich, Germany
* 2007-2010: PhD. Studies at Technical University of Munich, Germany
* 2006-2007: PhD. Studies at State Plant Breeding Institute – University of Hohenheim, Germany
* 2006: Diploma in Agricultural Biology at the University of Hohenheim, Germany
* 2001-2006: Diploma studies in Agricultural Biology at the University of Hohenheim, Germany
* 1999-2001: Professional training as a technical assistant at Lochow-Petkus, Bergen Wohlde, Germany
Selected publications : * Wieckhorst S, Bachlava E, Dußle CM, Tang S, Gao W, Saski C, Knapp SJ, Schön C-C, Hahn V, Bauer E (2010) Fine-mapping of the sunflower resistance locus PlARG introduced from the wild species Helianthus argophyllus. Theor Appl Genet 121:1633-1644
* Livaja M, Unterseer S, Lehermeier C, Erath W, Wieseke R, Plieske J, Polley A, Luerßen H, Wieckhorst S, Hahn V, Ouzunova M, Schön C-C, Ganal M W (2015) Diversity analysis and genomic prediction of Sclerotinia resistance in sunflower using a new 25K SNP genotyping array. Theor Appl Genet 129: 317-329
