Plant Science Café
Over millions of years, plants have learned to defend themselves against pests and pathogens in sophisticated ways: with chemical substances, mechanical barriers and ingenious stress responses.
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However, many of these natural abilities have been lost in cultivated plants. The reason: for decades, breeding focused on yield, digestibility, taste and shelf life, while pesticides took over the ‘defence work’.
But what happens when these aids are (supposed to be) eliminated? Or when new pests spread as a result of climate change?
At the Plant Science Café, Prof. Nicole van Dam, Director of the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), explains how this loss of defence came about and what needs to be done today to make agriculture fit for a future with fewer pesticides and greater climate resilience.
The PLANT 2030 research initiative cordially invites you to this popular science lecture, where there will also be time for questions and discussion. Knowledge gain guaranteed!
Participation is free of charge. Seats in the Gartensaal (Haus am Waldsee) are limited, so please register at https://pflanzenforschung.de/qr/psc
- Date: 22 July 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
- Venue: Gartensaal, Haus am Waldsee, Argentinische Allee 30, 14163 Berlin
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