Assignments and Research Activities:

• Development and evaluation of regulations and standards ensuring health and quality of plants for planting (EU-Marketing Directives on fruit and ornamental plants, certification schemes, regulated non-quarantine pests)
• Analysis and investigation of phytosanitary risks of biowaste, sewage sludge, renewable raw materials and other organic fertilisers utilised in agriculture
• Involvement in the reduction of market access problems due to phytosanitary matters in the course of exporting
• Training of plant health inspectors in respect of inspections at import, export and internal movement

Participation/Memberships:

• Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed section Propagating Material of Ornamental Plants of the European Commission
• Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed section Propagating Material and Plants of Fruit Genera and Species of the European Commission and subordinated expert working groups
• Working Committee on mother plantings and certification of fruit plants
• Member of the expert committee of the Association for quality assurance of agricultural waste utilisation responsible for phytosanitary safety
• Member of the Ad-hoc Panel on Phytosanitary Risks of Organic Waste of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO)
• Member of the German Phytomedical Society (DPG)

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut