Contact
Claudia Daniel
(Dr. agr.)
Plant protection and biodiversity
FiBL
Ackerstrasse
CH-5070 Frick
Phone +41 (0)62 865-7291
Fax +41 (0)62 865-7273
claudia.daniel(at)fibl.org
Daniel Claudia
Activity areas
- Solution of entomological problems in different crops
- Development of new biocontrol strategies to solve plant protection and weed problems in organic agriculture
Projects
- Solutions for pest problems in organic stone fruit production (cherry fruit fly, aphids, plum codling moth)
- Solution for pest problems in organic apple and pear production (aphids, Anthonomus pomorum, psyllids)
- Solutions for pest problems in organic vegetable production (Contarinia nasturtii, white flies, different lepidopterans)
- Solutions for pest problems in organic oilseed rape production (Meligethes sp., Ceutorhynchus sp., Psylloides chrysocephala)
Training / professional career
- since March 2002 Project manager for entomology and biocontrol projects at FiBL
- 2005–2009 PhD studies at the University of Munich (Technische Universität München) Thesis title: “Entomopathogenic fungi as a new strategy to control the European cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis cerasi Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae)”.
- 2001–2002 Internship at the European Biological Control Laboratory (EBCL) / United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Montpellier, France; Project: laboratory rearing of Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) and its parasitoids.
- 2000–2001 Internship at FiBL. Projects: Side effects of lime sulphur on predatory mites; Influence of different soil cultivation systems on epigeic arthropods in an organic cherry orchard.
- 1999 Internship and diploma thesis at the Saxon State Institute for Agriculture (Sächsische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft) Thesis title: “The effects of artificial weed strips on the diversity and abundance of arthropods in apple orchards”.
- 1995–1999 Studies of Horticultural science at the Dresden University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden) with various internships.
