About us
Activities
Consulting
- Waste problems
- Scientific support
- Plant diseases and disease control
- Production and application of antagonistic microorganisms
- Production and application of composts
- Ecology and agriculture
Training and Investigation
- Literature studies
- Plant diseases and disease control
- Compost production and application
- Scientific investigations and analyses
Screening testing
- Biotests
- Biological qualities of composts
- Soil quality and growing medias
- Plant diseases and disease control
Specific studies
- Testing of ingredients for registration purposes
- Carrying out of laboratory and field studies
- Testing of ingredients for compost making
- Impact of ingredients on plants and the environment
Research and Development
- Biological plant disease and pest control
- Development of growing medias
- Compost production and application
- Composting: Optimisation of the fermenting processes
- Quality controlling of composts
- Development of specific biotests
Producing (micro-) biologically high quality compost is a prerequisite to ensure its long term sells, without harming the environment but to enhance plant vigor and health. High quality composts are by far not wastes, they are valuable ingredients in modern plant production.
Biophyt Ltd consults compost plants, provider of plant growth media on compost base, user of composts and the administration.
Contact
Biophyt Ltd
Dr. Jacques G. Fuchs
Nackthof 41
CH-5465 Mellikon
SWITZERLAND
Phone: +41 56 250 50 42
Mobile: +41 79 216 11 35
Fax: +41 56 250 50 44
E-mail: jacques.fuchs@biophyt.ch
Leader
Dr. Jacques G. FUCHS
dipl. Ing. Agr. ETH
Plant pathologist and microbiologist,
co-founder of Biophyt Ltd in the year 1991
and general manager of the company
Education
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1999-2000 |
Quality management (Qualicon Managementsysteme, CH-Kirchberg) |
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1998 |
Certification in NKS-Management (Limania School, CH-Baden) |
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1989-1993 |
Doctor of Philosophy at the Institute of Plant Sciences, Section Phytomedicine/Pathologie, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland |
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1981-1987 |
University education in Agronomy Specialisation in plant crop production |
Experience
since |
Adjunct professor at the China Agricultural University, Beijing (CAU) |
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since
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Managing director of Biophyt Ltd |
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since
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Project manager at the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Frick, Switzerland); part time engagement |
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1999-2000 |
Member of the scientific staff at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI, Villigen, Switzerland); part time engagement |
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1998-1999 |
Member of the scientific staff at the Institute of plant sciences, section Phytomedicine/Pathology, ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland; part time engagement |
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1990 |
Member of the organizing committee of "Second International Workshop on Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria", 14.-19.10.1990, Interlaken. 120 participation of 21 Nations. Chairperson: Dr. G. Défago. |
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1989-1993 |
Assistant at the Institute of Plant Sciences, Section Phytomedicine /Pathology, ETHZ |
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1987-1988 |
Member of the scientific staff at the Institute of plant sciences, section Phytomedicine/Pathology, ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland |
Publications
List of publications (selection)
Diverse
Patent
- CH 689 464 A5:
«Verfahren und Biotest-Kit zur Charakterisierung eines Pflanzenproduktionsträgers»
Member of
- Member of the academic committee of "Swiss Chinese Herbal Medicine and Functional Food Innovation Center"
- Member of the Scientific Council of RITTMO (Research & Development Center for Fertilizing Materials and Agrosystem Quality, Colmar, France)
- Swiss Group of Experts for Compost Quality
- SVIAL (Schweizerischer Verband der Ingenieur-Agronomen und der Lebensmittel-Ingenieure / Swiss Association of Agronomists and engineers of food technology)
- AIASR (Association des ingénieurs agronomes suisses romands / Swiss Association of French Speaking Agronomists)
- SGP (Swiss Society for Phytiatry); member of the directing board since 2003
- VGL (Swiss Association of water and air sanitation).
Other activities
- Commission for landscape planning of the community of Mellikon (1994-1998)
- Member of the scientific committee of RITTMO (Recherche, Innovation et Transfert de Technologie pour les Matières fertilisantes Organiques, France) (since december 2005)