Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung
Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK Gatersleben)
About Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung
The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben is one of the largest, internationally important centers of plant research, where problems of modern biology are primarily dealt with in crop plants. The focus of basic and application-oriented, interdisciplinary research is the development of new findings and technologies with the aim of making comprehensive use of plant genetic resources for optimized material production and more environmentally friendly agriculture. With the federal ex situ gene bank, the IPK has a unique collection of plant genetic resources from around 2,700 botanical species and almost 800 different genera. The total stock currently amounts to around 147,000 crop plant samples.
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