A publication by the EU-project G-TWyST (duration 2014 - 2018) with contributions from JKI experts is among the Springer Nature 2019 Highlights. It became one of the most popular articles and book cha

Press Release of INRAE published on 23 February 2020: Alternatives to Chemical Pesticides: 24 European Research Institutes Undertake an Ambitious Roadmap A strong demand from public authorities, agric

JKI and its Uruguayen partner INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria) organized an international workshop at Montevideo/Uruguay adjacent to the REDBIO conference. From 14-16 November 2

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) from Mexico and the German Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) signed a Declaration of Intent to intensify joint research on disease-resistant and

The DWIH (German Centre for Research and Innovation) New Delhi along with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in New Delhi organized a Science Circle Lecture with the President of the Juliu

Since October 2019, the Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI) in Quedlinburg coordinates the Subnetwork (TNW) Pelargonium of the Gene Bank for Vegetatively Propagated Plants belonging to the German Gene Bank fo

During her trip to Ethiopia (9 – 11 October 2019) federal minister of agriculture Julia Klöckner was accompanied by JKI president Prof. Frank Ordon. The German delegation visited a joint research proj

Based on an interdisciplinary publication with JKI contribution in the Journal "Ecological Economics", the European Commission published a summary in the weekly News Alert "Science for Environment Pol

Researchers of the JKI are part of an international consortium that aims to make this small grain cereal more attractive for farmers and fit for the challenges of climate change as well. A current stu

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 minimise emissions. The Interreg Baltic Sea Region EU-project

Last Friday (13 Sept 2019), the Chancellor of the University of the State of Amazonas (UEA) Dr. Cleinaldo de Almeida Costa and the JKI-President Prof. Dr. Frank Ordon signed a declaration to mark the

In the afternoon of July 15th a delegation of three agricultural specialists of the US-Department of Agriculture (USDA) visited the JKI in Quedlinburg. On behalf of USDA’s International Production Ass

Visit from Africa to Darmstadt: 27 scholarship holders from eleven African countries visited the Institute for Biological Control in Darmstadt on June 19 to learn about alternative methods of crop pro

The consequences of climate change will be particularly evident in the wine-growing regions of the Upper Rhine. In addition to higher average temperatures and more intense UV radiation, experts predic

Dr. Ayaovi Agbessenou wants to find a way to control South American Tomato Pinworm Phthorimaea absoluta (formerly known as Tuta absoluta ) . Therefore, he already had a closer look on systemic plant-r

( Quedlinburg ) Weizen wird in seinen verschiedenen Entwicklungsstadien vom Samenkorn bis zur Vollreife durch zahlreiche Umweltfaktoren beeinflusst. Das hat Auswirkungen auf den Ertrag, der wiederum a

Auch 2024 startete das Jahr für die grüne Branche mit der Grünen Woche. Das Julius Kühn-Institut ist vom 19. bis 28. Januar mit den Forschungsthemen "Gesunder Boden" und "Schutz von Wild- und Honigbie

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has sponsored the research project of Dr. Peter Dracatos, breeding researcher and junior professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne ( previously at University

From March 9th to 11th, researchers from 42 countries meet online at four digital symposia, which are being held parallel, to discuss the latest results on cultivation and production, breeding and ben

European research partners and breeders are coming together to jointly focus on a better understanding and adaptation of the genetic resources of strawberry, raspberry and blueberry for a sustainable

The Wheat Initiative, which is based at the JKI in Berlin-Dahlem, welcomes Morocco as a new member. This is a copy of the original press release ( https://www.wheatinitiative.org/press-releases/wheatm

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 under the German EU Council Presidency to discuss current i

JKI presentation at Green Week in Berlin draws public attention to International Year of Plant Health. Further activities planned. Animated video shows what everyone should bear in mind when ordering

Joint press release by the Wheat Initiative and the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) (Berlin) Wheat crop losses due to heat and drought affect food availability and increase the costs for billions of consu

Launch of project: Research alliance borrows from a close relative to adapt Germany’s most important cereal grain to climate change. Joined press release of the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food

Step by step, plant viruses are now also being added to the digital catalogue, which was previously only focused on human and animal pathogenic viruses. The JKI contributes its collection of viruses t

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 reopening ceremony on 25 February, 60,000 new seed sampl

Once a year, Clarivate Analytics publishes its prestigious list of „Highly Cited Researcher“ (HCR). By doing so, the analytics company wants to highlight the global impact of individual researchers on

(Braunschweig) For three years, the joint project ToPGa (‘Development and evaluation of peat-reduced production systems in horticulture’) investigated and evaluated how and whether peat-reduced substr

The Indo-German Science and Technology Center (IGSTC) is funding a bilateral workshop on "Agricultural Management Practice Effects on Soil- and Plant-associated Bacterial Communities and their Resisto

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

( Quedlinburg ) If the leafhopper Psammotettix alienus pierces a wheat plant to suck plant sap, the consequences may be fatal: The leafhopper can transmit the Wheat dwarf virus (WDV) through its saliv

Berry color locus of the Red Riesling variant located on the chromosome set of the white-berried parent White Heunisch

Berry color locus of the Red Riesling variant located on the chromosome set of the white-berried parent White Heunisch (Siebeldingen) The ancestors of today's cultivated grapevine varieties as well as

Researchers at the Julius Kühn Institute identify 14 gene loci that are promising for breeding new virus-resistant wheat varieties

Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) is hosting the XIII International Symposium on Grapevine Breeding and Genetics in 2022. To register, please visit the official website at https://gbg2022.julius-kuehn.de. E

The genomes of both ancestors of the sour cherry have now been published. The JKI played a leading role in the study of the ground cherry genome. Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus L.) such as the well-kn

Oats, hulless barley for human consumption, triticale, buckwheat, faba beans and lupins: These crops should in the future grow more often in the fields. That is the goal of the Horizon 2020 project CR

(Stockholm) The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) held its 26th World Congress at Stockholm from 23 to 29 June 2024. On this occasion, Prof. Dr. Henrik Hartmann, Head of the

(Berlin) On May 29, 2024, José Bonica Henderson, President of the Uruguayan agricultural research institute INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), visited the JKI site in Berlin to i

The Julius Kühn Institute and 350 other scientific institutions are part of the media campaign #Zusammenland - Vielfalt macht uns stark! The campaign was initiated by DIE ZEIT, Handelsblatt, Süddeutsc

(Kleinmachnow) The main goal of the EC Farm-to-Fork Strategy is to reduce the overall use and risk of pesticides by 50 per cent by 2030. The Horizon Europe project 'FORTUNA - Future Innovation for Pes

The abbreviation FACE stands for "Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment" and describes a facility for outdoor experiments in which different carbon dioxide concentrations can be specifically adjusted. Si

(Braunschweig) Since March 2024, the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) has been coordinating a DFG-funded project, which aims to help protect bees in sub-Sahara African countries. For the next 12 months, th

From 22 to 24 November 2023, German and Uruguayan representatives met for exploratory talks to prepare a joint project on fibre hemp ( Cannabis sativa ). Both countries want to promote and expand the

Immer heißere und trockenere klimatische Bedingungen machen die Weizen Produktion in vielen Ländern zur Herausforderung. Die Mitglieder des Netzwerkes der Allianz zur Anpassung von Weizen an Hitze und

Ein Team von Forschenden der Technischen Universität (TU) Braunschweig und des Julius Kühn-Instituts (JKI) in Braunschweig hat in der Modellpflanze Arabidopsis thaliana die Funktion eines Gens aufgekl

As a member of the German delegation led by Parliamentary State Secretary Claudia Müller from the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), JKI President Frank Ordon presented a selection of JK

( Braunschweig ) Strip cropping is an innovative cultivation system, in which oilseed rape and wheat are grown in alternating strips on the same field. It aims to increase biodiversity and thus improv

(Zambia) The “German-Zambian Agricultural Training and Knowledge Center” ( AKTC ) excists since summer 2014. The BMEL project is designed as a training center in which Zambian specialists and managers

(Braunschweig) Dr. Sulaiman Abdulsalam never planned to be a plant pathologist. Neither was he interested in farming. “Too stressful,” so his conviction, too dependent on external factors and circumst

In September, the global wheat community looked to Perth, Australia, where the 3rd International Wheat Congress (IWC) brought together more than 900 participants from over 50 countries - leading exper

(Quedlinburg) On July 29 th and 30 th , doctoral candidates, postdocs, students and guests from Australia and Germany followed the invitation of the JKI Institute for Resistance Research and Stress To

On 1 June 2023, Professor Dr Benjamin Stich was inducted into his new post in Groß Lüsewitz (near the port city of Rostock). During a ceremony, JKI-President Frank Ordon introduced the new head of ins

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 the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Federal

This issue is about the data on which the risk assessment for plant protection products is based. Are the methods used to collect the data really close to reality? Who is doing it in the first place?

On behalf of the European Research Alliance “Towards a Chemical Pesticide-free Agriculture”, the video journalist Pierre Girard visits agricultural research institutions all over Europe. On his Field

The state of the art of scientific and technical aspects of GMO analysis has significantly evolved during the last decade. This includes not only developments such as Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)

Once a year, Clarivate Analytics announces the prestigious list of "Highly Cited Researchers" (HCR) to highlight the global impact of individual researchers on the scientific community and to recognis

The disease attacks the roots of the cassava plant, also known as manioc. African cassava growers as well as the coordinator of the international "NextGen Cassava" breeding project meet with the DSMZ’

JKI Press Release of 29 May 2019: At the GreenRio trade fair, the German Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants and its counterpart in Brazil, EMBRAPA, decided to cooperate in future on researc

After a first promising German-Brazilian workshop on medicinal plants, which the JKI and the University of the State of Amazonas (UEA) hosted in Manaus on May 21, a closer cooperation between the Univ

Is pesticide-free agriculture possible? German and French researchers are now working together to answer this question: The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), the French Nation

Bruna Czarnobai de Jorge, Ph.D. student and visiting scientist at the Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture in Dossenheim, was rewarded twice: The researcher from Brazil was de

During the next three years, namely until 2021, the coordination team of the globally active Heat and Drought Wheat Improvement Consortium (HeDWIC) will be based at the Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI) in

The science slam held on the Green Week opening day is a novelty at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA). Altogether five slam presentations are scheduled, two of them given by JKI scienti

Biocides are applied to protect humans against pests, fungal infections, alga or bacteria. The JKI-Institute for Application Techniques in Plant Protection is dealing with the drift of biocides during

Genetically modified (GM) crops and food have aroused controversy in Europe. Among the contentious points is the apparently conflicting evidence on health risks from animal feeding studies: the variab

59 experts from 21 countries worldwide joined the Berlin-workshop held March 12 and 13, and presented the current state of art on this topical subject. Chairs of two out of four sessions has been expe

(January 2018) The International JKI/UFOP-Workshop “Clubroot disease in oilseed rape - status quo and research demand” was held in Berlin/Germany from January 15 to 16, 2018. Clubroot of oilseed rape

JKI member of the research team funded with 2 million euros by the German Research Foundation (DFG) See press release of the Biotechnology Center TU Dresden January 30, 2018: http://www.biotec.tu-dres

Wheat is probably the most important crop for humans. Today wheat is grown in over 120 countries and accounts for 11 % of total crop production. It is our most widely cultivated plant, occupying 16 %

Should GM crops be grown in the EU? Let the countries decide for themselves The cultivation of genetically modified crops has long been a contentious issue in the European Union. Now a group of biotec

Details about the use, minimization and replacement strategies of copper in Germany published in an open access review article at journal "Organic Farming". http://www.librelloph.com/organicfarming/ar

The Berlin International Green Week is the international exhibition of the food, agriculture and gardening industries, open to the general public as well. It traditionally takes place in Berlin at the

The strategic goal of EUCLEG is to reduce Europe and China’s dependency on protein imports by developing efficient breeding strategies for the legume crops of a major economic importance in human food

(Braunschweig, 16.03.2017) Dr. Nemanja Kuzmanovic from the University of Belgrade has received a Georg Forster Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundati

For many years, JKI scientists have been presenting their research in the field of ecological farming at the BIOFACH fair at Nuremberg. In 2017, the JKI is one out of 40 stations that have been chosen

Final results announcement: German J-TEAM was successful in final round of DREAM-CHALLENGE competition ENCODE-DREAM. The "ENCODE-DREAM in vivo Transcription Factor Binding Site Prediction Challenge" i

Scientists-trio from Julius Kühn-Institute Quedlinburg and Halle University was recently recognized for developing a top performing model to predict transcription factor binding sites in the genome. T

Uruguay’s President Tabaré Vázquez, accompanied by some of his ministers, has met with German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt On 8 February 2017, the German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmi

The annual IPM is the “world’s leading trade fair for horticulture”. In 2017, the Julius Kühn Institute presents promising apple breeding lines that are at the threshold of becoming newly approved var

Republished from frontiers blog, posted on November 30, 2016 by Frontiers Communications in Science: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2016/11/30/the-schoolyard-interactions-of-earths-ecosystem/ By Mark Wa

ETH chemists are developing a new coating method to protect seeds from being eaten by insects. In doing so, they have drawn inspiration from peaches. Peach pits contain amygdalin; this substance, whic

JKI press release dated 5 Oct 2016: (Brunswick/ Beberbeck) Various observation satellites orbiting the earth provide information about condition and changes of the environment and thus on the cultivat

(Brunswick/ Beberbeck) Various observation satellites orbiting the earth provide information about condition and changes of the environment and thus on the cultivated land. In Germany agriculture is b

The project entitled „The application of Next-Generation Sequencing technology for the detection and diagnosis of non-culturable organism: Viruses and viroids“ is financially supported in the frame of

A Private Public Partnership (PPP) for the evaluation of genetic resources in Europe has made significant steps ahead in a meeting held 27-28 November 2018 at the Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI) in Berlin

25 projects which will be part of SPP 2089 in the first phase for the next years. The proposals of 13 universities, 2 Helmholtz centres, 1 Leibniz-Institute and as well as the working group of Prof. S

An international research consortium characterised a world genebank collection of barley at the molecular level comprising seed samples from more than 22,000 varieties. In their study published in Nat

EcoStack is a new 5-year research and innovation project of the European Union to promote sustainability of agricultural systems. The Julius Kühn Institute is one of the 24 project partnerns. More inf

On the 2nd and 3rd February 2017, the Julius Kühn-Institute organized and hosted a workshop to discuss open questions about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for plant protection in steep slope viti

Oilseed rape insect pests are difficult to control especially with regard to the increasing insecticide resistance. 77 participants from Europe and one guest from Canada met at an EPPO Workshop at the

Water is a natural resource of vital importance in agriculture. This makes it also a limiting factor for growing sufficient crops to ensure food supplies for the world’s growing population. Renowned s