Germany: Participants in COST Action 850

Ralf-Udo EHLERS
Institute for Phytopathology
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
Dept. Biotechnology & Biological Control
Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 9
D-24118 Kiel/Germany
Tel.: +49-431-880-4864
Fax: +49-431-880-1583
E-Mail: ehlers@biotec.uni-kiel.de
URL: www.uni-kiel.de/phytomed/

   Ralf-Udo Ehlers

Main research activities related to EPNs:
 1. Nematode-bacterium symbiosis
2. Nematode biology and reproduction
3. Improvement of mass production technology
4. Breeding for genetic improvement of beneficial traits
5. Development of formulation technology
6. Establishment of nematodes in agriculture environments
7. Isolation and molecular identification of EPN and their symbionts
8. Use of EPN against weevils and grubs
9. Development of integrated biological control strategies to control Diamondback Moth
10. Combination of EPN and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bti) to control Tipula paludosa
11. Development of integrated control systems in strawberries
12. Use of microbial agents to control plant diseases

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Christian BORGEMEISTER
Hannover University,
Institute of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection (IPP)
Herrenhäuser Str. 2
30419 Hannover, Germany
Tel: +49-511-7622642
Fax: +49-511-7623015
E mail: borgemeister@ipp.uni-hannover.de
URL: www.gartenbau.uni-hannover.de/ipp/ipp01.htm

  Christian Borgemeister

Main research activities related to EPNs:
 1. Application of EPNs against western flower thrips (WFT) Frankliniella occidentalis, targeting at both the soil-dwelling life stages of WFT and the thrips on the plants.
2. EPNs for control of subterranean pests in South America (particularly white grubs & burrower bug).
3. EPNs for control against Ceratothripoides claratris, an important thrips pest of vegetables in South-East Asia.

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Lemma EBSSA
Hannover University,
Institute of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection (IPP)
Herrenhäuser Str. 2
30419 Hannover, Germany
Tel: +49-511-7623553
Fax: +49-511-7623015
E mail: ebssa@ipp.uni-hannover.de

   Lemma Ebssa

Main research activities related to EPNs:
 1. Application of EPNs against western flower thrips (WFT) Frankliniella occidentalis, targeting at both the soil-dwelling life stages of WFT and the thrips on the plants.

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Arne PETERS
e-nema GmbH
Raisdorf
URL: www.e-nema.de

    

Main research activities related to EPNs:
 1. Commercial production of EPN
2. Quality control strategies for EPN
3. Use of EPN against novel pests
4. Improvement of application technology

 

 

Dieter STURHAN
BBA Münster
URL: www.bba.de

    

Main research activities related to EPNs:
 1. Distribution of EPN in different agroecosystems

 

 

Horst BATHON
BBA Darmstadt
URL: www.bba.de

    

Main research activities related to EPNs:
 1. Safety of EPN
2. Use of EPN against grubs in the forest

 

 

Heidrun VOGT
BBA Dossenheim
URL: www.bba.de

    

Main research activities related to EPNs:
 1. Use of EPN against the cherry fruit fly

 

 

Erko STACKEBRANDT
DSMZ
Braunschweig
URL: www.dsmz.de

    

Main research activities related to EPNs:
 1. Phylogeny of symbiotic bacteria
2. Strain collection

 

 

Reinhard ALBERT
Landesanstalt für Pflanzenschutz
Stuttgart
URL: www.landwirtschaft-mlr.baden-wuerttemberg.de/la/lfp/biolsbk/biolsbk.htm

    

Main research activities related to EPNs:
 1. Integration of EPN in pest control systems

 

 

Helmut RÖCK
University Kiel
URL: www.tf.uni-kiel.de/etech/ART

    

Main research activities related to EPNs:
 1. Modelling growth and inclusion protein production in Photorhabdus luminescens

 

 

Walter SUDHAUS
University Berlin
URL: www.fu-berlin.de/einrichtungen/fachbereiche/bio-chem-pharm/bio/zoo.html

    

Main research activities related to EPNs:
 1. Phylogeny and biology of rhabditid nematodes