
JKI and Uruguay intensify their cooperation in fibre hemp
Both sides met from 22 to 24 November to prepare a joint project.

AHEAD program meets in-person for the first time
[Direct link to press release] The Alliance for Wheat Adaption to Heat and Drought (AHEAD) discussed the effects of climate change on wheat production in Morocco. The Global Office of AHEAD is based at the JKI.

How plants cope with stress: New signal-pathway in Nature Communications described
[Direct link to paper] Researchers from JKI and Technical University Brunswick discover that GAS2-gene encodes for an enzyme involved in the abscisic acid (ABA) catabolism.

JKI cooperates more closely with Brazilian partners in bioeconomy
JKI research in agroforestry systems and soil microbiomes attracts great interest at the Green Rio bioeconomy trade fair.

Benjamin Stich is the new head of institute
On 1 June, he took over as head of the JKI Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops.

Journal of Cultivated Plants: new issue "Spray drift and exposition"
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?

JKI signs Letter of Intent to intensify cooperation with AGROSAVIA
JKI President Ordon accompanies Federal Minister Özdemir to Brazil and Colombia.

International Conference on GMO Analysis and New Genomic Techniques is co-hosted by the JKI
from March 14 to 16 in Berlin

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

JKI shows peat substitutes at horticultural fair IPM Essen