PD Dr. Jürgen Gross

Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture

Contact

Address
Julius Kühn-Institut
Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture
Schwabenheimer Str. 101
69221 Dossenheim

Tasks

Head of the “Applied Chemical Ecology” lab
Research on biology, ecology, diagnosis and sustainable control of major pests in fruit crops
Development and implementation of innovative analytical methods
Development and improvement of biological and biotechnical applications in pest control in integrated and organic fruit crop farming systems (focus infochemicals)

President of the German Society for General and Applied Entomology (DGaaE)
Convenor of the expert group „Pheromones and other semio-chemicals in integrated production“ of the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control
Member of the Entomological Society of America (ESA)
Member of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE)
Member of the International Entomological Society (IEV)
Member of the German Scientific Society for Plant Protection and Plant Health r.S. (DPG)
Associate Editor of „Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution“
Associate editor of the Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection
Subject Editor at Journal of Pest Science (from 2005-2007 Editor-in-Chief)
Subject editor (Leaf beetles; Chrysomelidae) of ZooKeys (Pensoft Publishers, USA)