Research and Assignments:

Identification and Evaluation of plant genetic resources for resistance against late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in Solanum species

Improvement of quantitative late-blight resistance in cultivated potato

Research for improvement of subset breeding characters in potato

Development of experimental populations for phenotyping and for genetic and molecular analysis

Enhancement of maturity-independent resistance test methods

Boards and Memberships:

• German Society of Agriculture (DLG)
• Society of Plant Breeding (GPZ)
• European Association for Potato Research (EAPR)

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut