Fungicides change the spider microbiome

Read article Fungicide treatments drive changes in the diversity and species richness of tissue-resident bacteria in agrobiont cobweb-weaving and epigeic spiders published by our scientists in a prestigious journal Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.

Welcome to the CARC – Czech Agrifood Research Center

To help the Czech agriculture and food industry to strengthen its competitiveness and to cope with future challenges caused by environmental changes and technological developments through scientific research. This is the main task of CARC – Czech Agrifood Research Center, which is established by the Ministry of Agriculture. It brings together experts from three research […]

Sorghum silage in dairy farming. What are the benefits?

Sorghum ID News 03 May 2021: On September 22th 2020, the Ivanovice na Hané experimental station of the Prague-Ruzyně Crop Research Institute offered a complete program on silage sorghum and its benefits in dairy farming: trials, presentations and numerous exchanges on the stands allowed visitors to gather very broad information on this culture still little […]

Prague Goes Green With Grass Tram Lines

The goal of the new joint research project „Gene Funds for Cities and Landscapes“ is to obtain unique and durable plant mixtures suitable for evergreen and low-maintenance tram tracks or extreme climatic conditions and thus improve the microclimate in cities in the Czech Republic. The Crop Research Institute in Prague-Ruzyně, Agricultural Research Troubsko, OSEVA development […]

100th Anniversary of the Czech Science

CRI employees participated in the 100th anniversary of the Czech science in the framework of the Researchers’ Night which took place in the National Museum of Agriculture on the 5th November 2018. The event presented our programme ranging from the fields of genetic plant resources, preservation of microorganisms, drone aerial imagery, to grapevine production or […]

New varieties of foxtail millet and sorghum developed in the CRI

Foxtail millet and sorghum are crops with increasing importance in recent climatic changes. Its fast growing, drought tolerance and nutritional quality are of very interesting values. All crops are tolerant to pests and diseases. Seeds are able to develop well even in lack of water in the soil, what is important for their use as […]