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Public Notice for the Supply of Breeding Material 2024

Based on the guidelines of the University of Hohenheim for transferring plant varieties, genetic components for plant varieties, and other breeding material of 05.07.2023 (download), the University of Hohenheim's State Plant Breeding Institute will be offering breeding material for several plant species following the 2024 harvest. The available plant species include:

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
Soybean (Glycine max)
Winter spelt (Triticum aestivum ssp. spelta)
Durum wheat (Triticum durum)
Winter einkorn (Triticum monococcum)
Winter emmer (Triticum dicoccum)
Winter triticale (x Triticosecale Wittmack)

Expressions of interest should be submitted in writing by August 1, 2024, to:

University of Hohenheim Hohenheim
Landessaatzuchtanstalt (720)
70593 Stuttgart

Test results will be sent to interested parties after the harvest. It is possible to inspect the breeding material during the growing season in Hohenheim or Willstätt.

Download the announcement (pdf-Dokument)

Guided tours: Organic variety trials in Kleinhohenheim at 24.06.2024

Invitation to visit the organic trials in Kleinhohenheim

Guided tour: Field trials of the organic project "RoggenPop"
Date: Monday, June 24, 2024, at 6:30 PM, Meeting point: see 2nd guided tour.
The aim is to improve population breeding in rye for organic farming through the use of modern selection methods. The trials will be presented by Marvin Rose and Thomas Miedaner (University of Hohenheim, State Seed Breeding Institute).
Guided tour: Organic variety trials of the state Baden-Württemberg
Date: Monday, June 24, 2024, at 7:00 PM
Location: Kleinhohenheim, experimental station for organic farming, University of Hohenheim
Address: Kleinhohenheim 1, D-70599 Stuttgart-Schönberg

Join us as biodynamic breeders present their varieties and discuss results from previous years. The event will be moderated by Erhard Gapp (Demeter Beratung e.V.), Gabi Schwittek (LTZ Augustenberg), Simon Schäfer (Kleinhohenheim, experimental station, University of Hohenheim), and Thomas Grafe (State Plant Breeding Institute, University of Hohenheim).

Various crops were tested, including winter wheat, winter spelt, emmer, einkorn, winter rye, winter barley, spring wheat, spring barley, spring oats, winter field bean, spring field bean, fodder pea, white lupine, and soybean.

Topics for discussion include:

Which varieties meet the quality requirements of farmers, bakers, and consumers?
Which varieties are particularly suitable for organic farming?

These questions are important for farmers, bakers, and consumers alike.

„Baker meets professor“

Wheat causes health problems - or does it? Marcel Paa and his guests (Prof. Dr. Friedrich Longin, Dr. med. Axel Enninger and Sebastian Brücklmaier) will discuss this question.

Press release from the University of Hohenheim

Public notice for the release of breeding material from the Wheat PreBreeding Program

Based on the guidelines of the University of Hohenheim for the delivery of plant varieties, hereditary components for plant varieties and other breeding material from 05.07.2023 (download), the State Plant Breeding Institute of the University of Hohenheim provides breeding material of the following plant species anually after harvest:

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum ssp. aestivum)

The breeding material consists of F5-F7 lines from the PreBreeding breeding programme, in which genetically diverse lines are crossed with current elite lines and selected for elite ideotype over several years. Based on several years of experience, these lines are more suitable as crossbreeding parents for elite programmes than for direct commercialisation as an elite variety and are therefore generally not exclusively distributed.

Expressions of interest should be sent in writing by email to:

University of Hohenheim Hohenheim
Landessaatzuchtanstalt (720)
Friedrich Longin, friedrich.longin@uni-hohenheim.de

Test results will be sent to interested parties after harvesting. It is possible to inspect the breeding material during the growing season in Hohenheim.

Download the announcement (pdf-Dokument)

Plant Breeding Symposium: Breeding Out Of The Box

On October 24^th and 25^th2023 the PhD students and Postdocs of the Institutes 720, 350 and 340k are hosting the symposium “Breeding Out Of The Box” in Hohenheim. The symposium will focus on novel and unique approaches in plant breeding and related fields. You are cordially invited to participate.

Further information: https://breedingsymposium.uni-hohenheim.de

Commercial rights to the Juana chia variety

The University of Hohenheim has exclusively transferred the commercial rights to use the variety of Chia (Mexican Chia, Salvia hispanica L.) with the variety name "Juana" (Bundessortenamt Kenn-Nr. SAH 1) to Südwestdeutsche Saatzucht GmbH & Co. KG exclusively. If you are interested, please enquire here: chia@suedwestsaat.de