Kick-off

The National Institute of Horticultural Research (Instytut Ogrodnictwa – Panstwowy
Instytut Badawczy) in Skierniewice, Poland (INHORT), is a governmental R&D organization supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The research programme of the Institute covers all areas related to horticulture, from basic studies to applied research, with emphasis on breeding, plant protection, agronomy, organic horticulture, storage and processing of both fruits and vegetables,
food safety, horticultural engineering, economics and marketing. The Institute’s
facilities consist of several laboratories with up-to-date instruments, greenhouses and screenhouses (50 chambers), and experimental fields (with total land area of about 200 ha).
INHORT is coordinating SPIN-FERT and is contributing to several tasks, including the development of innovative microbial formulation, trials with alternative growing substrates and development of innovative tools for assessing soil quality.