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AHEAD program meets in-person for the first time
[Direct link to press release] The Alliance for Wheat Adaption to Heat and Drought (AHEAD) discussed the effects of climate change on wheat production in Morocco. The Global Office of AHEAD is based at the JKI.
How plants cope with stress: New signal-pathway in Nature Communications described
[Direct link to paper] Researchers from JKI and Technical University Brunswick discover that GAS2-gene encodes for an enzyme involved in the abscisic acid (ABA) catabolism.
Henrik Hartmann is once again one of the world's most cited researchers in 2023
This year, the forest scientist receives the award as head of the JKI Institute for Forest Protection.
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![[Translate to Englisch:] Schräge Draufsicht auf Versuchsparzellen mit verschiedenen Weizensorten. Je nach Befall mit Gelbrost-Pilzen unterscheiden sich die angebauten Sorten in ihrer Gelbfärbung.](/media/_processed_/f/2/csm_PI2023-13_BRIWECS-Winterweizen_Gesamteindruck_6150ce8d47.jpg "[Translate to Englisch:] Grundlage der Studie in Nature Plants war der Winterweizen-Versuch BRIWECS. Das Bild zeigt verschiedene Sorten am Versuchsort Quedlinburg mit unterschiedlich starkem Gelbrost-Befall. ©Holger Zetzsche/JKI")
Better yield modeling helps to breed better wheat varieties
[Direct link to paper] Nature study with JKI input. Analysis of 220 winter wheat varieties on environmental genotype interactions. With the new approach, the performance of new varieties can be predicted more accurately under different environmental scenarios.
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
PI2022-05: 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