New Approaches in Organic Plant Protection: Phage Derivatives Against Fire Blight and Microbial Priming in Lettuce
“ABBAonFire” and “Resist” are two collaborative in-house projects at the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) that were selected from a pool of 13 outstanding proposals for funding. Both initiatives focus on harnessing natural organisms to sustainably combat plant diseases in organic farming and to promote plant health.
10th proWheat Conference at JKI in Quedlinburg: Breeding Innovations for the Future of Wheat Production
On April 2nd and 3rd, 2025, the 10th proWheat Conference took place at the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) in Quedlinburg.
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Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to the Federal Republic of Germany H.E. Yadir Salazar Mejía visits the JKI
On 24 March 2025, the JKI in Quedlinburg welcomed the Ambassador of Colombia, H.E. Yadir Salazar Mejía, her attaché Joan Guerrero and other guests for a fruitful exchange.
JKI is once again labelled with the berufundfamilie audit certificate
The Board of Trustees of berufundfamilie Service GmbH honoured the JKI for the second time for its family- and life-phase-conscious human resources policy.
Success story since 2005: DPG and JKI organise 11th Plant Protection & Plant Health Symposium in Braunschweig
80 participants from 9 nations discuss scientific innovations and regulatory challenges in the field of biocontrol at the PPPHI Symposium
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JKI and CIMMYT organise joint workshop to link fundamental research with applied wheat breeding
From February 11th to 12th 2025, the workshop ‘Bridging Fundamental Research and Applied Wheat Breeding – improving yield, climate resilience and resource use efficiency in wheat’ brought together leading scientists at the JKI in Berlin.
MonViA indicator report presented: Milestone for biodiversity and sustainable agriculture
The MonViA indicator report was presented today at the International Green Week in Berlin.
Science on a mission for a sustainable bioeconomy - GFFA Innovation Forum in Berlin
Last week, we had the great honour of presenting our research as part of the scientific cooperation with the Uruguayan National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) during the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin. This cooperation is a central component of the Uruguayan-German Agricultural Dialogue (DAUA), which was launched in…
Peat substitutes: Summary of the ToPGa joint project
The concluding event of the three-year research project took place in Berlin at the end of October. Among other things, the project participants tested new peat substitutes for horticulture and evaluated various substrate compositions in economic and ecological terms.
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Strip cropping with oilseed rape and wheat is a promising strategy for promoting biodiversity in agroecosystems
A four-year project by JKI and Kiel University involving 15 farms in Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt has shown that strip cropping can increase biodiversity with only slight reductions in yield. Researchers are investigating what incentives are needed in practice to establish the system in the long term.