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Michael Friedli

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Research fruit crops

Projects

StatusFiBLTitleStartEnd
ongoing CH Season extension for Swiss organic table strawberries 01.01.2024 31.12.2024
ongoing CH Cost-Benefit Analysis of Organic Fruit Production 01.01.2024 31.12.2027
ongoing CH Organic stone fruit 01.01.2024 31.12.2027
ongoing CH Qualitative and quantitative promotion of Swiss organic pear cultivation 01.01.2024 31.12.2027
ongoing CH Regional optimisation concepts for a demand-oriented water supply in fruit production in the region of Lake Constance 01.04.2023 31.03.2026
ongoing CH Flower reservoirs in stone fruit orchards: promoting functional biodiversity with a low input strategy 01.03.2023 28.02.2026
completed CH Analysis of organic pear production in Switzerland for the preparation of a pear project 01.01.2023 31.12.2023
ongoing CH Swiss production of organic raspberries for processing 01.11.2022 31.12.2025
ongoing CH Innovative Organic fruit Breeding and uses (InnOBreed) 01.07.2022 30.06.2026
ongoing CH Establishment of a modern apricot production in the German-speaking part of Switzerland 01.01.2022 31.12.2024
ongoing CH Resilient varieties for sustainable fruit growing in Switzerland (RESO) 01.09.2020 30.08.2024
completed CH PGREL project "Use of gene resources in apples for organic farming II" (PGREL-Nutzungsprojekt) 01.01.2020 31.12.2023
completed CH Boosting Innovation in Organic FRUIT production through strong knowledge NETworks (BIOFRUITNET) 01.11.2019 30.04.2023
ongoing CH Innovationen in der Sortenprüfung in Europa zur Förderung der Einführung neuer Sorten, die besser an verschiedene biotische und abiotische Stressbedingungen und an nachhaltigere Anbaumethoden angepasst sind (INVITE) 01.07.2019 30.06.2024
completed CH Neue Wege im Pflanzenschutz im Bio-Obstbau: Entwicklung und Evaluation von IT-gestützten Pflanzenschutzverfahren im FiBL-Freiluft-Labor 01.01.2019 31.12.2021
ongoing CH New ways in plant protection in organic fruit growing: Development and evaluation of IT-supported plant protection methods and a new training system 01.01.2019 31.12.2026
completed CH DOMINO -Dynamic sod mulching and use of recycled amendments to increase biodiversity, resilience and sustainability of intensive organic apple orchards and vineyards (DOMINO) 01.04.2018 02.08.2021
completed CH Förderung des Angebotes von qualitativ guten und kostengünstigen Schweizer Knospe Beerenjungpflanzen 01.01.2018 31.12.2019
completed CH Development of a yield-safe production of organic apricots in Switzerland 01.09.2016 31.08.2020
completed CH PGREL project "Use of gene resources in apples for organic farming" (Nutzung von Apfel-Genressourcen für den Bio-Anbau) 01.01.2016 29.02.2020
completed CH KTI development and testing of suitable substrates for small fruit production 01.01.2016 31.12.2018
ongoing CH Delightful organic apple 01.01.2015 31.12.2025
ongoing CH Organic plum variety testing with and without weather protection and side netting 01.01.2015
completed CH Enhancment of the organic small fruit production 01.01.2015 31.12.2018
completed CH Promotion of production and sales for organic standard tree cultivation 01.01.2015 31.12.2018
completed CH Testing of sweet and sour cherry and plum cultivars for organic growing 01.01.2015 31.12.2018
ongoing CH PSR old apple varieties 01.01.2003
ongoing CH Crop load regulation (thinning) in organic apple growing 01.01.1998
ongoing CH Testing of pit fruit cultivars for organic growing 01.10.1994

Training / professional career

  • Since January 2016 scientific collaborator and project manager fruit and berry cultivation
  • 2012 - 2015 PhD studies at ETH Zürich. Topic: Establishment and application of phenotyping methods to measure leaf and canopy growth in the laboratory and field.
  • 2009 - 2011 Master in agricultural science (Major: crop science), ETH Zürich
  • 2006 - 2009 Bachelor in agricultural science, ETH Zürich

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

  • Pfeifer, J., Mielewczik, M., Friedli, M., Kirchgessner, N. & Walter, A. (2018): Non-destructive measurement of soybean leaf thickness via X-ray computed tomography allows the study of diel leaf growth rhythms in the third dimension. Journal of Plant Research, 131, 111-124
  • Kirchgessner, N., Liebisch, F., Yu, K., Pfeifer, J., Friedli, M., Hund, A., & Walter, A. (2017): The ETH field phenotyping platform FIP: A cable-suspended multi-sensor system. Functional Plant Biology
  • Friedli, M., Kirchgessner, N., Grieder, C., Liebisch, F., Mannale, M. & Walter, A. (2016): Terrestrial 3D laser scanning to track the increase in canopy height of both monocot and dicot crop species under field conditions. Plant Methods 12:9
  • Friedli, M. (2015): Establishment and application of phenotyping methods to measure leaf and canopy growth in the laboratory and field. ETH Zürich, Doktorarbeit
  • Najar-Rodriguez, AJ., Friedli, M., Klaiber, J. & Dorn, S. (2015): Aphid-deprivation from Brassica plants results in increased isothiocyanate release and parasitoid attraction. Chemoecology, 25, 303-311. 
  • Friedli, M. & Walter, A. (2014): Diel growth patterns of young soybean (Glycine max) leaflets are synchronous throughout different positions on a plant. Plant, Cell & Environment, 38, 514-524
  • Mielewczik, M., Friedli, M., Kirchgessner, N., Walter, A. (2013): Diel leaf growth of soybean: a novel method to analyze two-dimensional leaf expansion in high temporal resolution based on a marker tracking approach (Martrack Leaf). Plant Methods, 9