„Rettung für den Weinbau am Oberrhein“ – Das KLIWIReSSE Projekt züchtet klimaresistente Reben. - Campus-Report am 13.12.2022

The summer of 2022 showed it again: drought and heat endanger viticulture on the Upper Rhine. For example, climate change could mean that no more Riesling can be harvested in the region by the end of the decade. But other grape varieties too only grow on the Kaiserstuhl with artificial irrigation. Breeding vines that can cope better with the double stress of little rain and high temperatures promises salvation in dire need. The Interreg Upper Rhine project KLIWIReSSE, financed by the European Union, is coordinated at the botanical garden of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology where the largest collection of wild vines in the world can be found.