04/01/2022 - The BMEL and the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) invite you to the conference "German Fruit Variety - Wild Fruit in Nutrition, Landscape and Nature" on June 1st and 2nd, 2022 in the Dorint Hotel Dresden. Registration is now open!

03/03/2022 - Funding is available for transnational research projects to improve the resilience of agricultural systems. Agricultural genetic resources are one of 3 thematic priorities.

03/03/2022 - In its press release, the German Association for Landscape Conservation (DVL) calls for "better support for the production and use of native seeds and plants". In theory, the use of native seeds and plants is regulated in Section…

02/16/2022 - Are you interested in plant collections, collector portraits as well as topics and dates around the Network Plant Collections and the German Gene Bank Ornamental Plants? Then subscribe to the new newsletter of the Plant…

02/10/2022 - The scientific journal "Biological Conservation" has recently published an article on the distribution of landraces in Europe.