Research
Crop rotation and biogas production, above- and belowground interactions in mixed stands, crop-/weed interactions, cropping systems with underseeding, minimum tillage in organic agriculture.

Projects
IMPAC³- Novel genotypes for mixed cropping allow for IMProved sustainable land use ACross arable land, grassland and woodland
Project duration: 1st of February 2015 to 31st of January 2018
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): Innovative Plant Breeding within the Cultivation System (IPAS)
Person in charge: M.Sc. Juliane Streit

Spurenelemente durch Energiepflanzen – Stoffströme und Handlungsempfehlungen für eine optimierte Prozessbiologie in Biogasanlagen. FKZ 22019014
Project duration: 1st of December 2014 to 30th June 2018
Funding: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) über die Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoff e.V. (FNR)
Person in charge: M.Sc. Katharina Hey

Teaching
Winter semester 2017/18
B.Agr. 0002 (Vst.-Nr. 740054) Biologie der Pflanze
B.Agr. 0001 (Vst.-Nr. 740044) Acker- und pflanzenbauliche Übungen

Selected publications
Meinen, C., R. Rauber, 2015. Root discrimination of closely related crop and weed species using FT MIR-ATR spectroscopy. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 6, Article Number 765, doi 10.3389/fpls.2015.00765.

Menke, C.A., R. Rauber, 2015. Evaluierung von Winterzwischenfrüchten vor Mais zur Biogasnutzung. Berichte über Landwirtschaft 93, Ausgabe 3, ISSN 2196-5099.

Maqsood, S., D.Geisseler, R.Rauber, B.Ludwig, 2012. Long-term impacts of different tillage intensities on the C and N dynamics of a Haplic Luvisol. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 1-12, doi 10.1080/03650340.2012.730144.

Meinen, C., R. Rauber, 2012. FTIR-ATR spectroscopy – a new approach in root discrimination of crop and weed species. Julius-Kühn-Archiv 434, 702-707, doi 10.5073/jka.2012.434.091.

Naumann, A., G. Heine, R. Rauber, 2010. Efficient discrimination of oat and pea roots by cluster analysis of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra. Field Crops Research 119, 78-84, doi 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.06.017.

Rauber, R., K. Schmidtke, H. Kimpel-Freund, 2001: The performance of pea (Pisum sativum L.) and its role in determining yield advantages in mixed stands of pea and oat (Avena sativa L.). Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 187, 137-144. doi 10.1046/j.1439-037X.2001.00508.x.