Institute for Sugar Beet Research
The Institute for Sugar Beet Research (IfZ) at the Georg-August University in Göttingen is the central research facility for the development of processes for sustainable sugar beet production in Germany. The IfZ is supported by the Sugar Industry Association (VdZ). In 2007 the IfZ employed around 40 people, including 23 scientists. Anne-Katrin Mahlein has been the head of the IfZ since 2018.
The main areas of responsibility include
- the basic research ,
- applied research as well
- the coordination of nationwide variety trials and advice-related field trials .
The scientific knowledge gained at the IfZ is published in scientific journals and practical journals and presented at conferences, field days and on the Internet.
history
The sugar industry association founded the research station for sugar beet cultivation in Bernburg (Saale) in 1882 . In 1945 the research station there was closed. In 1947, the Institute for Crop Production of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen made available to the VdZ for the research center for sugarbeet production in the premises of the Holtensen experimental farm. In 1952 the institute building was erected at Holtenser Landstrasse 77 in Göttingen; the VdZ and the Lower Saxony minister of education decided on a cooperation between the research center and the Georg-August University. On July 9, 1953, it was officially named the Institute for Sugar Beet Research . Christian Winner headed the institute from 1966 to 1991 . The Rizomania experimental station was founded in Gross-Gerau in 1983 to investigate the plant disease Rizomania ; In 1996 this was integrated in Göttingen. Since 2002, the IfZ affiliated institute of the Georg-August University of Goettingen.