Fascination of Plants Day on 18 May 2024 - Plants are the silent architects of our world

Einbeck, 18.05.2024

We want to share this fascination of plants and make it visible! To this end, the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) initiated the international "Fascination of Plants Day" for the 7th time. Plant scientists around the world are organising various events under this motto to get as many people as possible excited about plants and thus draw their attention to the importance of plant science for agriculture and the sustainable production of food. Scientists at KWS live their fascination for plants every day. This fascination enables them to understand and optimise plants a little better every day. Through varieties with relevant characteristics such as improved drought tolerance and reduced need for pesticides, we create solutions and support agriculture in successfully facing the challenges of the coming years. This year, we shared this enthusiasm with children and young people in particular at various events at the Einbeck site. Young people with a "fascination for plants" are the scientists of tomorrow!

Youth research - pupils experiment

The Lower Saxony state competition under the motto "Make up your mind" took place from 11 to 13 April 2024 in Einbeck's PS.SPEICHER. 74 young talents presented their innovative research projects in seven specialist areas to a jury and introduced them to the public. One winning project in particular caught our attention at KWS in one of our specialist areas. Tom, Annika and Lotta used a great deal of foresight and research spirit to investigate the question of how soil quality influences the growth of plants.

Future Day

170 schoolchildren attended the KWS Future Day, which took place on 25 April 2024 under the motto "Fascination for Plants". A total of twelve stations provided exciting insights into the various professions related to seeds. In keeping with this year's motto, one of these stations provided insights into the exciting field of research "Genome Editing in Sugar Beet". The participants carried out experiments in which they learnt what the term genome editing means and how we get the so-called gene scissors into plants.

Einbeck Children's University

KWS is taking part in the 2024 summer term of the Einbeck Children's University with two exciting programmes. Children and young people aged 8 to 14 can gain insights into the world of science. On 13 June, exciting investigations into the quality and germination capacity of sugar beet seed will be carried out in the quality laboratory. On 14 June, participants in phytopathology will find out which fungi and insects can cause damage to crops such as sugar beet and maize.

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