Unsichtbare Helfer an der Wurzel: Wie Raps mit Mikroben mehr Stickstoff gewinnt

Invisible helpers at the root: How rapeseed gains more nitrogen with microbes

10 February was World Pulses Day. Kerstin Neumann shares information about IPK’s plans for the occasion, discusses current research projects, and highlights why peas, lentils, and other pulses matter for both health and climate.

KI & „Big Data“: IPK-Forschungsteam verbessert Vorhersagen für „maßgeschneiderten“ Weizen

AI & big data: IPK research team improves predictions for ‘tailor-made’ wheat

Delphine Van Inghelandt has led a joint research group between IPK and JKI for over a year. Now is the time for an on-site visit with the scientist working on the potato of tomorrow in Groß Lüsewitz.

Anna Backhaus has taken over the ‘Resource Genetics and Reproduction’ research group from Andreas Börner. This is reason enough to meet both of them for a double interview in the ‘Vavilov Building’.

IPK Forschungsteam entdeckt neue Wege in der Evolution der Zentromertypen

IPK scientists uncover paths in centromere type evolution

Just in time for Christmas, the latest edition of the IPK Journal has been published. As always, it contains a variety of articles about the research at IPK. Topics covered include potato research at the Groß Lüsewitz site and a new discourse project by IPK and the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle.

Leguminosen sind ein großer Hoffnungsträger - sei es mit Blick auf die gesunde menschliche Ernährung und die Tierernährung, sei es mit Blick auf den Klimawandel und dem Wunsch nach mehr Nachhaltigkeit. Grund genug, sich in einer neuen Multimedia-Geschichte einmal näher mit Erbse, Linse & Co. zu beschäftigen.