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The research program of the Institute of Horticulture – National Research Institute covers all issues related to horticultural production.
It concerns research on the biological basis of fruit, vegetable and ornamental plant production, biotechnology, genetics and creative breeding of horticultural plants, agrotechnology, phytopathology, nursery and protection of genetic resources of fruit, vegetable and ornamental plants, plant irrigation, cultivation of edible mushrooms, processing and storage of fruit and vegetables, food safety, agroengineering, economics and marketing.
Due to the fact that all fruit plants and a significant part of vegetable plants are pollinated by insects, beekeeping also plays a significant role in the research program. Research is being carried out in the field of beekeeping, apiary technologies, the quality of bee products and plant pollination.
Instytut Ogrodnictwa – PIB (The National Institute of Horticultural Research) is an active member of the European Fruit Research Institutes Network (EUFRIN), coordinator of the Agro-Tech Advanced Technology Centre and the Scientific Network “Agroengineering for Sustainable Agriculture, Agro-Food Industry and Rural Areas – AgEngPol”, as well as a founding member of the Polish Food Technology Platform.
The Institute actively participates in the implementation of international research projects in the field of Genetic Resources of Vegetable and Fruit Plants, including the creation of the European Core Collection of vegetatively propagated species of the genus Allium, and conducts extensive international cooperation with scientific centers from the European Union, the United States, Canada, the Republic of China and Eastern European countries. It is a member of many international organizations and associations, such as: the International Society of Horticultural Science - ISHS, the European Association of Cultivated Mushroom Producers, the European Weed Research Society and others.
