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. Its objectives, mission and research scope were determined by section 11, paragraph 57 of the 1987 Federal Law on the Protection of Cultivated Plants as subsequently amended.
The JKI was named after the German agricultural scientist
Julius Kühn
Julius Gotthelf Kühn (23 October 1825 – 14 April 1910) was a German academic and agronomist and he was one of the founders of Plant Pathology. Kuhn's father was a land owner and he gained experience in agriculture and botany on his father's la ...
(1825–1910). 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
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,
Braunschweig
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,
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...
,
Dossenheim,
Dresden-Pillnitz,
Elsdorf
Elsdorf is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km south-west of Bergheim and 30 km west of Cologne.
Notable people
* Eugen Langen
Carl Eugen Langen (9 October 1833 i ...
,
Groß Lüsewitz,
Kleinmachnow,
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state d ...
and
Siebeldingen
Siebeldingen is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße
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.
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 Geilweilerhof (Siebeldingen)
* Experimental station for potato breeding (Groß Lüsewitz)
Notable people
The facility is headed by breeding researcher Frank Ordon. He succeeded the horticultural and phytomedical scientist Georg F. Backhaus, who had previously been head of the Federal Biological Institute in Berlin and Braunschweig since 2002.
*
Georg F. Backhaus Georg Friedrich Backhaus (born 1955 in Freienhagen, Hessen, Germany) is a German agricultural scientist specializing in horticulture and phytomedicine. Since 2008 he has been president of the Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) with headquarters in Qued ...
(born 1955), agricultural scientist
* (1928–2021), phytopathologist and forest scientist
*
Falko Feldmann (born 1959), biologist and phytomedicine specialist
*
Gregor Hagedorn (born 1965), botanist
*
Johannes Hallmann
Johannes Hallmann (born February 23, 1964, in Zeven, West Germany) is a German agricultural scientist of phytomedicine. He is a scientific adviser at the Julius Kühn-Institut, the Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants, the Institute f ...
(born 1964), agricultural scientist and phytomedicine specialist
* (born 1961), veterinarian, microbiologist and hygienist
*
Johannes A. Jehle
Johannes A. Jehle (born 1961, Illertissen, Germany) is a German scientist for insect virology, and plant protection. The focus of his research is the use of microorganisms and viruses for biological control of insect pests and the development of ...
(born 1961), biologist, insect virologist and phytomedical scientist
* (1887–1960), agronomist and vine grower
* (born 1963), agricultural scientist
*
Ewald Schnug (born 1954), agricultural scientist, university lecturer and researcher
*
Kornelia Smalla
Kornelia Smalla (born 1956) is a chemist and biotechnologist at the Julius Kuehn Institute (JKI) in Braunschweig and a university lecturer in microbiology at the Technical University of Braunschweig.
Life and work
After finishing school, Smal ...
(born 1956), chemist and biotechnologist
* (1923–2018), Professor of Biochemistry
* (born 1946), soil scientist
External links
Website
References
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Agricultural research institutes in Germany
German federal agencies
Government agencies established in 2008
Organisations based in Saxony-Anhalt
2008 establishments in Germany