Dear Readers,
Laimburg Research Centre is the leading research institute for agriculture and food processing in South Tyrol. Our goal is to support South Tyrolean agricultural businesses, family farms and food processing companies with scientifically sound experimental and research activities and so to help secure the quality of agricultural products and boost the competitiveness of commercial enterprises. ...
Laimburg Research Center
Laimburg Research Center
Laimburg Research Centre is the research center for the South Tyrolean agricultural and food processing sectors. We are a legal entity, dependent on the Autonomous Province of Bozen / Bolzano.
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Timeline
Laimburg
Timeline
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since 1962
Initial tests with lower tree forms and beginning of clone selection, varieties and rootstock trials in viticulture
1968
Establishment of the first research fields
1972–73
Construction of the experimental fruit storage facility
1975
Official founding of Laimburg Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, in accordance with Provincial Act Number 53, issued November 3rd 1975
1978
Renovation of the farmhouse “Mair am Hof” in Teodone (Dietenheim) near Brunico (Bruneck) for experimentation in arable crop and grassland farming
1977-79
Rebuilding of Laimburg’s former stable in order to create the first offices of the research centre
1979
Opening of the Agricultural Chemistry Laboratory
1982
First trials for herb cultivation
1984
Establishment of the reference library
1986-89
Development of a mechanical-biological method for chafer control
1989-90
Construction of the stone cellar
1990
Construction of a field office in Oris (Eyrs) for research into vegetable growing, arable crops and grassland farming
1995-2005
Laimburg clone selection: high-quality Lagrein clones Lb 25, Lb 26 and Lb 3 and loose-clustered clones of Sauvignon Blanc Lb 36, Lb 50
1996-99
Renovation of Laimburg’s main building and experimental storage facility; construction of the new Plant Protection Building
1997
Beginning of Laimburg’s apple variety breeding programme
2002
Opening of the Molecular Biology Laboratory and establishment of the Gene Bank
since 2003
Accreditation of several laboratories of Laimburg Research Centre according to ISO 17025
2005
Fruit storage technology with a dynamically controlled atmosphere (DCA), developed at Laimburg Research Centre, is put into practice.
2011
Establishment of the Laboratory for Flavours and Metabolites
2012
Start of construction of a new laboratory building on the site of the former Stadlhof Farm followed by the discovery of an Iron Age settlement with some of the earliest evidence of wine production in South Tyrol: grape seeds dating back 2,400 years.
2014
Laimburg Research Centre takes on responsibility for coordinating the food sciences division of the NOI Technology Park and the establishment of research facilities in the field of Food Technology.
2015
The South Tyrol provincial government adopts the “2016–2022 Action Plan for Research and Training in the areas of Mountain Agriculture and Food Sciences”.
2016-2017
Reorganisation: Laimburg Research Centre is given a new statute, a new internal organisational structure and can now concentrate on its core task of research and experimental activities.
2018
Additional site: The Laboratory for Flavours and Metabolites moves into the NOI Techpark (Bozen/Bolzano).
