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Welcome to the Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition (IAPN). An increasing world population, changing dietary habits and climate change place great demands on agricultural research. Increasingly, the focus in agriculture is on questions pertaining to the efficient use of arable and pasture land, of water and of plant nutrients.
 
The IAPN addresses these issues. We are committed to researching the role of intelligent fertilization management in handling these global challenges, and to provide solutions.
 
We see ourselves as an interface between science and agricultural practice. The development of approaches to an efficient transfer of knowledge is therefore another important concern. We aim to pool knowledge in a global network, creating synergies for successful research and practical implementation of these research results.

- IAPN has published Annual Report 2023

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IAPN’s “Annual Report 2023: Research on Sustainable Plant Nutrition” provides insights into the institute’s most recent activities in research, teaching and knowledge exchange. more

- Azin Pakbaznia started her doctoral research project at IAPN in May 2024

[Translate to English:] Azin Pakbaznia
Her doctoral project is entitled “The point of deliquescence (POD) and point of efflorescence (POE) in different salt mixtures and their effects on nutrient uptake in foliar application”. The project deals with the effectiveness of nutrient application via the leaf with a focus on the salt mixtures’ POD and POE. With the gradual decrease in… more

- Job advertisement W2 temporary professorship (5 years) "Applied Plant Nutrition and Physiology" at the IAPN

At the Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition (IAPN), affiliated institute at the Department of Crop Sciences at the Georg-August-University Göttingen, the position of "W2-Professorship (m/f/d) for 5 years" in Applied Crop Nutrition and Physiology is to be filled as a civil servant (BesGr. W2 NBesO) at the earliest possible date. more

- IAPN has published Annual Report 2022

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IAPN’s “Annual Report 2022: Research on Sustainable Plant Nutrition” provides insights into the institute’s most recent activities in research, teaching and knowledge exchange. more

- In October 2023, Johanna Marie Lass joined the IAPN team as a new scientist

The project focuses on the effectiveness of nutrient application via the leaf, specifically on the stomatal uptake of foliar fertilizers. more

- Doctoral position (m/f/d) to be filled at IAPN

At the Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition (IAPN), the position of "Scientific employee (m/f/d)" in part-time is to be filled for a limited period of three years. The aim is to work on a research project on plant physiological questions of nutrient uptake via the leaves of plants. more

- IAPN welcomes Dr. Renata Callegari Ferrari

Since September 2022, Dr. Renata Callegari Ferrari from Brazil works as a guest scientist at IAPN. Her research focuses on assessing photosynthesis in barley grown with different potassium availability and under drought stress. For this project, she was awarded a Georg Forster Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for two years. more

- Non-invasive assessment of plant-water relations: a new publication of Dr. Paulo Cabrita

In his latest publication, Dr. Paulo Cabrita showed how the leaf patch clamp pressure (LPCP) probe, so far used to monitor plant water status continuously, can also be used to study changes in the air pressure inside plant leaves. The article was published in Planta in June 2022. more

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