Julius Kühn-Institut Explained

Agency Name:Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)[1]
Nativename:Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants
Nativename A:Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen
Picture Width:300px
Picture Caption:Headquarters building in Quedlinburg
Formed:January 2008
Headquarters:Quedlinburg, Germany
Region Code:DE
Employees:1,200
Chief1 Position:President
Parent Agency:Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Website:https://www.julius-kuehn.de/en/

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.[2]

The JKI was named after the German agricultural scientist Julius Kühn (1825–1910). It was formed in January 2008 when three research centres in the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture merged:

It has its main office at Quedlinburg and centres at Berlin, Braunschweig, Darmstadt, Dossenheim, Dresden-Pillnitz, Elsdorf, Groß Lüsewitz, Kleinmachnow, Münster and Siebeldingen.

Institutes

Notable people

The facility is headed by breeding researcher Frank Ordon.[3] 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.[4] [5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Impressum. Julius Kühn-Institut. de.
  2. Web site: § 57 PflSchG - Einzelnorm. de. 57 PflSchG - individual standard.
  3. Web site: Neuer JKI Präsident Prof. Dr. Frank Ordon . de . New JKI President Prof. Dr. Frank Ordon . 4 December 2018.
  4. Web site: P. W. . Wohlers . Neuer Präsident der Biologischen Bundesanstalt: Georg F. Backhaus . de. New President of the Federal Biological Institute: Georg F. Backhaus . Informationsdienst Wissenschaft . 3 September 2002.
  5. Web site: JKI: Leitung . de . JKI: Management . Julius Kühn-Institut – Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen . 6 March 2017.