Dr. Annette Herz

Wissenschaftlerin / Institute for Biological Control

Contact

Address
Julius Kühn-Institut
Institute for Biological Control
Schwabenheimer Straße 101
69221 Dossenheim

Tasks

Head of the research group “Beneficial Arthropods and Functional Biodiversity”.
Research on identification, production and use of invertebrate biological control agents for the regulation of native and invasive pests in agriculture.
Development of strategies for conservation and enhancement of beneficial arthropods in agroecosystems.
Methods for identification and quality control of invertebrate biological control agents in mass rearing and production.
Further development of methods for testing side-effects of plant protection measures on non-target organisms and for risk assessment of exotic biological control agents.

Involvement in the EPPO/IOBC Panel on „Biological control agents” for elaboration of recommendations on import and release of exotic biological control agents.
Member of the German Society for General and Applied Entomology (DGaaE)
Member of the German Phytomedical Society r.s. (DPG)
Head of the Working Group „Beneficial arthropods and entomopathogenic nematodes“ of the DGaaE & DPG.
Member of the “International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Weeds / West Palaearctic Regional Section”(IOBC/WPRS): - Convenor of the Publication Commission