Joint Ambrosia Action
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- Boden und Landökosysteme
- Lebensraum und Landschaft
- Lebensmittel, Ernährung, Gesundheit
Abstract
The pollen of ragweed are known to be particularly aggressive allergens and cause a tremendous economic loss each year. Whereas Hungary has already been affected for a long time and thereby successfully established control measures both in organizational and legal terms, the plant has in Austria increasingly spread only in the last years. Since the spread takes place via Eastern neighboring countries, the province of Burgenland is particularly strongly affected. However, on the Austrian side exists at the moment neither a regulated procedure for detection and control of ragweed, nor any collaboration with Hungarian authorities. This imbalance of capacity for action of administrative systems constitutes a major challenge for the border region. As ragweed does not stop at the border, this problem can only be combated by acting together. The project has set the objective of establishing a sustainable institutional cooperation on the issue of ragweed control between the Austrian and Hungarian administrative systems and research institutions. This enables a know-how transfer that benefits both sides and improves the quality of public service and thereby also life quality of the population. In the framework of the survey and research, fundamental data will be collected (main output 1: cross-border cooperation of universities in the frame of the research activities) on the basis of which coordinated recommendations can be made in order to control and to prevent the spread. A cross-border data exchange is first made possible by establishing a common ragweed reporting system. The establishment of a bilateral ragweed task force with experts of both countries lays the foundations for a long-lasting institutional cooperation (main output 2: sustainable cross-border cooperation of administrative bodies).
- monitoring system
- control
- allergy
- herbology
- population dynamics
Publications
Sojabohne vs. Ragweed: Weniger Knöllchen, weniger Ertrag
Autoren: Hall, R M; Winter, A; Karrer, G; Kaul, H-P Jahr: 2018
Newspaper / Magazine article
Genetic variation of the invasive Ambrosia psilostachya in Europe is biased by clonal propagation
Autoren: Karrer, G; Hall, R M; Le Corre, V; Kropf, M Jahr: 2019
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
JOINT AMBROSIA ACTION: Interreg‐Project V‐A Austria‐Hungary to fight common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
Autoren: Karrer, G; Zinggl, P; Szeiber, A; Vér, A Jahr: 2019
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Project staff
Gerhard Karrer
Ao.Univ.Prof.i.R. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.rer.nat. Gerhard Karrer
gerhard.karrer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-83119
Project Leader
01.01.2017 - 31.12.2019
Rea Hall
DDipl.Ing. Dr. Rea Hall
rea.hall@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-83135
Project Staff
01.01.2017 - 31.12.2019
Gabriele Hanauer
Gabriele Hanauer
gabriele.hanauer@students.boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.01.2017 - 31.12.2019
BOKU partners
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External partners
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government of komitat Györ-Moson-Sopron
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partner
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Federal government Burgenland, Dept. 2
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partner
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Szechenyi Istvan University of Applied Sciences
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partner