Direktor und Professor Dr. agr. The Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops is concerned with developing elements of integrated plant protection and putting them together to a concept of integrated orcharding. Research centres on the development of biotechnical and biological control methods aiming to spare and promote the natural antagonists of pest organisms. Other fields of work are the characterization and diagnosis of pest organisms, research into plant resistance and into host-parasite interactions.
Some research is made in accompaniment of the authorization of plant protection products.
The institute also develops decision aids for consultation by the federal government in the field of plant protection in orchards or for the purpose of relevant law-making.