LON-CAPA Departments, Europe - Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book (PPIGB)

Europe:
Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic
Denmark	Finland	France
Germany	Hungary	Ireland
Italy	Netherlands	Norway
Portugal	Russia	Spain
Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey
United Kingdom

The Netherlands:

Department of Nematology, Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU), The Netherlands. Research Areas: Plant-nematode interactions with emphasizes on signal-transduction, natural and artificial host-plant resistances, Plantibodies (versatile resistance genes against tomato spotted wilt virus, root rot nematode). Further available: Education, Staff.

Department of Phytopathology, Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU), The Netherlands. Research: Epidemiology & Resistance, Soil-borne fungi, Plant pathogenic bacteria, Plant-pathogen interactions, Phytopharmacy.

Department of Plant Breeding, Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU), The Netherlands. Resaerch: Genetic variation (e. g. Resistance against Globodera pallida, Phytophthora infestans), Genetic modification, Selection methods. Breeding for Resistance: Mechanisms and exploitation of resistance to plant pathogenic fungi in crops like barley and tomato. Further available: About the Department, Education, News, Links. Site is searchable.

Department of Virology, Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU), The Netherlands. Research: Tospoviruses, Baculoviruses, Bromoviruses and other Plant Viruses, Transmission of Plant Viruses, Movement Proteins and Electron Microscopy. Further available: About the Department, Organization, Education, Student Information, Seminars and Links.

DLO Research Institute for Plant Protection (IPO-DLO), Wageningen, The Netherlands. Research Departments: Entomology, Nematology, Mycology, Bacteriology and Virology. Diagnostics, production and services: Antisera against viruses and bacteria, Viral, bacterial & fungal inocula, and sex pheromones. The research department for virology provides detailed information on their research, publications, antisera and more.

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Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Norsk Institutt for Planteforsking, �s. Plant Protection Departments: Plant Pathology, Entomology & Nematology, Weed Science, Prognoses & Forecasting and Pesticide Laboratory. Research areas (other than plant protection): cereals & oilseed rape, vegetables & potatoes, ecological agriculture, grassland and fodder crops, managed landscape, fruit & berries, glasshouse cultures, plant breeding. Further available: reports, climate data, research stations and links.

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Plant Protection Department (Departemento de Protecção de Plantas), Universidade de Tr�s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real Codex, Portugal. Research: Agrobotany, Entomology and Plant Pathology. Entomology: Ecological agriculture in olive crop, Integrated control in olive, Integrated control of the red spider mite. Plant Pathology: Chesnut Ink Disease, Monilia brown rot, Grapevine Leafroll associated closterovirus, tospoviruses. Further available: staff, courses.

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All Russian Research Institute of Plant Protection (VIZR), Russia Academy of Sciences (RAAS), St. Petersburg-Pushkin, Russia. Formerly the All-Union Institute of Plant Protection. It is a methodological and co-ordination centre for development of fundamental bases of plant protection and principles for designing regional systems of plant protection in Russia. Main research areas: principals of formation of species and race composition, effect of abiotic and biotic factors on the seasonal and long-term population dynamics of main pests, forecast and monitoring of pests,weeds and phytopathogens. Available: general information on the institute, the departments and areas of research.

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Department of Plant Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biol�gicas, Madrid, Spain. Research Areas: Plant Cell & Molecular Biology, Entomology & Relationships Plant-Insect, Chemical Communications in Insects, Plant Molecular Virology. Information on Department members.

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Department of Entomology, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala. Research Topics: Behavioural ecology, Conservation biology, Epidemiology and insect pathology, Pest management, Plant insect interactions, Population dynamics, Taxonomy.

Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala. Research Areas: Root Rot Diseases, Diseases of seedlings, Ectomycorrhiza, Population Biology, Forest Damage, Cantharellus Research. Further information on: Research, Education, Consultational & diagnostic service, staff and links.

Department of Plant Protection, Swedish University of Agriculture, SLU Alnarp - Sveriges Lantbruks Universitet, Sweden. Research Groups: Chemical Ecology, Entomology, Nematology, Plant Resistance & Mycology, Virology. Further available: links and some general information.

Department of Silviculture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Ume�, Sweden. Available: staff, education, courses, research areas & projects, publications and seed lab. In research at the department you will find the group for forest pathology in Northern Sweden.

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Switzerland:

Division of Synecology, Institute of Zoology, University of Berne. Research areas (selected): Ecological compensation areas in agricultural landscape, Biocontrol of weeds, Insects in extensively managed and abandoned grasslands and others. Available Information: Research with details, staff, seminar, special events, jobs.

Plant Pathology, Institute for Plant Sciences, ETH Z�rich, Switzerland. Research groups: Annual crops, Apple, Biocontrol, Plasmopara viticola and Spongospora . Available: People, Research, seminars, virtual classroom, news, links and more. Under heading research you will find a list of current research projects. The virtual classroom page is an excellent education resource for disease diagnostic and epidemiology (available in German).

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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara. Departemental subdivisions for Entomology and Phytopathology.

Department of Plant Protection, Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Bornova Izmir. Available: Research Staff, projects, departemental units (turkish), e-mail addresses and links.

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