JKI: News

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

From March 12 to 15, 2023, the president of the JKI, Prof. Dr. Frank Ordon, visited Brazil and Colombia as a member of the German delegation of...

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

Participation online or on site in Berlin

23.01.2023

A Field Trip to the wheat crop of tomorrow

A short film on resistance breeding at JKI and its contribution to reducing pesticides in cereal cultivation

12.01.2023

JKI shows peat substitutes at horticultural fair IPM Essen

14.07.2022

Wheat Initiative launches updated Strategic Research Agenda

Wheat Initiative launched updated Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) on July 5th at the tropical greenhouse of the botanical garden in Berlin. ...

17.06.2022

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

Das Indo-German Science and Technology Center (IGSTC) finanziert einen bilateralen Workshop zum Thema „Agricultural Management Practice Effects...

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...

JKI-Genbank Dresden: Erhaltung von Erdbeersorten und Fragaria-Wildarten. © M.Höfer/JKI

24.02.2021

New EU research project BreedingValue aims to develop new breeding strategies for resilient and nutritious berries

European research partners and breeders are coming together to jointly focus on a better understanding and adaptation of the genetic resources...

18.11.2020

Morocco joins Wheat Initiative

The Wheat Initiative, which is based at the JKI in Berlin-Dahlem, welcomes Morocco as a new member.

02.09.2020

JKI research on display at informal Council meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers

From 29 August to 1 September 2020, the Agriculture Ministers of the 27 EU member states met in Koblenz for their so-called Informal Meeting...

30.03.2020

JKI becomes core partner of the European Virus Archive Global EVAg

Step by step, plant viruses are now also being added to the digital catalogue, which was previously only focused on human and animal pathogenic...

10.03.2020

Seeds from JKI Fruit Gene Bank deposited in perpetual ice

The repair of the Global Seed Vault near Longyearbyen on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen took two years and cost 20 million dollars. At the...

03.03.2020

Publication on GM maize feeding studies among Springer Nature Highlights 2019

A publication by the EU-project G-TWyST (duration 2014 - 2018) with contributions from JKI experts is among the Springer Nature 2019...

Partnerlogos der Forschungsallianz "Towards a chemical pesticide-free Agriculture" © Frank Ordon/JKI

24.02.2020

JKI signed declaration of intent "Towards a Chemical Pesticide-free Agriculture"

Press Release of INRAE published on 23 February 2020: Alternatives to Chemical Pesticides: 24 European Research Institutes Undertake an...

Plakat Motiv für die Messer Biofach Broccoli. 12. - 15.02.2020

04.02.2020

JKI as exhibitor at Biofach fair in Nuremberg in hall 9-351

19.11.2019

German Agricultural Ministry’s State Secretary Aeikens opens international conference on improving drought stress tolerance organized by the Julius Kühn Institute

Prof. Dr. Frank Ordon (Präsident JKI) am Rednerpult während des Science CIrcle Lecture

15.11.2019

Science Circle Lecture: Combating the challenge of biotic and abiotic stress in food crops by genomics based breeding

The DWIH (German Centre for Research and Innovation) New Delhi along with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in New Delhi organized...

15.11.2019

Towards a more sustainable Agriculture through managing the Soil Microbiome

JKI and its Uruguayen partner INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria) organized an international workshop at Montevideo/Uruguay...

Die deutsche Delegation des Bundeslandwirtschaftsministeriums (BMEL) mit Ministerin Julia Klöckner (Mitte) und JKI-Präsident Frank Ordon (2.v.l. vorne) zu Besuch am Holeta Agricultural Research Center (HARC) in Äthiopien. © BMEL

15.10.2019

JKI president Ordon and federal minister of agriculture Julia Klöckner visit collaboration project in Ethiopia

During her trip to Ethiopia (9 – 11 October 2019) federal minister of agriculture Julia Klöckner was accompanied by JKI president Prof. Frank...

26.09.2019

JKI contribution published in the weekly News Alert of the European Commission„Science for Environment Policy“

Based on an interdisciplinary publication with JKI contribution in the Journal "Ecological Economics", the European Commission published a...

23.09.2019

How to make the most of manure? Handbook on good manure management practices online available.

Manure is a valuable resource but also a risk for emissions. It should be managed efficiently to make use of the valuable nutrients and to...

v.l. Dr. Cleinaldo de Almeida Costa (Universität der Amazonasregion) und JKI-Präsident Frank Ordon bei der Unterzeichnung der gemeinsamen Absichtserklärung am 13.9.2019 in Potsdam © Marthe/JKI

17.09.2019

JKI and Brazilian Amazonas University sign declaration of intent

Last Friday (13 Sept 2019), the Chancellor of the University of the State of Amazonas (UEA) Dr. Cleinaldo de Almeida Costa and the...

20.08.2019

International Congress 19. – 20.11.2019 in Berlin: Genetic diversity – The key for improving drought stress tolerance in crops

Gruppenbild: from left: Til Feike (JKI), Sabine Lieberz (@FASeurope), Bryan Purcell (@USDAForeignAg), JKI-President Prof. Frank Ordon, Leif Erik Rehder (@FASeurope), Dr. Florian Bittner (JKI-Researchcoodinator)

17.07.2019

Delegation of the US-Department of Agriculture visits JKI headquarters

In the afternoon of July 15th a delegation of three agricultural specialists of the US-Department of Agriculture (USDA) visited the JKI in...

Stipendiaten des Trainingskurses „Food Chains in Agriculture“ besuchten das JKI-Institut für Biologischen Pflanzenschutz in Darmstadt (© Simon Feiertag/JKI)

27.06.2019

African scholarship holders interested in biological plant protection at the JKI in Darmstadt

Visit from Africa to Darmstadt: 27 scholarship holders from eleven African countries visited the Institute for Biological Control in Darmstadt...