Assignments and Research Activities:

• Coordination and realisation of phytosanitary pest risk analyses. Assessment of the risks of plant pests with regard to their introduction and spread, potential impacts, and threats to biological diversity.
• Communication of results of pest risk analyses to the competent authorities in Germany and Europe (e.g. German Plant Protection Services, EPPO).
• Modeling the potential distribution of new, alien species in Germany and Europe. Integration of climate change into modeling to assess future risks.

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut