Dr. Holger Kreye
Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen
Helene-Künne-Allee 5
38122 Braunschweig
Holger.Kreye@lwk-niedersachsen.de

Dr. Meike Brandes
Institut für Pflanzenschutz im Ackerbau und Grünland
Julius Kühn-Institut
Messeweg 11-12
38104 Braunschweig
meike.brandes@julius-kuehn.de

• Finding answers to questions of planning, method, and analysis of experiments dealing with plant protection remedies against oilseed-rape pathogens
• Promoting scientific work by presenting new procedures and methods to minimize the output of herbicides and pesticides
• Discussing current topics of integrated plant protection systems
• Cooperation with working groups of related thematic topics

• Fungal and animal pathogens as a cause for reduced yields of oilseed-rape
• Symptomatology and diagnosis of oilseed-rape pathogens
• Strategies of infestation reduction in the field
• Evolution of pathogen populations in times
• Pesticide resistance of pathogens
• Economic relevance of protection strategies

Our working group cooperates with representatives of the Julius Kühn-Institut, State plant protection agencies, industries, and universities.