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Austria:

Federal Office and Research Centre for Agriculture, Bundesamt und Forschungszentrum für Landwirtschaft (BFL), Vienna, Austria. Institutes within BFL (selected): Agricultural Ecology, Plant Production, Evaluation of Plant Protection Products, Applied Soil Science, Seed, Phytomedicine or Apiculture. In the service section you will find their plant protection advisory service or information on plant protection products. The service section is only available in German, but all other section also provide information in English and French.

Institut für Pflanzenschutz (Institute for Plant Protection), Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU), Vienna, Austria. Research activities includes IPM, pesticide resistance, disease diagnosis, weed control, and other. Available information: General Information, personnel, research activities, links, and news. Information is only available in German.


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Belgium:

Agricultural Research Centre (CRA) of Gembloux, Ministry of Small Enterprises, Traders and Agriculture, Gembloux, Belgium. Departments (selected): Biotechnology, Crop Production, Biological control & plant genetic resources, Pesticide research, Agricultural engineering, or Quality of agricultural products. For each department you will find detailed information including the units and research activities. Further available: Scientific Information (databases, searchable database of publications an more), web services, links and general information. Website available in English and French.

Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, University of Ghent. Research Units: Agrozoology, Phytopathology-Phytovirology and Crop Protection Chemistry. Available: Staff, courses, research groups and laboratories (Crop Protection Chemistry, Agrozoology , Phytopathology).

Laboratory of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Applied Biological Sciences, Departement of Applied Plant Sciences, University of Leuven. Research Activities: Plant Parasitic Nematodes, Antagonistic Fungi, Plant Resistance Factors, Pathogenic Fungi, Pesticide Residue Analysis...

Plant Pathology, Gembloux, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques. Research is focussed on: Diagnostic of plant diseases, sanitation of vegetatively propagated crops, selection for resistance, Biological Control. Training programs and technology transfer, staff.

Unité de Phytopathologie (FYMY), Département de biologie appliquée et des productions agricoles (BAPA), Université de catholique de Lovain (UCL), Belgium. Research: Host-Parasite-Relationships, Integrated Control of Fungi Vectors of Plant Viruses, Eyespot on winter wheat, Funigicide Resistance, Metabolization of Pesticides in Soils and Plants. Virology. Monoclonal Antibodies in Phytopathology.


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Czech Republic:

Institute of Plant Molecular Biology (IPMB), Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice. Research: Genetic engineering of plants, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, molecular genetics and diagnosis of plant viruses and viroids. Working Groups: Transgenosis, Gene Manipulations, Nitrogen Fixation, Molecular Genetics, Photosynthesis, Virology and Molecular cytogenetics . The Virology section includes the Strawberry Vein Banding Virus Project.

Research Institute of Crop Production (RICP), Výzkumný Ústav Rostlinné Výroby (VURV), Prague, Czech Republic. Institute's divisions: Agroecology, Genetics & Plant Breeding, Plant Medicine, and Plant Nutrition. Departments within Division of Plant Medicine: Virology, Entomology, Bacteriology, Mycology, Store-Product Pest Control and Research Station of Viticulture. Research: detection methods of plant viruses, bacteria & fungi, biological control, breeding for resistance is oriented on cereals, fruit trees & vegetables, cold hardiness of grapevine. Further available: research & services (including strategic research areas), links, news, local information.


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Denmark:

Department of Crop Protection, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Slagelse. Research groups: (1) Weed ecology & non-chemical control, (2) Plant Pathology, (3) Entomology, (4) Pesticide research and (5) Decision support/modelling/aid cooperation.

Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory and Research Center, Headquarters: Copenhagen, Denmark. Research: Basic and applied research in plant biochemistry, molecular biology and pathology. Research is focussed on barley (and tomato and Arabidopsis). The research group for molecur plant pathology (Oliver's group) is interested in Cladosporium fulvum, Blumeria graminis and resistance in barley. Further available: staff, publications, contact, links, buletin board (e.g. PhD projects), DNA Tools (Sequence analysis software), and CEREPAT (cereal pathology).

Department of Plant Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen. Research Areas: Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Section of Plant Pathology, Plant Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory. The Plant Pathology Section deals with research and teaching in all aspects of plant pathology, namely virology, mycology and bacteriology.

Department of Weed Control and Pesticide Ecology, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Slagelse, Denmark. Research Groups: Weed ecology, Herbicide research, Non-chemical weed control, Weed control in agriculture, horticulture and forestry, and Pesticide ecology. Available: information on the working groups, people in the department.


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Finland:

Department of Plant Production, University of Helsinki. Research Projects in Crop Production: Poatato Virus Y (PVY, P1 mediated resistance), Crop and Stress Physiology (e. g. impact of climatic changes), Farming systems.

The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Metsäntutkimuslaitos (METLA) is an independent research organization under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Research Areas: Underutilization of timber resources, Biodiversity in forests, Forest health, Multiple-use of forests. Available Information: About the Institute, Research, Services, Publications, Research Units, Address, and more.

Agricultural Research Centre (MTT), Jokioinen, Finland. One Research Institute for Plant Production Research (including Plant Protection, Crops and Soil, Horticulture). to find information on research in plant pathology use the available databases (ASTERI, TUIKE) and their free text search. Try phrases like "plant pathology" or "plant diseases" to find more information.


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France:

Antibes INRA centre, Le centre de Recherche d'Antibes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA, National Institute for Agricultural Research). Laboratories & Research Topics: (I) Invertebrate Biology Laboratory: fundamental & applied nematology, insect resistance to insecticides, Eco-ethology of Entomophagous Insects, Population Biology, Biological Control, (II) Botanical & Plant Pathology Laboratory: Molecular plant pathology, Flowering and ornamental plant pathology, In-vitro culture and more, (III) Plant Breeding, (IV) Pharmaco-toxicology Laboratory (INSERM), (V) Regional and National Laboratories for Plant Protection. Information in French and English.

Chaire de Pathologie Végétale (INA P-G), Départment de Biologie, Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Paris. Information is only in French available.

The CSIRO European Lab, one of the overseas research stations of the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Campus International de Baillarguet, Montferrier, France. Their activities: Biological Control of Weeds and Pests, Ecology of Biological Invasions. Further available: About the Lab, Links.

l'Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes (IBMP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Strasbourg. Departments: Cellular Biology, Plant Genetics, Molecular Plant Pathology, Plant Virology. Information for local user in french, most scientific information in english.

Institut francais de Recherches pour le Développement en Coopération, L'Ostrom à Montpellier, France. Laboratories (related to Plant Pathology): Biotechnology (Microbiology), Biological Control, Phytovirology and GeneTrop. Information is ony available in French.

Station de Pathologie Végétale at URI-GC du SRIV, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Le Rheux Ceder, France. Research groups: cereals, legumes, potatoes, virology and more. The URI-GC (Unite de Recherches Integrees-grande cultures) is interested in phytosanitary and integrated approaches for control methods. Further available: Publications and some links. Information is ony available in French.

Unité de Pathologie végétale, Centre GMPV (Grignon-Massy-Paris-Versailles), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Versaille. Research Interests (Les objectifs de l'unité): Pathogen identification, transgenic plants, evolution of pathogen populations and their dynamics, molecular biology of host-pathogen interactions. Research Projects (Les thématiques de recherche): Virus transmission by Polymyxa betae, Botrytis cinera, Leptosphaeria maculans, virus diseases of peas and barley yellow dwarf virus. MYCOMOL: mycology, taxonomy, identification and culture collection system. HYP3 is a multimedia database for important pathogens in Europe. You can browse thru this database by species, disease or crop. A glossary is available. The information on this server is only provided in French except HYP3 which is also available in English. More information in english will be available soon.


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Hungary:

Plant Protection Institute (MTA Növényvédelmi Kutatóintézete), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. Research Units: Biochemistry and Resistance Biology, Biotechnology, Entomology, Pesticide Chemistry, Pathophysiology and Plant Pathology. Available Information: Research Units, University Cooperations, Directory, Photo Gallery and Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica.


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Ireland:

Department of Biology, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Research Areas (selected): Nematode Genetics (biochemistry and genetics of the insect parasitic nematode Heterorhabditis), Bacterial Molecular genetics (Photorhabdus luminescens in biological control of insect pests), Population Ecology, Environmental Science and more. Available information: About the department, staff information, research (with details), publications, courses.


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Italy:

Centro di Studio sui Virus e le Virosi delle Colture Mediterranee (Centre for Virus & Virus-like diseases Research of Mediterranean Crops), Italian National Research Council, Bari. Research Areas: Identification and description of new virus and virus-like diseases, Molecular biology of plant viruses, Construction of expression cassettes for introducion of exogenous genes, preimmunization, detection of Viruses (ELISA, PCR), electronmicroscopy, Epidemiology and ecology of insect-transmitted and soil-borne viruses.

Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante (Department of Plant Protection), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy. Section Entomology with working groups: Biological Control, Entomology, Integrated Pest Management, Systematics & Taxonomy of Predator and Phytophagous Insect. Section Plant Pathology with working groups: Bacteriology, Ecology & Epidemiology of Microrganism Populations (Bacteria and Fungi), Forest Pathology, Molecular Biology, Mycology, Physiopathology and Plant Protection. Further available: Areas of Interest, Research Goals, Staff and Publications. Information available in Italian and English.

Istituto di Nematologia Agraria Applicata ai Vegetali (Institute of Nematology), Italian National Research Council, Bari. Research Areas: (I) Identification, Systematics and Taxonomy of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes, (II)Biology, Economical importance and Physiology of Phytoparasitic Nematodes, (III) Host - parasite and nematode - other pathogens relationships, (IV) Control strategies, and (V) Documentation and Information in Agricultural Nematology. The Institute of Nematology publishes Nematologia Mediterranea.

Istituto di Fitovirologia Applicata (IFA) (Institute for Applied Phytovirology), National Research Center, Turin. Research on plant viruses, viroids and phytoplamas. Available: Introduction, staff, research activities, publications, library and the ISHS "Vegetable Virus Working Group". Information available in Italian and English.

Istituto Sperimentale per la Patologia Vegetale (ISPaVe), Plant Pathology Research Institute, Rome. Research: General Pathology and Physiopathology, Epidemiology and resistance to diseases, Cryptogamic diseases, Virus and virus-like diseases, Forest pathology and Plant protection. Further available: Staff, Activities, Collaborations, Publications, Organization. Information available in Italian and English.


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