Teaching Bag

The teaching bag provides free media material for diverse outreach purposes on PlantMicrobe interactions as well as novel technologies applied in plant genetics and is continuously being expanded.

Digital PlantMicrobe game on media station

Laboratory video: root nodule preparation

  • Root nodule preparation in the laboratory at LMU Biocampus in Martinsried
  • Video by Dr. Dagmar Hann (LMU, TRR356) and Ruben Perez Valverde (LMU)
  • Shown in the exhibition 'Vom Sichtbaren zum Unsichtbaren' at the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg (2024)
  • Link via YouTube (or view below)

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Root nodule preparation in the laboratory

5:19 | 8 Nov 2024 | © Dagmar Hann (TRR356)

Laboratory video: Arbuscular Mykorrhiza preparation

  • Arbuscular Mykorrhiza (AM) preparation in the laboratory at LMU Biocampus in Martinsried
  • Video by Dr. Dagmar Hann (LMU, TRR356) and Mara Richter (LMU)
  • Shown in the exhibition 'Tief verwurzelt' at the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg (2025)
  • Link via YouTube (or view below)

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Arbuscular mykorrhiza preparation in the laboratory

3:43 | 22 Oct 2025 | © Dr. Dagmar Hann & Mara Richter

Animation video: How does an AM fungus infect plant roots? (Step-by-Step)

  • animation video explaining step by step the structure of a plant root and the process by which a spore of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AM fungus) infects the root.
  • Video by Dr. Dagmar Hann (LMU, TRR356) and Mara Richter (LMU)
  • Shown in the exhibition 'Tief verwurzelt' at the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg (2025)
  • Link via YouTube (or view below)

video player

If you click to view this video your personal data will be transmitted to YouTube and cookies may also be stored on your device. LMU has no influence over how any such data is transmitted or indeed over its further usage.

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How does an AM fungus infect plant roots?

2:19 | 20 Oct 2025 | © Dr. Dagmar Hann & Mara Richter

Coloring comics: UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Coloring comic illustration for SDG 15 'Life on Land'

Coloring comic illustration for SDG 15 'Life on Land' | © Ece Cinar

  • Coloring comics for children illustrating some of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Concept and illustrations by Dr. Dagmar Hann (LMU, TRR356) and Ece Cinar (LMU)
  • Created for the exhibition 'Tief verwurzelt' at the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg (2025)
  • Download here: Part 1 (PDF, 345 KB) and Part 2 (PDF, 294 KB)

Teaching path "Mikrowelten" with audio material

Teaching path ´Mikrowelten´ at the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

© Leonie Hinderhofer (TRR356)

  • teaching path on PlantMicrobe interactions with corresponding audio material in the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg
  • Age recommendation: 14 years +
  • overview of the different stations and audio material online available here

If you have any questions or suggestions on the material, please contact the TRR356 Outreach Team via e-mail: plantmicrobe.outreach@bio.lmu.de