No longer uncertain: the validation of Tenebrio as hosts of Blattambidensovirus incertum1 isolates by phylogeny and infection studies

Southkorea’s National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, NAS and JKI host an International Joint Symposium and sign a Joint Declaration of Intent to intensify their research cooperation

A JKI delegation visits its cooperation partners in Jeonju from April 20th-22nd 2026.

Biological control of wireworms in the AgriMet project

Here I am! A Hymenopteran larval parasitoid attacking the Box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) will probably spread in Germany

From Lab to Field: Physical and Biological Evaluation of a novel Bacillus thuringiensis Formulation

Genetic basis of codling moth diapause decoded

The JKI, the Laimburg Research Centre and the MPI for Chemical Ecology are researching diapause control of the main pest in apple cultivation.

Fungal isolates of Chaetomium, Chlonostachys and Pseudogymnoascus significantly suppress Phytophthora infestans in tomato

Strong JKI commitment at the European level for biological and integrated plant protection – participation in the IOBC-WPRS General Assembly in Mikulov (CZ)

Danilo Lüdke receives award for the best Master's thesis in the Department of Biology at TU Darmstadt

Danilo Lüdke, research assistant at the Institute for Biological Control (BI), was honoured with the Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement for the best Master's thesis in the Department of Biology at TU Darmstadt.

Start of the SporeGlue project

The Sporeglue project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity has recently started at the Institute of Biological Control. In collaboration with the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials and the companies e-nema and SeSam-Biotech, biadhesive peptides will be used to increase the rainfastness of…