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Berlin/Braunschweig: Federal Biological Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA), Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Berlin and Braunschweig. Overview and general information on the BBA. Descriptions of Institutes and Departments: Information Centre for Phytomedicine & Library,Plant Protection Products and Application Techniques, National and International Plant Health, Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, Plant Protection in Forests, Plant Protection in Horticulture, Plant Protection in Fruit Crops, Plant Protection in Viticulture, Weed Research, Integrated Plant Protection, Technology Assessment in Plant Protection, Biochemistry and Plant Virology, Microbiology, Nematology & Vertebrate Research, Biological Control, Protection of Stored Products, Ecological Chemistry, and Ecotoxicology in Plant Protection. Further available: addresses, staff, plant protection products, databases (e. g. Phytomed), job vacancies and a flower checklist. The plant protection products includes the "Index of authorised plant protection products", residues analysis or EU-evaluation of active substances.

Bonn: Institute for Plant Diseases (Institut für Pflanzenkrankheiten), University of Bonn. The institute is divided into four departments: Plant Diseases, Entomology & Plant Protection, Soil-Ecosystems Phytopathology and Agricultural & Food Microbiology. It also offers a training program for agricultural technicians. For the departments the following information is available: Staff, research projects, publications, teaching, news and some more. The information provided by a single department varied in content.

Braunschweig: Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft (FAL), Braunschweig-Fölkenrode. The Federal Agricultural Research Centre in Germany. Research Institutes, Brunswick Genetic Resource Centre, Conferences.

Geisenheim: Section Phytomedicine Fachgebiet Phytomedizin, Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim, Geisenheim. Research: Pests and diseases of grapes and horticultural crops, integrated pest management, environment friendly plant protection, forecasting and more. Available Information: Staff, research, news, contact. Page is only available in German.

Giessen: Institute for Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Institut für Phytopathologie und Angewandte Zoologie, University of Giessen. Research Groups: Phytopathology & Applied Zoology, Applied Ecology, Biological and Biotechnical Plant Protection, and Phytopathology and Applied Entomology in Tropics and Subtropics. Further available: Research Report, Projects.

Göttingen: Institute of Plant Pathology and Plant Protection, Institut für Pflanzenpathologie und Pflanzenschutz, Georg August University, Göttingen. Sections and Research Groups: General Plant Pathology & Plant Protection, Phytobacteriology, Diagnosis and Biological Control of Phytopahogenic Fungi, Mycology, Entomology, Image Analysis and Electron Microscopy. Further available: Staff, addresses, courses, Faculty, contact, publications and Links.

Gülzow: Pflanzenschutzamt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Landesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Fischerei Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Gülzow. This service is only available in German. Available: Adresses, events, plant protection news, disease alerts, plant protection laws, plant trade within the european community and with other countries, EU protected areas. This servioce is highly useful for people living in this region of Germany.

Halle: Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), Halle/Saale, Germany. Departments at IPB: Stress- and Developmental Biology (Streß- und Entwicklungsbiologie), hormone research Hormonforschung), chemistry (Naturstoffchemie) and secondary metabolism (Sekundärstoffwechsel). The 'stress' department includes research groups for peptide receptors, celluar signalling, signalling mutants, systemic acquired resistance, heavy metal stress and chromatin structure. The 'hormone' department is also working on jasmonates and lipid peroxidation and the 'secondary metabolism' department includes research on mycorrhiza and signal transduction. Further available: General information, location of IPB and some more.

Halle-Wittenberg: Institute for Plant Breeding and Plant Protection, Institut für Pflanzenzüchtung und Pflanzenschutz, Faculty for Agriculture, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Sections: Plant Breeding, Phytopathology & Plant Protection. In Section Phytopathology are the working groups: Entomology, Mycology, Nematology, Virology.

Hamburg: Institute of Applied Botany (Institut für Angewandte Botanik), Department of Biology, University of Hamburg. Research groups (selected): Agricultural chemistry, seed science, plant protection and more. Further available: General information, staff, student information and more. Information is only available in German.

Hannover: Institute for Plant Disease and Plant Protection, Institut für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz, Department of Horticulture, University of Hannover, Germany. Research Groups: Induced Resistance & Mycorrhizal Research, Virology, Applied Entomology, Epidemiology. Research Topics: Systemic Acquired Resistance, Biological Control, IPM, VA-Mycorrhiza in sustainable agriculture, Antagonists, Parasitoids, modelling of disease epidemics, side effects of pesticides on beneficial athropods...and more.

Hohenheim/Stuttgart: Institute for Phytomedicine, Institut für Phytomedizin, University Hohenheim, Stuttgart. Research Areas: Phytopathology (Virology, Biological Control, Induced Resistance, Mycology, Mycotoxins), Weed Sciences, Entomology. Further available: Staff, courses, jobs, what's new, links. The pages of the institute are only available in german.

Jena: Institute of Microbiology, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena. The institute focusses on several aspects of fungal interactions. Research topics: Lignocellulose degradation, Mycoparasitism & gene transfer in nature, Development of molecular probes for fungal rape seed pathogens, Leptosphaeria, Verticillium & others, and Arbuscular mycorrhiza. Further Available: Genral information and news, publications, Microbial Research (a journal published by Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena) and links to other sites.

Kassel: Department of Ecological Agriculture (Fachgebiet Ökologischer Landbau), University of Kassel (GhK, Gesamthochschule Kassel), Witzenhausen. Research: Suppressive effects of composts against soilborne plant pathogens, inactivation of plant pathogens during composting, compost and suppresive soils, and more. Available information: News, Research, teaching, Staff, Publications.

Kiel: Institute of Phytopathology, Institut für Phytopathology, University of Kiel. Working Groups: Pest Animals (Molecular Phytopathology, Chemical Nematode ecology, entomopathogenic nematodes, entomology), Plant Pathogens & Plant Protection. Further available: Biotechnology, Publications, Staff, Education, Links.

Köln (Cologne): Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung (MPI), Köln (Cologne), Germany. Working Group Phytopathology. Information about this group is only in German. Other Research Units: Molecular Plant Genetics, Genetic Principles of Plant Breeding, Biochemistry, Plant Breeding & Yield Physiology, Max Delbrück Laboratory, and Central Scientific Services. Further available: General information about the MPI, open positions, links and more.

Konstanz: Phytopathology, Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany. Projects: (I) Fungal infection and plant response, (II) Biological control. Available Information: projects, publications, open positions and staff including their research interests.

Landwirtschaftskammern in Deutschland: in the following you will find a list of agricultural extension services in Germany owning a web site. These sites are providing information only in Germany. The duties of the argicultural services stations include extension, advancement for employees, agricultural expert system, advice of authorities & courts in agricultural questions, tasks as agricultural special board and more. All sites are containing plant pathology information:
Landwirtschaftskammer Bremen, Bremen.
Landwirtschaftskammer Hannover, Hannover, Niedersachsen (Lower saxony).
Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia).
Landwirtschaftskammer für das Saarland, Saarbrücken, Saarland (Saarland).
Landwirtschaftskammer Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.
Landwirtschaftskammer Weser-Ems, Oldenburg.
Landwirtschaftskammer Westfalen-Lippe, Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia).

Marburg: Department of Biology, Phillips University, Marburg an der Lahn. Section: Botany, Working Group: Morphology and Systematic of higher Plants. Research: Parasitic Flowering Plants and Arbuscular Mycorrhiza.

Marburg: Max-Planck-Institute for terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg. Research Departments and Groups: Biogeochemistry, Biochemistry (e. g. molecular biology of arbuscular mycorrhiza, filamentous fungi), Junior Groups Ecophysiology (Thermoregulation of plant pathogenic bacteria) and Symbiosis (Interactions between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and grasses). Further available: collaborations, facilities, organization and additional general information.

Munich: Department of Phytopathology (Lehrstuhl für Phytopathologie), Institute of Soil Science, Plant Nutrition and Plant Pathology, Fakulty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Technical University of Munich, Germany. Research: Applied Phytopathologty (e.g. downy mildews, prognosis prediction for late blight of potatoes), Biochemical Phytopathology (e.g. fungal phytotoxin activity), Applied Biochemistry (e.g. reactive oxygen species). Available: general information and details on the working groups.

Neuherberg: Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology (Institut für Biochemische Pflanzenpathologie), National Research Center for Environment and Health (GSF), Neuherberg, Germany. Major Research Topics: effects of atmospheric pollutants, pathogens and UV-B radiation on plants, Metabolism and accumulation of environmental chemicals (e.g. pesticides), guidelines for environmental standards, and more. Available: areas of research, outside activities, structure. You will find subjects of the GSF and their activities. Pages are available in German and English.

Quedlinburg: Federal Centre for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants (BAZ) (Bundesanstalt für Züchtungsforschung an Kulturpflanzen, BAZ), Quedlinburg, Germany. Part of the research sector of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry (BML). Research in the field of plant pathology (selected): resistance & pathogen diagnosis, epidemiology, gen bank, breeding for resistance, stress physiology, and more. Further available: history, structure, collections (Collection of Pathogens and Aphids), publications, research projects, staff and events. Information is given in German and English.

Rostock: Institute of Phytomedicine (Fachgebiet Phytomedizin), Faculty of Agriculture (Agrar Ecology), University of Rostock. Main research areas: biological plant protectants for control of fungal pathogens, root knot nematodes, Pathogenicity factors of necrotrophic pathogens, Impact of atmospheric trace gases on fungal plant diseases, soil-borne pathogens in intensive crop rotations and Pests and pathogens of non-food crops. Available: Research (including current projects), staff, publications, courses, news and events.

Tübingen: Chair of Special Botany and Mycology (Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Botanik und Mykologie), University of Tübingen. Research: Systematics, Ecology, Interactions, Research of the tropics, Conservation biology, Collections and Digital Exsiccate of Fungi. Interactions include symbiosis of roots and fungi, phytoparasitism (smut and rust fungi, Hetereobasidium, Endophytes, Beetles and fungi and Influence of parasites on their hosts. Further available: general information, staff, history, botanical garden and more. Information available in German, English, French and Spanish.

Weihenstephan: Institute of Botany and Plant Protection (Institutes für Botanik und Pflanzenschutz), Horticultural Research Station (Versuchsanstalt für Gartenbau), FH Weihenstephan, Germany. Available information: About the institute (staff, courses, aims), plant disease profiles for important diseases (in German), plant protection news (a monthly feature), a diagnostic quiz and some more. Information is available in German and some basic information also in English.

Weihenstephan/Munich: Department of Phytopathology (Lehrstuhl für Phytopathologie), Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Institute of Soil Science, Plant Nutrition and Plant Pathology, Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephan, Germany. Sections and research groups: Applied Phytopathology, Biochemical Phytopathology, Applied Biochemistry. The current doctoral studies and working groups are introduced.