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Membership

We rely on our members!

  • The essence of the DPG becomes clear through the work of each individual member. Every member represents the DPG to the outside world and represents plant protection interests in public. That is why every member is very important to us in achieving our statutory objectives.
  • The DPG's mission is based on the benefit for the common good. We are aware of the outstanding importance of plant protection for securing the nutritional basis and the living environment of the population and the provision of sufficient renewable raw materials under the conditions of globalized trade and commerce.
  • Our participation in the DPG testifies to our responsibility towards the DPG's mission. Obtaining personal benefits through the work of the DPG is subordinate to the mission and is incidental.
  • The DPG's mission is to bring together a wide variety of interest groups who, in their own special way, safeguard the public's requirements for plant protection. It is irrelevant which path the individual members take or how great their contribution is.
  • Our constant endeavor is the professional and social classification of findings from the individual disciplines of plant protection. This creates the opportunity for scientific progress and technical innovation. Our members promote research in the entire field of plant protection as well as the application of the knowledge gained in teaching and consulting. This results in the joint development of diverse plant protection solutions.
  • Our members provide an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary integration of plant protection content. They come from the fields of university/research, industry/small and medium-sized enterprises, including plant cultivation producers, from public consulting, are independent experts, belong to state and federal authorities or are interested laypersons.

Types of memberships

You have the choice: ordinary or supporting member?

Anyone who is interested in phytomedicine and wants to actively support the DPG can become a full ordinary member. They are admitted upon written application by the 1st Chairman. 

Organizations, scientific institutes, companies and individuals who wish to support the efforts of the society, especially financially, can be accepted as supporting members. Admission is regulated by the Executive Board.  

All other forms of membership are obtained by appointment and nomination:

Personalities whose close ties to the society are desirable may be appointed as corresponding members by the Board of Directors.

Individuals who have rendered outstanding services to the networking of the DPG with other like-minded organizations can be appointed honorary members. They are appointed by the Executive Board. Notification is made in the form of a certificate signed by the three chairmen. Honorary members have all the rights of ordinary members.

Our office will be happy to answer any questions you may have about membership. Please also notify us of any changes to your personal details (address, bank details, etc.).

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Fees and payment modalities

Membership fees

  • Ordinary members: 80 Euro / year
  • With simultaneous membership of the DGG (Deutsche Gartenbauwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft eV): 75 Euro / year
  • Retired members: 40 Euro / year
  • Ordinary members in training (e.g. for students, diploma students according to application): 20 Euro / year
  • Ordinary members with reduced membership fee (due to social hardship): 20 Euro / year
  • Supporting members: at least 10 times the contribution of an ordinary member: >800 / year

Application for a reduced fee

  • The application for a reduced fee can be made for the current year when joining the DPG.
  • A fee reduction for ordinary members in training (selectable on the application form) can be granted once for a period of three calendar years upon admission to the DPG.
  • A reduced membership fee rate can only be granted for the current year from the date of the application if a currently valid reason for the reduction has been submitted in writing.
  • An application for an extension of the fee reduction (still in training after three years, or in case of hardship) must be submitted annually by December 31 of a year for the following calendar year, so that the statutory payment deadlines for membership fees can be met (March 31 of the current year).

Invoicing and collection of membership fees

  • As a rule, the membership fee is paid by direct debit. We have to charge administrative costs of 2.50 euros for reminders. So please switch to direct debit!
  • If you participate in the direct debit procedure, please inform the office immediately of any changes to your account details. For unsuccessful debit attempts, our account will be debited with 10 euros, which will subsequently be charged to you as a fee.

Downloads for the membership

Membership application form
Application for a reduced fee
Direct debit authorization
Flyer “Young DPG” with membership application form
Membership in training: Specifics
DPG Rules of Procedure

Services

We connect the interest groups represented in the DPG through:
  • integrating them into an information network

  • organizing national and international conferences with topics offered by the membership

  • subsidizing conferences in the field of plant protection

  • subsidizing of information material on plant protection content

  • subsidizing of trips by members who are traveling on behalf of the DPG (e.g. to expert discussions abroad)

  • organization of events on key topics suggested by members in working groups

  • support in the implementation of working groups

  • support in the development of new interdisciplinary approaches through cooperation with other specialist organizations

  • agreements on mutual reductions in membership fees for dual memberships in different specialist organizations

  • maintenance of a calendar of events that can be used by any member to inform other members.

  • reduced subscription prices for the Phytomedicine Spectrum

  • free subscription to “Phytomedizin” and the Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection