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).

Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)
Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants
Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen

Headquarters building in Quedlinburg
Agency overview
Formed2008
HeadquartersQuedlinburg, Germany
Employees1,200
Agency executive
  • Frank Ordon, President
Parent agencyFederal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Websitehttp://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
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