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Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests (JKI-GF)
Institution
Section overview
Description
Sovereign tasks for the institute, assigned by the German plant protection law, are the evaluation of plant protection products concerning efficacy, phytotoxicity and benefit for the responsible crops (including orchards, vineyards and hop as well as all rodenticides and repellents). The evaluation of the plant protection products is done as a consulting report. Other key activities are contributions in closing gaps in the field of pest control and evaluation of plant protection products concerning the ability for amateur gardening. In collaboration with Federal Plant Cultivar Office, sets of varieties of vegetables and ornamentals are tested for resistance against pests and diseases. For this testing, methods and handling of pathotypes are developed. The scientific work covers all areas of phytomedicine. A key work in the area of intersection between ornamental shrubs and forest plants is the research on diseases and pests in the public green. The work of the vertebrate team covers the field of vertebrate research in all cropping systems, cultivation methods as well as in farm buildings and storage.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants – Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)
Coordinated projects
- A new concept for organic tomato breeding
- Advancement in the use of insect netting as an alternative to chemical crop protection in vegetable production
- Amphibian behaviour in an intensively cultivated landscape in Germany: aspects of relevance for biodiversity preservation
- Assessing the effectiveness of biocidal active substances and biocidal products including coordination
- Assessment of efficacy and benefits of vertebrate repellents and rodenticides
- Assessment of Resistance Factors to Different Anticoagulants by BCR-Tests in the Anticoagulant Resistant Norway Rat Strains, Homozygous Y139C and Y139F
- Biology and epidemiology of pathogens relating to the cultivation of medicinal and spice plants (e.g. Anthracnosis of St. John’s wort)
- Biology, epidemiology and detection of pathogen micro-organisms on woody ornamentals (e.g. Phytophthora, Verticillum)
- Biology, epidemiology and diagnosis of pathogen micro-organisms on woody ornamentals (e. g. Phytophthora, Verticillum).
- Biology, epidemiology and diagnosis of pathogen micro-organisms on woody ornamentals (e.g. Phytophthora, Verticillum)
- Biology, epidemiology and diagnosis of pathogen micro-organisms on woody ornamentals (e.g. Phytophthora, Verticillum)
- Biology, population dynamics and diagnosis of harmful and beneficial arthropods in horticulture
- Biology, population dynamics and diagnosis of harmful and beneficial arthropods in horticulture
- Breeding of parthenocarpen greenhouse cucumber for the ecological cultivation with high resistance to pests
- Breeding work on parthenocarpic cucumbers with a high resistance to pathogens for organic farming
- Changes in tree pathogenic due to climate change and its implications for silvicultural approaches
- Characteristics of the local distribution of the Y139C resistance gene in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in a focus of resistance in Westphalia, Germany
- Clean when it counts: Development of an specific crabronid breeding-system for clean removal of aphids from vegetable and ornamental crop
- Climate effects on ectoparasites of rodents
- Collaborative project: Development of a rapid chlorophyll fluorescence imaging-based early-detection method of mildew-resistant lettuce lines – Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Development of physical and chemical methods to repel voles – Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Forecast model for outbreaks of common voles (Microtus arvalis) - Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Management of resistant Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus): Monitoring and strategy development into the prevention of rodent-associated diseases - subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Moving Checkpots - Optimising plant protection for ornamental plant production - subproject B
- Collaborative project: Nanobiotechnological detection of Phytophthora species by means of biochips with electrical signal read-out – Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Natural substances against bird damage - Development of a biological repellent applied as seed treatment -Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Studies on the pathosystems powdery mildew / parsley and downy mildew / parsley, and development of a screening method for resistance breeding – Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Validation of a PCR based Lab-on-a-Chip-System for Phytophthora diagnosis – Subproject 1
- Consequences of fuel wood cultivation in short rotation
- Coordination of risk assessment for efficacy of plant protection substances
- Coordination of the joint project 'Development of integrated pest management methods to control soil pests'
- Data collection on the use of of plant protection agents in the forest; Participation in the collection and evaluation of anthropogenous immissions regarding forest damage
- Decision support in plant protection by identifying plant pest species with UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)
- Decision support in plant protection by identifying plant pest species with UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)
- Develoment and evaluation of peat-reduced horticultural production systems
- Developing a toolkit for the management of rodent damage to SDI systems
- Developing forecasts for regional population dynamics of rodents related to human health risk to adapt to climate change
- Developing lettuce varieties with improved adaptability by decentral breeding
- Developing sustainable methods for common vole management (Microtus arvalis). Coordination
- Development and field testing of a new breeding concept for stable lettuce production in organic farming
- Development and optimisation of methods for resistance assessment of ornamentals and vegetables
- Development and validation of a software tool for a targeted group counseling for the sustainable reduction of risks of the use of copper supplements in organic fruit growing
- Development of a method for the detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in pelargonium during the latent period of infection
- Development of a situational on-farm stratgy to prevent carrot fly related damage in organic carrots
- Development of a sustainable management system to control the carrot psyllid in organic crop production
- Development of a web-based management system (SWATopti) for non-chemical regulation of carrot fly (Chamaepsila rosae), cabbage fly (Delia radicum) and bean fly (Delia platura) using SWAT and risk analysis
- Development of an electronic 'nose' and a new storage conception for an early detection of rots in stored onions (EleNa), Subproject JKI: Development of test models for infestation of onions by microbes
- Development of components and concepts of integrated and sustainable plant protection for vegetables, ornamentals, medical plants and spices in field and greenhouse
- Development of components and concepts of integrated plant protection for vegetables, ornamentals, medical plants and spices in field and greenhouse
- Development of concepts for plant protection in private homes and gardens
- Development of criteria for risk reduction in the cut flower production
- Development of diagnostic methods for pests and diseases of forest trees
- Development of diagnostic methods for pests and diseases of forest trees
- Development of integrated plant protection methods in forests
- Development of integrated plant protection methods in forests
- Development of methods for the diagnosis of bacterial and fungal diseases on ornamentals, esp. of new plant-parasite combinations
- Development of methods for the diagnosis of bacterial and fungal diseases on ornamentals, esp. of new plant-parasite combinations
- Development of methods testing the efficacy of plant protection products as part of their risk-benefit assessment in horticulture
- Development of methods testing the efficacy of plant protection products as part of their risk-benefit assessment in horticulture
- Development of natural biological pest regulation systems in vegetable and ornamental production
- Development of PC-based programs for the use of beneficial insects
- Development of strategies and monitoring systems for early detection and prevention of pesticide resistance
- Development of sustainable methods for the prevention of vertebrate damage
- Development of sustainable, integrated plant protection strategies in the public green
- Development of sustainable, integrated plant protection strategies in urban horticulture
- Diagnosis, biology and epidemiology of bacterial and fungal pathogens in cultivation of vegetables
- Diseases and pests in Urban Horticulture/ Public Green
- Diseases in cultivated chamomile - investigations into causes and approaches to control them
- Effect of weed control methods in fruit growing on small mammals
- Enhancements of efficacy test methods for the risk/benefit assessment of plant protection substances in forests (insecticidws, rodenticides, repellents)
- EU assessment of rodenticidal compounds and repellents
- Evaluation of case catches for detecting the flight activity of carrot leaf flea in Germany
- Evaluation of coumateralyl and cholecalciferol in case of Y139C Norway rats
- Evaluation of rodenticide resistance of pest rodents
- Evaluation of the application of pesticides by aircraft
- Evaluation of the application of pesticides on areas that are intended for public
- Filtration of recirculation water in nurseries for the non-chemical control of Phytopthora sp. in recirculation water
- Future rodent management for pig and poultry health
- Germany-wide prediction of bank vole population dyanmics and hantavirus infection risk
- Habitat preference and migration patterns of amphibians in German agriculture landscapes: aspects of relevance for exposure assessment to plant protection products
- Harmonization of resistance tests to diseases for DUS testing
- Impact of climate change on forest insects and tree pathogens (eg. ash dieback)
- Implementation of biological methods into integrated plant protection strategies against biotic stresses in Chinese greenhouse vegetable production
- Improving the availability of pesticides for small cultures in horticulture and agriculture (Joint project gap indication)
- Infectivity and survival of P. ramorum in recirculation water
- Integrated control of cabbage whitefly in vegetables cabbage
- Investigation and description of the phenological growth stages of mono- and dicotyledonous plants (BBCH code).
- Investigations of the use of biotechnological methods for the control of the horse chestnut leafminer in public parks
- Investigations on the impact of flower strips
- Managing common voles using fertility control
- Migration patterns of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) with respect to anticoagulant resistance and individual’s relationships on livestock farms in Westphalia
- Monitoring of bird and snail infestations in mixture plant cultivation as part of the EU-project DIVERSify
- Monitoring of occurrences and mechanims of resistance of commensal rodents for management strategies
- Monitoring the occurrence of thermophilic organisms in horticulture and forestry
- Nationwide monitoring of common vole dynamics and damage
- Natural substances against bird damage - Development of biological repellents used as seed and bait treatment
- New assessment of the forest protection situation in respect to climate change
- New breeding strategies in lettuce for better adaptability to conditions of organic farming and improved resistance against Bremia lactucae
- Optimising methods for field studies with common voles
- Optimising risk mitigation measures for the application of biocidal anticoagulant rodenticides with high environmental risk
- Participation in the EC evaluation of active substances in forest protection agents, rodenticides and repellent
- Participation in the EU evaluation of active substances in plant protection products for horticulture, fruits, viticulture and hops
- Participation in the National Action Plan on sustainable use of plant protection products
- Population dynamics of rodent hosts of zoonotic disease: interaction of climate, landuse and biodiversity
- Possible influence of climate change on the distribution of Hanta-transmitting rodents
- Potential effects of climate change on the dynamics of Hantavirus rodent reservoir population
- Prospects of controlling the aspargus fly in integrated and ecological crop cultivation
- Prospects of controlling the aspargus fly in integrated and ecological crop cultivation
- PURE (Pesticide Use-and-Risk Reduction in European Farming Systems with Integrated Pest Management)
- Quantification of the main food components of wood mice using DNA analysis
- Quantification of the stop-feeding effect of a rodenticidal combination bait
- Recovery of common vole populations from rodenticide application
- Regulation of the Bremia lactucae to salad - New approaches by testing feldresistenter dynamic biological varieties from breeding in combination with various measures
- Relevance and geographical distribution of forest pests, especially human pathogenic insects
- Repel seeds
- Research on abiotic causes and consequences of climate change in urban green
- Research on the biology and control of pests and diseases of trees used in christmas tree plantations, renewable resources and in urban areas
- Research on the biology of fungal diseases of trees (e.g. decay dynamics)
- Research on the biology, epidemiology and control of important forest pests and diseases, especially quarantine organisms
- Resistance of varieties of vegetables, medicinal plants and spice plants against pathogens, race analysis (eg downy mildew on lettuce), collaborative investigations by the national working group 'Resistances and Tolerances in Vegetables (IRTG)'
- Responses of European Forests and Society to Invasive Pathogens
- Responses of European Forests and Society to Invasive Pathogens
- Responses of European forests and society to invasive plant pathogens
- Revaluation of insect pests and forest diseases considering climate change
- Revaluation of insect pests and forest diseases considering climate change.
- Revision and extension of the Internet portal www.oekolandbau.de for Plant Protection in Organic Farming
- Risiko-/Nutzenbewertung effectiveness of the testing of plant protection products in the forest (approval / authorization, grant of consent)
- Risk assessement of fungicides for birds and rodents: Avoidance study for authorising
- Risk assessment of pesticides on beneficial organisms in forestry
- Risk assessment of the test area efficacy in the authorization / approval of plant protection products in the forestry and grant of consent
- Risk management for biotic damages in forest stands for achieving sustainable forest management. Subproject 1: Effects of insecticides and natural disturbances on pest antagonists and non-target organisms in pine forests
- Risk mitigation measures for anticoagulant rodenticides
- Risk-benefit assessment by the efficacy evaluation section as part of the authorisation/approval of fungicides, bactericides and growth regulators in vegetables, fruits, viticulture and ornamentals as well as declaration of agreement
- Risk-benefit assessment by the efficacy evaluation section as part of the authorisation/approval of fungicides, bactericides and growth regulators in vegetables, fruits, viticulture and ornamentals as well as declaration of agreement
- Risk-benefit assessment by the efficacy evaluation section as part of the authorisation/approval of insectides and acaricides in vegetables, fruits, viticulture, hops and ornamentals as well as declaration of agreement
- Risk-benefit assessment by the efficacy evaluation section as part of the authorisation/approval of plant protection products in private homes and gardens
- Rodent damage and transmission of rodent-borne zoonotic disease in households in Asian-Pacific territories
- Selection and investigation of black alders (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.) on resistance towards Phytophthora alni. Subproject: JKI
- SMART agriculture for innovative vegetable crop PROTECTion: harnessing advanced methodologies and technologies
- Smart DSS (Decision Support System) for IPM in Protected Horticulture
- Spread and importance of tree parasites with pathogenic potential for humans (eg oak processionary moth)
- Strengthening public health by understanding the epidemiology of rodent-borne diseases
- Strengthening public health by understanding the epidemiology of rodent-borne diseases
- Studies on the biology and control of pests and diseases in forests, renewable resources and in urban green
- Studying field mouse dispersal dynamics to predict/manage infestation of cropland
- Surveys on the biodiversity of multifunctional land use systems, particularly for short rotation plantations, and the combination of growing fast growing tree species with crops in agroforestry systems, the reclamation of areas of lignite mining
- Sustainable rodent management in agriculture: comparative assessment of rodenticide use and alternatives
- Toxico-kinetics of Fludioxonil and Cyprodinil in common voles
- Urban Food Webs: typology of gardens in the green infrastructure
- Vulnerability and adaptive capacity of oak to pathogens with increased drought stress and nitrogen stress
- WeGa - competence network - Prevention of latent damage (Phytophthora) - Measures for Rhododendron
- WeGa - Network - Product and productsafety highly intensive plant production
Work package leader of collaborative projects
Involved in research projects
- Collaborative project: Validation of a PCR based Lab-on-a-Chip-System for Phytophthora diagnosis – Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Validation of a PCR based Lab-on-a-Chip-System for Phytophthora diagnosis – Subproject 3
- Development of a biological control agent from licorice with secure action in the field by using more efficient application technology. Focus 1: Industrial and basic research
- Development of a biological control agent from licorice with secure action in the field by using more efficient application technology. Focus 2: application in the field. Sub project 2: cucumber / climate factors
- Development of a biological control agent from licorice with secure action in the field by using more efficient application technology. Focus 2: application in the field. Sub project: tomato, potato / Application Engineering
- Development of a conceptual framework on economical assessment within the comparative assessment of plant protection products in regulation (EU) 1107/2009 in Germany and assessment of exemplary candidates for substitution
- Development of a database for non-chemical methods in plant protection
- Development of a strategy for sustainable expansion of organic farming
- Effective control of vole and field mouse in grassland of Bavaria
- Implementation of the requirements of the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products in relation to minor uses
- Induction of EPRV in kalanchoe in result of vegetative propagation
- Junior research group medicinal plants - Practice-oriented research for the consolidation of the competitiveness of German medicinal plant cultivation and the promotion of young scientists
- Possible impact of climate change to emergences of rodentborne hantaviruses
- Risk management for biotic damages in forest stands for achieving sustainable forest management. Subproject 1: Effects of insecticides and natural disturbances on pest antagonists and non-target organisms in pine forests
Contact
Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests
(JKI-GF)
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Lower Saxony
Germany
Phone: +49 (531) 2 99-46 01 / - 44 01
Fax: +49 (531) 2 99-30 11 / -30 09
Email: gf(@)julius-kuehn.de