Julius Kühn-Institut
Julius Kühn-Institut – Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen (JKI) is the German Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants. It is a federal research institute and a higher federal authority divided into 15 specialized institutes. The JKI was named after the German agricultural scientist Julius Kühn (1825–1910).
| Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen | |
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 Headquarters building in Quedlinburg | |
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| Formed | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Quedlinburg, Germany |
| Employees | 1,200 |
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| Parent agency | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
| Website | http://www.jki.bund.de/ |
It was formed in January 2008 when three research centres in the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture merged:
- Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA),
- Federal Institute for Plant Breeding Research on crops (BAZ) and
- Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL) (two institutes)
It has its main office at Quedlinburg and centres at Berlin, Braunschweig, Darmstadt, Dossenheim, Dresden-Pillnitz, Elsdorf, Groß Lüsewitz, Kleinmachnow, Münster and Siebeldingen.
Institutes
- Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics (Quedlinburg and Braunschweig)
- Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Product Protection (Quedlinburg, Berlin and Kleinmachnow)
- Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance (Quedlinburg)
- Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology (Quedlinburg)
- Breeding Research on Horticultural and Fruit Crops (Quedlinburg and Dresden)
- Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops (Quedlinburg)
- Application Techniques in Plant Protection (Braunschweig)
- Crop and Soil Science (Braunschweig)
- National and International Plant Health (Braunschweig)
- Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland (Braunschweig)
- Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests (Braunschweig and Münster)
- Strategies and Technology Assessment (Berlin and Kleinmachnow)
- Biological Control (Darmstadt)
- Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture (Dossenheim, Siebeldingen, Bernkastel-Kues)
- Grapevine Breeding (Siebeldingen)
- Experimental station for potato breeding (Groß Lüsewitz)
Notable scientists
External links
- Website
- Julius Kühn Institute – Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants, Key to Nature wiki
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