Dear Moderator,

Attached you will find a paper on the challenges for plant breeders from the view of a sustainable animal production.

Personally, I think that the plant breeding should be considered as a (the) starting point for an effective (sustainable) ecological intensification in agriculture (see attachment).

Best regards

Gerhard Flachowsky

Institute of Animal Nutrition

Federal Reasearch Institute of Animal Health

Braunschweig

Germany