BOKU University is inviting applications for the position of a Full Professor of Crop Breeding and Genomics

Please submit your application as single PDF file (LastName_FirstName.pdf) containing the information mentioned below in English via e-mail to the Rectorate of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (berufungen@boku.ac.at) no later than 25th August 2026
[Translate to English:] Ausschnitt des Fusarium Versuchsfeldes mit Teilnehmer:innen

Field Afternoon BOKU Plant Breeding

Monday, June 22, 2026
Current plant breeding research projects at BOKU: 50 guests from the fields of research, extension, administration, and the agricultural sector gathered at the Tulln campus. We discussed: gene editing (CRISPR/Cas9), genetic diversity, and breeding research aimed at increasing resilience.
[Translate to English:] Text: Neue Gentechnik: Zukunft der Pflanzenzüchtung

New Genomic Technologies

Podcast with Hermann Buerstmayr (in German only)

Grasses that feed the world | 10,000 years of cereals in one field

Demonstration field at the BOKU Tulln campus, mananged by the plant breeeding group
A sorghum field heavily infested with Striga

Can Genome Editing Drive Food Security in Africa?

Slides and recordings available
Steve Runo - guest professor from the Kenyatta University Nairobi

Steven Runo Guest Professor

from the Kenyatta University visited BOKU University mid November to mid December. He was teaching: Genomics and breeding tools for improving crops for smallholder farmers in sub-Sahara Africa.

Was hat Getreide mit Kunst zu tun?

Ein Gespräch mit Hermann Bürstmayr
ESSENziell - Was auf den Teller kommt. Ein Podcast Von Ursula Riegler und Christoph Cecerle

Gentechnik? Ja, natürlich.

Landwirtschaft zwischen Wissenschaft und Marketing
ECO Spezial vom 25.01.2024 und 07.08.2025

FarmFoodFuture

Featuring Future Conference May 2024 @ BOKU
Solutions for future-proof agriculture and sustainable nutrition Program, Pictures and Videos
[Translate to English:] Fig 1 from https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-019-0638-4

Q&A: modern crop breeding for future food security

Publication by: Kai P. Voss-Fels, Andreas Stahl & Lee T. Hickey

Doctoral programme AgriGenomics

links overlapping research fields with the aim to unravel the genetic and biochemical mechanisms underlying the performance of agricultural organisms and products.

Management and Administration

Head

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing.Dr.nat.techn.
 Hermann Bürstmayr
Deputy

ao.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing.Dr.nat.techn.
 Heinrich Grausgruber
Secretary

DI.in
 Susanne Weber

Addresses & Contact

Institute of Crop Breeding and Genomics

IFA, Gebäude 1
Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 20
3430 Tulln an der Donau

Contact:
https://boku.ac.at/agri/ipzg
plant.breeding(at)boku.ac.at

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