Research objectives

• Characterization of host-pathogen interactions for new bacterial and fungal pathogens of pome and stone fruit arising due to changing climatic conditions
• Functional characterization of resistance and virulence factors  
• Development of artificial screening methods for new biotic stress factors
• Evaluation of genetic resources for resistance to biotic stress factors

Membership/Activities

• Membership German Society of Plant Breeding e.V. (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pflanzenzüchtung e.V., (GPZ)
  https://gpz-online.de/
• Membership German Phytomedicine Society e.V., (DPG)
  https://plant-protection.net/de/home
• Gemeinschaft Förderer und Freunde des Julius Kühn-Instituts e. V. (GFF)
  https://www.julius-kuehn.de/foerdervereine
• International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
  https://www.ishs.org/

Researchgate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Woehner2

ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0585-3339

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut