Leibniz-Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
The Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) works on the scientific base of ecologically meaningful and also effective production of garden produce. Thereby we hope to help the environment, the competitiveness of the growers and the needs of the consumers. We work together with universities, other research institutes and producers, also beyond the borders of Germany and Europe. The currently most successful research areas of the Institute are vegetable production systems in the field and in glasshouses, as well as plant propagation and seed research of ornamentals.
Address
Leibniz-Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1
14979 Großbeeren
Brandenburg
Phone: +49 (0)33701-78131
Fax: +49 (0)33701-55391
E-mail: igzev(@)igzev.de
Mandate:
national
Activities:
- Research
Focus:
- Adventitious root formation and production of young plants
- Biological fundamentals of pathogen management
- Embryogenesis and seed development
- Environmental stress imposed on physiology of yield and quality
- Horticultural practice and modern production
- Nutrient fluxes in horticulture
- Plant growth and micro climate
- Quality in food supply chains
- Reduction of vegetable allergies
- Sustainability and stability of management systems
Coordinated projects
- Using the EU Rotate model for reducing nitrogen losses in the German open land vegetable production Details of Using the EU Rotate model for reducing nitrogen losses in the German open land vegetable production
- Collaborative project: Development of breeding material from basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) with resistance to downy mildew (Peronospora sp.) and increased cold tolerance – Subproject 2 Details of Collaborative project: Development of breeding material from basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) with resistance to downy mildew (Peronospora sp.) and increased cold tolerance – Subproject 2
- Collaborative Project: Optimization of biofumigation to non-chemical control soil pests - Subproject 3 Details of Collaborative Project: Optimization of biofumigation to non-chemical control soil pests - Subproject 3
- Collaborative Project: Use of new molecular methods to improve efficiency of breeding bud blooming in Calluna vulgaris L. (Hull.): an interdisciplinary approach to strengthening the innovative capacity and competitiveness – Subproject 1 Details of Collaborative Project: Use of new molecular methods to improve efficiency of breeding bud blooming in Calluna vulgaris L. (Hull.): an interdisciplinary approach to strengthening the innovative capacity and competitiveness – Subproject 1
- Collaborative Project: Mobile sensor system for the consideration of differences in the soil of subaerea-specific management in agriculture and horticulture – Subproject 1 Details of Collaborative Project: Mobile sensor system for the consideration of differences in the soil of subaerea-specific management in agriculture and horticulture – Subproject 1
Involved in research projects:
- Development and optimisation of methods and guidelines for resistance assessment of ornamentals and vegetables Details of Development and optimisation of methods and guidelines for resistance assessment of ornamentals and vegetables
- QUALITYLOWINPUTFOOD Improving quality and safety and reduction of cost in the European organic and 'low input' supply chains' Details of QUALITYLOWINPUTFOOD Improving quality and safety and reduction of cost in the European organic and 'low input' supply chains'
- Preservation of biodiversity and regionalisation: cultivation suitability and regional marketing possibilities for historic tomato species in NRW organic farming Details of Preservation of biodiversity and regionalisation: cultivation suitability and regional marketing possibilities for historic tomato species in NRW organic farming
Subordinate Institutions:
- IGZ - Department of Modelling and Knowledge Transfer (IGZ-M/WT)- Details of IGZ-M/WT
- IGZ - Department of Plant Nutrition (IGZ-PE)- Details of IGZ-PE
- IGZ - Department of Plant Health (IGZ-PG)- Details of IGZ-PG
- IGZ - Plant Propagation (IGZ-PV)- Details of IGZ-PV
- IGZ - Department Quality (IGZ-Q)- Details of IGZ-Q
- IGZ - Department for plant nutrition (IGZ-PE)- Details of IGZ-PE