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Professor Tilman Brück was appointed to the Steering Committee of the HPLE-FSN of the CFS for the 2025-2027 term. Photos: M. TenBruggencate via Unsplash/Private.
29.10.2025 - Press release

Professor Tilman Brück appointed to UN Panel of experts on food security

02.10.2025 - Press release

Research shapes the future: IGZ celebrates 100 years of horticultural research at its Großbeeren site

19.09.2025 - Press release

Press Invitation: 100 Years of Research at the Großbeeren Site – IGZ Marks the Anniversary with a Ceremony and an Open Day

High light intensities influence the expression of “specifier proteins”, thereby enhancing the formation of health-promoting isothiocyanates in red cabbage. Photo: IGZ/V. Púčiková.
13.08.2025 - Press release

IGZ research reveals ways to improve nutritional quality of red cabbage through targeted cultivation strategies

Light and temperature influence the formation of health-promoting compounds

Photo: IGZ/J. Vogt
16.07.2025 - Press release

IGZ Successfully Evaluated – Strategic Focus on Horticultural Sciences Confirmed

The project evaluated site-specific measures for maintaining and promoting soil fertility in fruit and vegetable cultivation. Photo: IGZ/S. Münzel
10.07.2025 - Press release

Completion of the research project ‘Healthy soils – healthy plants – healthy food’

Recommendations from five years of research into soil fertility in fruit and vegetable cultivation

The measures and recommendations for achieving SARAS should include ecology, economy, politics, social aspects and the harmonisation of global and local conditions as important dimensions of sustainability. Figure: © DIfE.
12.05.2025 - Press release

Leibniz research network presents new concept for healthy, sustainable and resilient food systems

© Agrarsysteme der Zukunft
02.04.2025 - Press release

Innovations for the ‘Agricultural Systems of the Future’: BMBF funding line launches second project phase

© from left to right: ATB/Nina Schwab | ZMT/Achim Meyer | IGZ/Julia Vogt | IGZ/Maria Fitzner
02.04.2025 - Press release

Sustainable Agricultural Systems for Urban Nutrition: food4future Enters Second Funding Phase

The data from the sensor platform, which was developed in collaboration between the IGZ and the University of Potsdam, is used to produce high-resolution, three-dimensional soil texture maps. Dr Rühlmann heads the IGZ part of the BoDi. project. Photo: sev
01.04.2025 - Press release

Precise fertilisation planning for sustainable agriculture: IGZ researches in the BoDi project

A Fuchsine-stained root-knot containing a juvenile nematode observed in the fine roots of infected field mustard plants. Photo: IGZ/Axel J. Touw
27.03.2025 - Press release

Unexpected underground alliance: Root-knot nematodes benefit root flies

Plant-mediated interactions between two belowground agricultural pests uncovered

As part of the long-term fertilization experiment, vegetable crops such as celery were cultivated. Photo: IGZ/B. Löffelbein
19.03.2025 - Press release

Long-term Experiment Großbeeren: 50 Years of Data for Sustainable Open-field Vegetable Production

Publication of the Long-term Box Plot Experiment Großbeeren

Seasonal variation: Amount and composition of bioactive compounds in red cabbage are dependent on the time of harvest. Photo: IGZ/V. Púčiková
04.12.2024 - Press release

Seasonal Effects on Health-Promoting Compounds in Cabbage Varieties

The Strip-Till machine for conservation tillage was used in organic vegetable production as part of the EIP project ‘BioStripPlant’. Photo: agrathaer GmbH.
02.12.2024 - Press release

Conservation Tillage for Sustainability: EIP Project "BioStripPlant" Successfully Concludes

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20.11.2024 - Press release

Professor Dr Philip Wigge Recognised as a “Highly Cited Researcher” in 2024

The Trehalose 6-phosphate pathway impacts on Flowering Locus C (FLC). Photo: Gramma, Olas, and Zacharaki  et al. (2024), Plant Physiology, Fig. 1C.
18.11.2024 - Press release

New Insights into Flowering Regulation: Impact of Carbon and Nitrogen Signalling on Floral Repressors in Arabidopsis

Enzymatic degradation of glucosinolates by myrosinase (A) upon tissue disruption of different kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes cv. Kolibri) organs (B). Figure: Mbudu et al. (2024), Food Chemistry. DOI:10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142032
14.11.2024 - Press release

Targeted Glucosinolate Conversion: How Kohlrabi Tissues Produce Health-Promoting Compounds

New IGZ Study Highlights Tissue-Specific Enzyme Activity to Enhance Plant Protection and Health Benefits

The ‘HumusFuerGemuese’ consortium met at the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) in Großbeeren on 6 and 7 November to kick off the project.
08.11.2024 - Press release

Humus for Vegetables: Launch of BMEL-funded Model and Demonstration Project on Humus Preservation in Vegetable Cultivation

Photo: Daniel Dan via Unsplash
08.04.2024 - Press release

"10 Must-Knows" for the preservation of biodiversity in Germany

Leibniz Research Network Biodiversity presents update

Prof Dr Nicole van Dam Photo: © FSU/Anne Günther
21.02.2024 - Press release

Transformation of Agricultural and Food Systems: Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) appointed to new DFG Senate Commission

Two genetically identical Arabidopsis thaliana plants show a different appearance due to their phenotypic plasticity, as they were grown at different temperatures (18°C left, 23°C right). Photo: Philip Wigge
28.11.2023 - Press release

Collaborative Research Centre "Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants" receives funding from the German Research Foundation

Successful application by the University of Potsdam with participation of the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)

Markus Randig, Head of Administration at the IGZ | Photo: Eva Piontek/IGZ
01.03.2023 - Press release

New head of administration at the IGZ

Prof. Dr. Nicole van Dam
01.10.2022 - Press release

Prof. Nicole van Dam

New Director of Research of IGZ

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23.09.2022 - Press release

Meeting of the experimental stations

Representatives of Brandenburg's agricultural experiment stations exchanged ideas

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