Establishment of a European Evaluation Network (EVA) on wheat and barley – Workshop in Berlin 27-28 November 2018
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, Germany.The ECPGR Workshop for the establishment of a European Evaluation Network (EVA) on wheat and barley, sponsored by the German Federal…
JKI researchers contribute to Nature Genetics publication about characterizing a world genebank-collection of barley
EU-horizon 2020 project EcoStack: Kick-off Meeting in Italy
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 info on EcoStack www.ecostack-h2020.eu EcoStack Press Release: EcoStack (Stacking of ecosystem services: mechanisms and interactions for optimal…
Priority programme of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG “Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation – a Key to Rhizosphere Functions” (SPP 2089) starts
Professor Kornelia Smalla from JKI involved
3rd International Workshop on Interactions between crop plants and human pathogens
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 experts from the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI): Prof. Dr. Kornelia Smalla (Session: Mobile elements: antibiotics resistance, epigenetics, phages, mechanisms…
Temperature behavior of fruit fly „Drosophila“
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-dresden.de/fileadmin/press/press-releases/180130_PM_Drosophila_eng.pdf
JKI is co-authoring Plant Cell-Paper on RecQ proteins that trigger DNA repair mechanisms
Clubroot disease in oilseed rape - International Workshop held at JKI
(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.
An international group of biotech specialists and legal experts propose a new mechanism for GM crops in the EU – Publication in Nature Biotechnology
Several experts are urging the European Commission to develop legislation that will allow EU countries to individually authorize the cultivation of GM crop varieties that have passed EU risk assessment.
Project EUCLEG – Breeding forage and grain legumes to increase EU and China's protein self-sufficiency
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 and animal feed. The objective is to improve diversification of crops, crop productivity, yield stability and protein quality of both forage (alfalfa…