Press Releases

Tracing evolution in Plants’ Transition to Land 
A study from the group of Hirofumi Nagakami at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research has shown how a versatile protein family may have helped plants colonize land. We sat down with Dr. Nagakami to learn more about this study and the work of his group in general. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
 
European potato genome decoded: small gene pool with large differences
Researchers from LMU and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research have reconstructed the genomes of ten historic potato cultivars and show that they already cover 85 percent of the total variability of modern European potatoes.
A New Tool for Parsing the ‘Metabolic Dialogue’ Between Microorganisms
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research have developed an innovative system – called MetaFlowTrain – that allows the study of metabolic exchange and interactions within microbial communities under different environmental conditions. The study is now published in Nature Communications.
 
Natural Gatekeeper: How plants use barriers to maintain healthy relationships
Scientists revealed new insights on the Casparian strip, a specialised structure within the roots of plants, and its involvement in balancing nitrogen level in legumes and their nodules.

News

Scientists have decoded the structure of a barley protein that provides resistance against a devastating fungal disease. Such structures could inform efforts to protect crops from plant pathogens.
 
In a new study published in Nature, researchers working in the groups of Jijie Chai (Westlake University in Hangzhou, China) and Jane Parker (MPIPZ in Cologne, Germany) describe how Arabidopsis plants…

Octoploid genome decoded

January 17, 2025

MPIPZ research groups collaborate to produce a fully phased, chromosome-scale genome assembly of Cardamine chenopodiifolia

Communications

Girls' Day 2025

April 08, 2025

Exciting insights into plant research
Marc Somssich receives prize from the German Society for Plant Sciences.
The MPIPZ's main lecture hall has been officially named in honour of renowned plant scientist and…

Events & Seminars

Cécile Deprez: Identifying & Challenging Sexism at Work

Apr 30, 2025 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPIPZ, Room: Lecture hall

Joe Kieber

May 14, 2025 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPIPZ, Room: Lecture hall

Ofer Rog

May 28, 2025 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPIPZ, Room: Lecture hall

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