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Julius Kühn-Institute lettering plus motto of the JKI with representation of the triad of research, evaluation and advice

The Julius Kühn Institute

Hand stroking ripe ears of wheat

Feeding the growing world population

dry and cracked soil

Responding to climate change

Man checks the quality of the soil he holds in his hand

Using natural resources responsibly

mixed fruit

Preserving and using genetic resources

fully loaded containership

Ensuring safe trade in plants

varied landscape with blue flowers, meadow, trees

Maintaining and enhancing biodiversity

large field, lake and trees in the background

Environmentally compatible farming

urban green in Berlin, front: trees, background: Berlin skyline

Keeping plants in urban spaces healthy

  • JKI und kolumbianische Schwesterbehörde unterzeichnen Letter of Intend, um künftig bei Forschungsfragen zu kooperieren. v.l. Jorge Mario Diaz Luengas und JKI-Präsident Frank Ordon © S. Framke/BMEL

    15.03.2023

    JKI President Ordon accompanies Federal Minister Özdemir to Brazil and Colombia and signs Letter of Intent to intensify cooperation with AGROSAVIA

  • 13.03.2023

    International Conference on GMO Analysis and New Genomic Techniques from March 14 to 16 in Berlin is co-hosted by the JKI

  • 23.01.2023

    A Field Trip to the wheat crop of tomorrow

  • 12.01.2023

    JKI shows peat substitutes at horticultural fair IPM Essen

  • 14.07.2022

    Wheat Initiative launches updated Strategic Research Agenda

  • 17.06.2022

    June 20th-22nd: JKI organizes Indo-German Workshop on Bacterial Communities on Plants and in Soil

  • 09.05.2022

    JKI study proves: Red Riesling originated from White Riesling – not vice versa

    Berry color locus of the Red Riesling variant located on the chromosome set of the white-berried parent White Heunisch

  • Geerntete Weizenpflanzen liegen aufgereiht nebeneinander und zeigen von links nach rechts schwächer ausgeprägte Symptome des Weizenverzwergungsvirus. Die Pflanzen ganz rechts sind symptomfrei.

    19.04.2022

    First resistances against Wheat dwarf virus discovered

    Researchers at the Julius Kühn Institute identify 14 gene loci that are promising for breeding new virus-resistant wheat varieties

  • Portrait Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Kornelia Smalla, Julius Kühn-Institut.

    24.11.2021

    JKI microbiologist is one of the world's most cited researchers in 2021

    The database "Highly Cited Researchers" operated by Clarivate Analytics lists microbiome researcher Prof. Dr. Dr. Kornelia Smalla among the...

  • 09.11.2021

    CROPDIVA-Project wants six underused arable crops back in European fields

    JKI-Forschende am Horizon 2020-Projekt CROPDIVA zur Förderung der Fruchtartenvielfalt beteiligt.

  • Luftaufnahme der FACE-Anlage am JKI-Institut für Pflanzenbau und Bodenkunde in Braunschweig. © L. Kottmann/JKI

    22.07.2021

    A FACE facility is being built at the JKI site in Braunschweig

    The abbreviation FACE stands for "Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment" and describes a facility for outdoor experiments in which different...

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  • 03.05.2022

    PI2022-07: JKI study proves: Red Riesling originated from White Riesling – not vice versa.

    Berry color locus of the Red Riesling variant located on the chromosome set of the white-berried parent White Heunisch

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Events

  • 30.04.2023 to 04.05.2023

    16th Symposium of the International Society for Biosafety Research (ISBR) - Advancing science in support of sustainable bio-innovation

    USA | Missouri

  • 19.06.2023 to 23.06.2023

    ILC 2023: 16th International Lupin Conference

    BLE | JKI | Rostock

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