Assignments and Research Activities:

• Research into diagnostics, epidemiology and control of bacterial quarantine diseases of cultivated plants
• Elaboration and assessment of national and European regulations and standards on diagnostics and the management of bacterial quarantine diseases of cultivated plants.
• Reference functions in the diagnostics of bacterial diseases
• Quality assurance in plant health diagnostics through the implementation of international standards.

Memberships:

• Head of the working group „Bacterial quarantine diseases of potatoes and other crops”
• Head of the working group “Quality Management in Plant Health Diagnostics: Sub-Working Group Bacteriology
• Member of the Panel on Diagnostics in Bacteriology of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)
• Member of the European Association of Phytopthologists (EAP)

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut