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Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland (JKI-A)
Institution
Section overview
Description
The Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland works out methods to protect agricultural crops against diseases and pests. It concentrates on development of environmentally gentle methods of production and crop protection to secure and improve the yield and quality of agricultural products.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants – Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)
Coordinated projects
- A farmland biodiversity monitoring for Germany. Subproject 'Monitoring other organisms groups - arable weeds'
- Acquirement of basic precision farming principles by developing methods to differentiate plants on agricultural areas
- Against hunger in Africa - Agricultural cooperation between Germany, Brazil, Benin and Mozambique to introduce a simple method for potato seed production in Benin and Mozambique
- Assessment of crop resistance/tolerance against pests and diseases and development of strategies to use resistance/tolerance in arable crops
- Biological control of clubroot disease on the resistant oilseed rape variety 'Mendel' by enophytic fungi
- Collaborative project: Analysis and integration of effective powdery mildew resistances in Triticale - Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Development of a resistance breeding method for the host pathogen system potato/ Rhizoctonia solani and the development of an application strategy for a fungal antagonist for the reduction of the soilborne and tuberborne inoculums - Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Development of an integrated pest management strategy to minimize yellow rust of wheat, Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici, in cereal crops - Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Development of guidelines for the Integrated Pest Management in sugar beet and exemplary investigation of ecological and economical impacts of innovative use of Plant Protection Products – Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Development of innovative detection methods for potato wart disease as a basis for ensuring potato production in Germany - subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Development of Innovative Seed Treatment Techniques for Cereal Seed Treatment Plants: Avoiding dust emission for a sustainable and ecologically safe crop production - subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Diagnostic methods for sustainable protection strategies against potato wart. Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Remote Sensing and management of invasive alien plants on agricultural areas to safeguard the productivity. Subproject 4
- Collaborative project: Site specific risk evaluation of mechanical and chemical weed control in row crops promoting sustainable crop protection. Subproject
- Collaborative project: Strategies to protect cereals from the climate induced increase of fungal diseases - subproject 1
- Competition and population dynamics of weed species on arable land
- Competition and population dynamics of weed species on arable land
- Control of Fusarium in maize Mykotoxinreduktion
- Control of stem rust in rye, Puccinia graminis f. sp. secalis, by breeding resistant cultivars in Organic Agriculture
- Cultivar specific fungizide treatments to reduce the input of plant protection products
- Cultivar specific fungizide treatments to reduce the input of plant protection products
- Cultivation of oil radish as intercrop to protect potato from Tobacco Rattle Virus and free-living nematodes - investigation of differences between cultivars
- Developing a digital counting system for nematode life stages.
- Development and improvement of methods for the risk/benefit assessment of the efficacy of plant protection products
- Development and practical test of a UAV system with image processing algorithms as a basis for site specific herbicide application
- Development and testing of practicable procedures for inactivation and detection of potato wart disease causing fungus Synchytrium endobioticum in solid and liquid soil) residues (SYNergie)
- Development of a biological control agent from licorice with secure action in the field by using more efficient application technology. Focus 2: application in the field. Sub project 2: cucumber / climate factors
- Development of a molecular diagnostic for sustainable and resource-efficient production of the renewable resource potato starch. Subproject 4
- Development of a standard test procedure for equipment of thermal weed control
- Development of a test method for the characterization of Solanum species for resistance to highly virulent Globodera pallida populations
- Development of concepts for a sustainable weed control in urban areas and non crop land
- Development of criteria for the assessment of benefit and evaluation of plant protection products
- Development of criteria for the assessment of benefit and evaluation of the benefit of herbicides
- Development of field hygiene concepts to ensure sustainable rapeseed production
- Development of methods for reducing herbicide use (e. g. Use and regulation of weed occurence by site specific application; Precision farming and combination of chemical and mechanical methods)
- Development of monitoring systems for the detection of herbicide resistant weeds and development of management strategies
- Development of new, broad Fusarium resistances in wheat to meet the specific challenges of current bio-energy crop rotations
- Development of procedures to avoid mycotoxin contamination in harvest crops
- Development of procedures to avoid mycotoxin contamination in harvested crops
- Development of resistance and tolerance testing methods for establishing guidelines for resistance testing against plant parasitic nematodes
- Development of sustainable control of pest in oil seed rape taking into account populations dynamics of resistant pollen beetle
- Development of sustainable control strategies against virus yellows in sugar beet based on RNA-spray
- Distribution and growing of thermophlie weeds in consideration of the global change
- Effects of using the dropgleg technique in oil sed rape to control some pest organisms
- Effects of using the dropgleg technique in oilsed rape to control some pest insects during flowering of 2017
- Effects of using the dropleg technique in oil seed rape to control some pest insects during flowering
- Efficacy assessment of plant protection products
- Efficient herbicide use in maize and cereals by using a DSS programme
- Effiicacy assessment of active substances
- Enhancements of non-chemical weed control (direct and indirect measures)
- Establishing and developing of molecular biological tools to determine herbicide resistance
- Establishing resistance strategies to control new Globodera pallida populations in starch potatoes
- Establishment of a harmonised method for testing resistance of rye to ergot (Claviceps purpurea) and to minimize alkaloid contamination
- Establishment of a harmonised methodology for testing the resistance of potato cultivars to potato wart disease (Synchytrium endobioticum) in the EU
- Eurowheat: Fungicide Resistance Network
- Evaluating Host Plant Resistance Genes in oilseed rape for Plasmodiophora brassicae
- ffects of using the dropgleg technique in oil sed rape to control some pest insects during flowering
- Field trails on interrelation between Beet Cyst Nematodes in Top-/ and Subsoil and yield performance of suagr beets
- GABI VALID: Plant biotechnology for future use
- Gentle waters crop protection for conservation grown fruit farming landscapes in Germany
- Guttation in Winter oilseed rape- a possible water source for honeybees?
- Improved resistance management in oilseed rape for durable clubroot disease control
- Improvement of efficiemcy of mechanical weed control of organiccally grown row crops
- Improving stem rust resistance in rye by genetic and molecular tools
- Improving the prognosis of rape stem flea beetles in winter oil seed rape
- Influence of climatical factors on fungal infections of maize (e.g. Fusarium diseases)
- Influence of climatical factors on fungal infections of maize and sorghum (e.g. Fusarium diseases, Northern leaf blight, smut)
- Influence of the integration of ALS-tolerant sugar beet in a crop rotation on the development of herbicide-resistant weeds
- InnoHerb - InnoHerb - practical introduction of an innovative decision-making system for the efficient use of herbicides
- Internet Database on plant strengthening products
- Investigation and validation of measures against weeds in the area of railway tracks
- Investigation of test methods for determining the resistance of cereals to cereal cyst nematodes
- Investigation of the current stage of nematode infestation of field crops in recultivated land and its potential control by cultivation of mixes intercrops used as trap crops
- Investigation of the current stage of nematode infestation of field crops in recultivated land and its potential control by cultivation of mixes intercrops used as trap crops
- Investigation on horizontal and vertical distribution of Heterodera schachtii in reclaimed soils and its effect on the damage of sugar beet crops
- Investigation on vertical translocation of Heterodera schachtii populations and its biotic and abiotic factors of influence in novel crop rotations in reclaimed fields
- Investigations into the use of natural plant protection products from coniferous bark (tannins) to control fungal diseases in arable crops
- Investigations on allelopathy and on invasive neophytic plants as related to agricultural weeds
- Investigations on possible effects of plant protection agents on the soil fertility (especially on microbial activity)
- Investigations on the importance of agricultural weed species for the biological diversity of agroecosystems
- Investigations on weed control in organic farming
- Joint use of Danish Decision Support System (DSS) for minimizing use and outflows of herbicides
- Monitoring of pathogenicity in sugar beet cyst nematodes on tolerant sugar beet genotypes to secure provision of raw materials
- Monitoring of sensitivity of rape pests
- Monitoring the resistance situation of pest inesct in oil seed rape to avoid further resistance development
- New resistance sources against Globodera pallida in starch potatoes
- Non-chemical weed control on hard surfaces
- Novel and improved tools for monitoring and tackling genetic selection in populations of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida
- Occurence of Pasteuria penetrans in field populations of Heterodera schachtii in soils with intensive rotation systems of oilseed rape and sugar beets and investigation on pathogenicity of different isolates
- Participation in the coordination of the risk assessment for the evaluation area efficacy in the BBA
- Participation in the EC evaluation of active substances of herbicides
- Phenotypic resistance testing in oilseed rape genotypes against clubroot disease
- Phenotypization of nematodes with sensors
- Practical use of a direct injection system for site specific application of pesticides
- Quantifying polygene resistance of nematode tolerant sugar beet genotypes
- Regional occurrence of rape gloss beetle resistance and selection of suitable insecticides to reduce the resistance and securing a sufficient combat success
- Resistance against harmful plant protection products
- Resistance monitoring to determine the lingam Phoma infections in winter rape
- Resistance of harmful organisms against plant protection products and development of resistance strategies; Developping monitoring systems for the identification of herbicide resistant weeds
- Resistance to Fusarium langsethiae in Norwegian oats
- Risk reduction of plant protection measures in arable crops by using of suitable decision support systems
- Risk/benefit assessment for the evaluation of efficacy for the authorisation/approval of herbicides and declaration of the agreement
- RustWatch: A European early-warning system for wheat rust diseases
- Sensitivity monitoring of azoles in the framework of the EUROwheat-Project
- Sensitivity monitoring of azoles in the framework of the Eurowheat-Project, Part III
- Spotting the needle in a haystack: Predicting wireworm activity in top soil for integrated pest management in arable crops
- Studies of all kinds of risks concerning production methods with herbicide resistant crops and developing of avoiding strategies
- Studies on sustainability indicators for plant protection in field crops and grassland on the example of the ground beetles
- Studies on the cultivation of resistant sugar beet varieties for the control of Rhizoctonia solani in sugar beet maize crop rotations
- Studies on the pest risk by anaerobic fermentation of plant biomass in biogas plants
- Studies on the sensitivitiy of Rhizocotnia solani isolates against fungicide seed treatment as a point of integrated pest management in sugar beets, part III
- Studies on the sensitivity of Rhizoctonia solani-isolates against fungicide seed treatments as a point of integrated pest management in sugar beets
- Studies to reduce the Fusarium inoculum to avoid Fusarium ear infections in cereals applying alternative substances (Part II)
- Sustainable Management of Ambrosia artemisiifolia in Europe
- Sustainable potato cyst nematodes management through the use of resistant potato varieties
- Targeted Insect Conservation for Productive Agriculture
- Testing of potato varieties for resistance against potato cyst nematodes; investigations on occurrence and distribution of pathotypes in Germany
- Trap cropping to control insect pests in oilseed rape
- Weed control on railways by hot water
Involved in research projects
- Assessment of the tolerance or resistance of potato cultivars and breeding lines to late blight (Phytophthora infestans)
- Collaborative project: Development of a granule and liquid formulation based on the entomopathogenic fungus Metrahizium brunneum to control wireworms in integrated and organic potato production. Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Development of Innovative Seed Treatment Techniques for Cereal Seed Treatment Plants: Avoiding dust emission for a sustainable and ecologically safe crop production - Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Development of Innovative Seed Treatment Techniques for Cereal Seed Treatment Plants: Avoiding dust emission for a sustainable and ecologically safe crop production – Subproject 4
- Development and management of adequate pollinators for yield optimization and quality assurance in the straw- and blueberry cultivation
- Development of a biological control agent from licorice with secure action in the field by using more efficient application technology. Focus 1: Industrial and basic research
- Development of a biological control agent from licorice with secure action in the field by using more efficient application technology. Focus 1: Industrial and basic research. Subproject 2: effect mechanisms/pre-examination
- Development of a biological control agent from licorice with secure action in the field by using more efficient application technology. Focus 2: application in the field. Sub project: tomato, potato / Application Engineering
- Development of a conceptual framework on economical assessment within the comparative assessment of plant protection products in regulation (EU) 1107/2009 in Germany and assessment of exemplary candidates for substitution
- Development of a strategy for sustainable expansion of organic farming
- Development of method for assessment of dust drift and risk assessment of dust drift for honeybees
- Development of testing methods for evaluation and comparison of devices forthermal weed control
- Development, evaluation and realisation of the prognosis-system “ÖKO-SIMPHYT” to control potato late blight in organic farming with reduced use of copper
- Development, testing and realization of the forecast model ECO-SIMPHYT for targeted control of late blight (P. infestans) in organic potato production with the aim of the use of copper-containing fungicides to be reduced to a minimum
- Differentiation of the potato wart pathotypes by using newly detected DNA sequences
- Examination of the applicability of insect pathogenic fungi for the control of the rape flea beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala)
- Improving the availability of pesticides for small cultures in horticulture and agriculture (Joint project gap indication)
- Molecular differenciation of populations of plant-parasitic nematodes by sequence variation of pathogenicity genes
- National monitoring of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 'Biodiversity of small freshwaters'
- National monitoring of biological diversity on farmlands. Subproject 'Development of technolgy'
- National monitoring of biological diversity on farmlands. Subproject 'Monitoring the diversity of habitats - small landscape structures and landscape elements'
- New cropping systems
- Novel Sources of Resistance to Globodera pallida in Starch Potatoes
- Plant biotechnology of the future - A genomics assisted approach to tap the potential of the secondary gene pool for sustainable barley breeding (TRANS-BULB) - Subproject C
- Testing of strategies for wireworm control in organic potato
Contact
Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland
(JKI-A)
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Lower Saxony
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)53 12 99-45 01
Fax: +49 (0)53 12 99 30 08
Email: a(@)julius-kuehn.de