Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
- Natalie Laibach — Project lead and main contact
ORCID: 0000-0002-2834-285X - Florian Wichern — Principal Investigator
ORCID: 0000-0002-4962-4266 - Nele Vahrenhorst — Administrative and project support
- Kiran Suresh — Postdoctoral researcher and project co-coordinator
ORCID: 0000-0002-7959-6323 - Amaya Ayag — Master’s student
- Hapsa Rahaman — Master’s student
University of Queensland – QAAFI (Australia)
- Daniel Rodriguez — Principal Investigator
ORCID: 0000-0002-4699-0957 - Abel Moges — PhD student and research team member
- Dongxue Zhao — Research team member
ORCID: 0000-0003-2599-1392 - Raul Gimenez — Research team member
ORCID: 0000-0002-1474-1454
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)
- Bedru Beshir — Principal Investigator
ORCID: 0000-0002-1435-063X - Teressa Temesgen — Principal Investigator
ORCID: 0000-0001-9908-8206
Funding
ORACLE is funded by Green ERA-Hub under the topic ” Improved resilience and health of crops “.
Our Partners and Their Contributions
- Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences (Germany) Leads the project coordination and the controlled greenhouse research. HSRW focuses on sorghum root traits, drought and intercropping responses, carbon and nitrogen flows, rhizosphere microbiomes, metabolomics, transcriptomics, and genetic analyses. It also coordinates data management and project dissemination.
- The University of Queensland (Australia) Leads the field-based root phenotyping and modelling activities. UQ contributes advanced high-throughput root phenotyping, crop water-use assessment, field trials in Australia and Ethiopia, and APSIM modelling to evaluate the value of root traits under different environments and management systems.
- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (Ethiopia) Leads field implementation and stakeholder engagement in Ethiopia. EIAR contributes sorghum germplasm, field trials, breeder and farmer networks, capacity building, and dissemination of project outcomes to support practical adoption of drought-resilient sorghum–legume systems