
J-TEAM is top performing team at worldwide DREAM-CHALLENGE competition ENCODE-DREAM
J-TEAM is Jens Keilwagen from JKI, Stefan Posch and Jan Grau from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

JKI extends collaboration with Uruguayan partner INIA to soil research and new breeding technologies
The Agriculture Ministers of Germany and Uruguay signed cooperation agreement

Operation of unmanned aerial vehicles for the application of pesticides
Expert discussion from 02 to 03 February 2017

JKI at international horticultural fair IPM in Essen
24 - 27 January in Essen, Germany

JKI with two topics at Green Week fair in Berlin
1) Invasive species and 2) spot farming with autonomous agricultural machinery

The schoolyard interactions of earth’s ecosystem
Publication of a commentary article in the Journal "Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution" got a great deal of attention during the last weeks. Thus, Frontiers Communications submitted an article in their blog „Science“.

Bioinformaticians successful at DREAM challenge
Scientists from JKI Quedlinburg and Halle University developed model to predict transcription factor binding site in the genome

Kick-off meeting of Euphresco project at JKI
Euphresco - Network for phytosanitary research coordination and funding

Farmers could profit in the future from satellite pictures
Announcing the start of the joint research project AGRO-DE coordinated by the Julius Kühn Institute

A peachy defence system to protect seeds from being eaten by insects
Swiss and German scientists are testing the efficacy of a coating with amygdalin to protect cereal grains during storage