Soil health field days: BOKU meets practice

The field days of the "Boden.Leben" association and the "Humusbewegung" are central meeting points for innovative farmers. The BOKU research group Boden.Pioniere, a new initiative by scientists from the Institutes of Agronomy and Soil Research for soil health and innovative agriculture, presents research results on the regeneration of climate-friendly soils.

Update: Partial closure of S45 ~ U1+U6 ~ short track bus 37A in Vienna during Summer 2023

Some important information for all commuters using public transport in Vienna in upcoming summertime

CAS Semester Touchdown

24th Semester Touchdown of Agricultural Sciences on the 5th of June, 2023

Submission deadline extended until 11th May 2023!

Online Learning Resources in Plant Breeding

We developed a boku learn database of online learning and teaching resources.

Plant Breeding towards Agricultural Sustainability

Special Issue in "Theoretical and Applied Genetics" | H Buerstmayr, M F Dreccer, D Miladinović, L Qiu, I Rajcan, J Reif, R K. Varshney & J Vollmann (editors): Plant breeding for increased sustainability: challenges, opportunities and progress.

Visiting scientist - Dr. Uri Hochberg

Dr. Uri Hochberg from the Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute (Israel) will be visiting the Institute of Viticulture and Pomology for the period 31.8 to 6.9.2022.

DLG Innovation Award “Young Ideas” – BOKU researcher honored

Congratulation to Dr. Lisa Call of the Institute of Plant Breeding

Dr. Lisa Call from the Department of Crop Sciences received the DLG Innovation Award “Young Ideas” for the high practical relevance of her PhD thesis

[Translate to English:] Prof. William D. J. KIRK Gastprofessor am Institut für Pflanzenschutz

Das Institut für Pflanzenschutz begrüßt ganz herzlich Gastprofessor William Kirk, Keele University, UK.

Prof. William D. J. KIRK guest at Plant Protection

The Division of Plant Protection cordially welcomes Guest Professor William Kirk from Keele University, UK.

JAZZ am CAMPUS | 6. Mai 2022

Endlich wieder nach 2 Jahren erzwungener Pause

Research and practice for climate-smart soils

BOKU project as a best practice example in the Lower Austrian environmental report

State-of-the-art science in practical agro-ecosystems. That was the idea of BOKU researchers Gernot Bodner (Agronomy) and Katharina Keiblinger (Soil Research) to investigate soil functions on pioneering farms using state-of the art soil organic carbon research. An example of successful cooperation between science and practice for the Lower Austrian environmental report.

Mendel Walk Vienna

10. März 2022, 16:00-17:30

A virtual science walk in Gregor Mendel's foot-steps across Vienna.

200 years Gregor Mendel: of peas, cows and people

Science to Public Symposium at BOKU Festsaal, March 11, 2022

Highlight the importance of Genetics and Genomics in today's life by looking at examples from plants, domestic animals, humans and how to communicate science.

BOKU represented on the board of the Boden.Leben association

The "Boden.Leben" association stands for climate-adapted and uplifting agriculture. Boden.leben is of course close to everyone's heart in the association, but new board member Dr. Pia Euteneuer is specifically concerned with earthworms. It's the covered soil that counts! It depends on the rooted soil! And now it also depends on the earthworms!

DER ALIMENTARIUS 2021 – BOKU researchers awarded

Dr. Lisa Call and DI Tamara Rudavsky from the Department of Food Science and Food Technology received the science award DER ALIMENTARIUS 2021 from the journal DIE ERNÄHRUNG for their theses.

BOKU-Professor is president of the "Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften"

At the beginning of the year, Univ. Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Kaul, BOKU Professor für Pflanzenbau und Grünlandwirtschaf, will take over the office of President of the "Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften" for the next two years.

Award for two students of our Department

On 17th November 2021 again several innovative research projects in the fields of viticulture as well as technology & environment were awarded.

Award for two students of our Department

On 17th November 2021 again several innovative research projects in the fields of viticulture as well as technology & environment were awarded.

Successful publication - one of our articles has been rated HOT CITED

The team of Prof. Hermann Bürstmayr is very proud of the successfull rating

Breeding for Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat - progress and challenges Buerstmayr, Maria; Steiner, Barbara; Buerstmayr, Hermann Plant Breeding, Volume 139, Issue 3, Page429-454 DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12797 Published JUN 2020

[Translate to English:] SUMMER SCHOOL

Euro League for Life Sciences - ELLS Subject Area “Bioeconomy”

16 - 27 August 2021 Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria

SUMMER SCHOOL

Host Plant Resistance Breeding as a part of Integrated Pest Management

17 - 21 August 2021, Alnarp Sweden

Energy Globe Award 2020

Sustainable and innovative perennial plantings among the best environmental projects from Upper Austria!

With the project "Between Garden and Landscape" as part of the State Garden Show 2019 in Aigen-Schlägl, the BOKU project team Sabine Plenk (horticulture), Barbara Brandstätter and Marlis Rief (landscape architecture) created a nomination for the three final entries in the earth category. A clear statement against the growth of asphalt surfaces and the impoverishment of our green spaces in residential areas!

This is your vintage 2020!

Do it yourself:
Adopt a vine and make your wine!

Spains Top Research Award goes to BOKU Viticulture Researcher

Dr Javier Tello receives Fellowship from Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

Phosphor Signaling by Roots

May 23 at UFT: guest lectura by Dr. Jörg Ziegler (Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle)

Drought Resistance Phenotyping in Grapevine

Seminar with Prof. Gregory A. Gambetta (ISVV Bordeaux) at the BOKU Institute for Viticulture and Pomology.

DIGITAL BREEDING

GPZ Smyposium, Feb. 11-13, 2020, BOKU Campus Tulln

Opening Keynote Speaker: Theodorus Meuwissen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences will speak about genomic selection and beyond. This international plant breeding symposium will focus on digitalization in plant breeding.

This is your vintage 2019!

Do it yourself:
Adopt a vine and make your wine!

1. - 4. Oct 2018 Experimental farm Gross-Enzersdorf hosted staff training

about ecosystem services of cover crops

Participants of the 1. staff training made it a big success and the Experimental Farm network (EFnet) of CASEE expanded its activities.

1. International EFnet staff training on ecosystem services

from 1. - 4. Oct 2018 in Gross-Enzersdorf. Only a few places left!

The training is a platform to share knowledge and innovations in field experiment methodology. It offers tools from trial set up to data sampling, from planning to practical implementation. The focus is on improving ecosystem services.

SIVE Best PhD Viticulture Thesis Award for Dr Stefania Savoi

High-tec Tracing of Parameters for Wine Quality