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Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
Institution
Section overview
Description
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.
Activities
- Research
Subordinate institutions
Coordinated projects
- Adaptation of the fertilizer recommendation system N-Expert to expected requirements of amended fertilizer regulations (Düngeverordnung)
- BonaRes (Module A, Phase 3): DiControl - Effects of crop management and application of microbial biocontrol strains on soil health and suppressivity against pathogens, subproject A
- Collaborative project: Development of a systematic breeding strategy for hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla ssp. macrophylla) considering interploid crossings - Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Development of novel and sustainable permanent antifog additive masterbatches for polyolefin foils in greenhouse applications - subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Georeferenced sensor-based data management system for site-specific irrigation and fertilization of open field vegetables - subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Mobile sensor system to consider soil heterogeneity in precision farming in agriculture and horticulture – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Nutrient management in organic vegetable production based on new fertilization strategies and decision support systems. Subproject 9
- Collaborative project: Optimization of biofumigation for the non-chemical control of soil-borne pathogens – Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Reduction of nitrous oxide emission in hydroponic greenhouse horticulture - subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Site-adapted nitrogen management based on subarea specific data processing – sytem-, hard- and software solution - subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Use of new molecular techniques for improving the breeding of bud-flowering Calluna vulgaris L. (Hull): an interdisciplinary approach for strengthening innovation and competitiveness. – Subproject 1
- Colonization of plants by Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica, Part IV
- Development of an integrated nitrogen management in field vegetable to avoid nitrogen surpluses, Subproject IGZ: Gaseous N losses and modeling
- Development of scientific principles for the BMELV future strategy for horticulture; biological and production part
- Establishment of embryogenic cell lines in Cyclamen persicum: Identification of relevant factors for embryogenic competence using expression analyses
- GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania). Partner J
- Identification and regulation of floret carotenoid metabolism in colored cauliflowers (Brassica oleracea L. ssp. botrytis) cultivars grown under different environmental conditions
- Measures to control fungal infestation on garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.) for production of pathogen-free seeds in organic farming
- Modification of gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana AOP (L.) - effects on glucosinolate and resistance to insects and pathogens
- Modulation of trehalose biosynthetic gene expression to improve stress tolerance of tomato
- Optimising aquaponics in the local-climatic, economic and cultural context: maximising the benefits of a circular bioeconomy for food production
- Reduction of nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions through processing of crop residues in vegetable production - IGZ
- Towards optimum organic matter concentrations in vegetable-cropped soils - IGZ
- Using the EU Rotate model for reducing nitrogen losses in the German field vegetable farming
- WeGa - Work Packages 4.5 and 5.2
Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions
- Agricultural systems for the future: future nutrition - subproject A
- BonaRes (Modul A, Phase 2): DiControl - Impacts on agronomical management as well as on the employment of microbial biocontrol strains on soil health and suppressivness towards pathogens - subproject A
- 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 2
- Collaborative project: Development of breeding material of basil (Ocimum basilicum) with resistance against downy mildew (Peronospora sp.) and with increased tolerance to low temperatures - Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Non-destructive assessment of root formation capacity in cuttings of ornamental plants using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) – Subproject 2
- Development of 'near isogenic lines' as a basis for sustainable growth of basil varieties with resistance to downy mildew. Coordination
- Implications on soil management practices and application of biocontrol strains on soil disease suppressiveness for improved soil health and sustainable plant production. Subproject A
- Influence of custom harvesting factors on flavonoid and Hydroxyzimtsäureglycoside and their antioxidant properties of green cabbage
- LeguAN: Innovative and integrated value-added concepts for functional food and feed from grain legume crops local from cultivation to usage. Subproject 4: Strategies for breeding and production of flavonoid-enriched grain legume crops
Subordinate institutions as work package leader of collaborative projects
Involved in research projects
- Biocontrol of Ralstonia solanacearum causing potato brown rot in organic farms in Egypt
- Biological soil disinfection for the sustainable and intensive production of woody plants
- Development and optimisation of methods for resistance assessment of ornamentals and vegetables
- Implications on soil management practices and application of biocontrol strains on soil disease suppressiveness for improved soil health and sustainable plant production
- Investigation of beneficial- pest interaction and evaluation of beneficial efficiency
- Key factors influencing fate and activity of bacterial inoculants and their effect on the indigenous microbial community in the rhizosphere
- Key factors influencing rhizosphere competence, biocontrol activity of BCA and their effects on microbial communities in the rhizosphere
- Preservation of biodiversity and regionalisation: cultivation suitability and regional marketing possibilities for historic tomato species in NRW organic farming
- Process engineering for sustainable application of biostimulants with mycorrhiza in agriculture of soybean, corn and potatoes
- QUALITYLOWINPUTFOOD Improving quality and safety and reduction of cost in the European organic and 'low input' supply chains'
- SPP 1315: Isotope fractionation associated with sorption of polar and ionogenic pesticides to soil horizon A and B components - Fundamental studies and modelling Subproject: Isotope fractionation associated with natural reactions and sorption of pesticides: Analytical development and initial process studies
- SPP 1315: Modification of pore surface physicochemistry in unsaturated media by formation of biogeochemical interfaces - Contact angle analysis and relevance for sorption and transport of solutes and colloids
Contact
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
(IGZ)
Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1
14979 Großbeeren
Brandenburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)33701-78131
Fax: +49 (0)33701-55391
Email: igzev(@)igzev.de
