Dr. Bernd Rodemann
Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)
Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen
Institut für Pflanzenschutz in Ackerbau und Grünland
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Bernd.Rodemann@julius-kuehn.de

Dr. Ruben Gödecke
Regierungspräsidium Gießen
Pflanzenschutzdienst Hessen-Außenstelle Kassel
Mündener Strasse 4
34123 Kassel
Ruben.Goedecke@rpgi.hessen.de

• Finding answers to questions of planning, methodology, and analysis of experiments and research projects about the emergence and the fighting of crop disease pathogens
• Promoting scientific work by presenting new procedures and methods to minimize the output of herbicides and pesticides
• Discussing current topics of integrated plant protection systems
• Cooperation with working groups of related thematic topics

• Pathogens as a cause for crop quality deficiencies
• Symptomatology and diagnosis of crop virus diseases
• Strategies of infestation reduction in the field
• Evolution of pathogen populations in times of climatic change
• Pesticide resistance of pathogens
• Economic relevance of protection strategies

Our working group cooperates with representatives of the Julius Kühn-Institut, State plant protection agencies, industries, and universities.