Wael YaktiHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin | HU Berlin · Urban Ecophysiology of Plants Unit
Wael Yakti
Dr. rer. nat.
Black soldier fly production and integrating insect farming into circular agricultural production systems.
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Introduction
A biotechnologist and engineer with an MSc in entomology/phytopathology, and a PhD in the area of plant-fungus interactions awarded in 2018 from the Humboldt University of Berlin. Worked and gained hands-on experience at different biotechnology companies. Currently focuses on optimizing black soldier fly production with an emphasis on integrating insect farming into circular agricultural production systems.
Additional affiliations
October 2020 - February 2022
Position
- PostDoc Position
Description
- https://www.agrar.hu-berlin.de/en/institut-en/departments/dntw-en/oekophysiologie-en
August 2018 - September 2020
Katz Biotech AG
Position
- Researcher
Description
- Research on the black solider fly and production process development.
October 2014 - June 2018
Leibniz-Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops/ Humboldt University-Berlin
Position
- PhD Student
Education
October 2014 - June 2018
October 2011 - September 2013
Field of study
- International Horticulture - Entomology and Phytopathology
September 2006 - June 2011
Publications
Publications (5)
With the worldwide industrialization of black soldier fly (BSF) production, it is necessary to better understand how the rearing scale and larvae density influence the performance of larvae and the quality of the final product. In this study, a factorial experiment was conducted to test the effect of rearing scale and density on the growth and comp...
In a method for producing a feed enriched with at least one carotenoid or a feed component enriched with at least one carotenoid, microorganisms are cultivated which produce and / or enrich at least one carotenoid. A microorganism biomass is hereby provided. This microorganism biomass is fed to insect larvae and the insect larvae are cultivated. Th...
Dark Septate Endophytes (DSEs) present a group of widespread root-colonizing fungi. The role of these endophytes in ecosystems and their interactions with plant pathogens are not well understood. In the current study, we assessed the antagonistic potential of the model DSE Cadophora sp. against the tomato soil-borne pathogens Rhizoctonia solani, Py...
Background: Dark septate endophytes (DSEs) represent a form-group of ascomycetous fungi that inhabit the roots of a wide range of plant species, but our knowledge on their interaction with the host plants is still limited.
Aims: This study was conducted to examine the effect of DSEs on the nutrition and growth of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in o...
Endophytes for a Growing World - edited by Trevor R. Hodkinson March 2019
Questions
Questions (9)
Greetings to all,
Does anybody know where I can find membranes with a mesh size that fungi could not be pass ?
In my experimental system I need to grow a fungal colony in a "Tea bag" and avoid any fungal growth out of this tea bag compartment, I only want to have full exchange of nutrients and other compounds between the fungus containing compartment and the rest of the media.
Did anyone try something similar ? any recommendation for a company which from which I can order such membranes ?
I appreciate your help and time,
Dear all,
I was checking some tomato roots which should be colonized by fungal endophytes, I ended up seeing those Dark/pigmented structures, I stained my roots with Wheat Germ Agglutinin but nothing was stained at all, so I assume they are formed by the plant.
Does anybody know what could that be? could it be starch accumulation in root tissues ?
I appreciate any idea/assumption/advice which may lead me to knowing what that is .
P.S : Picture is fresh roots using normal light microscopy , 10X and 40X
Thanx in advance
I will do some work on different species belong to gen. Periconia and gen. Phialophora, currently they are grown on solid PDA medium. I want to test different media to see whether I can get a faster growth ..
I appreciate suggestions
After performing the IBD analysis using the "R" Package adegenet 1.4-0, the program obtains a histogram with X : simulated values , Y: permuted values , and a dot which is the correlation between geographical coordinates matrix and a matrix of genetic distances ...
In the figure I can observe that there is an isolation by distance since the correlation value is higher than most of the sim values ... could any one please give a brief distribution of what the sim values and the permuted values exactly are ??
Acyrthosiphon pisum, or pea aphid, is considered to be the model aphid for studding symbiosis. It is known that its life cycle can be easily completed in a laboratory, and more information are available about its genetics and genomics.
I need a method to extract Atropine from raw Belladonna Plants... Usually boiling plant roots in water or soaking them in acetone would extract Atropine as well as many other compounds which might be extremely toxic (other alkaloids such as scopolamine and hyoscyamine)
Is there a method to purify Atropine in a basic chemistry lab with commonly available chemicals and equipment?
Projects
Projects (2)
Enabling a better understanding of the contribution of dark septate endophytes to plant nutrition and to assess whether they can protect plants against fungal pathogens.
