ServicesOur diagnostic service include: - Consultation concerning plant protection - Diagnosis of plant diseases- Determination of mycoses and their pathogens - Determination of bacterioses and their pathogens: - with microscopic, bio-chemical and molecular techniques, - with different serological methods - by isolation on nutrient media with a subsequent identification - by using indicator plants- Investigations on pathogens, non-parasitic diseases and complex diseases. Further services include: - Providing expert opinions in case of legal disputes with a phytomedical background - Testing of plant reproduction material with regard to contaminations with plant pathogens - Execution of resistance tests with new varieties and breeding material under standardized conditions in the greenhouse or growth chamber- Tests of the fungicides or bactericides of newly developed compounds under controlled conditions - Provision of test material (Inoculum of phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria) for: - resistance tests in plant breeding - fungicide tests for the chemical industry - Contract research studies with mycological and bacteriological problems on agriculturally and horticulturally cultivated plants (e.g.infestigations on latent infections, tests concerning the persistance and distribution of pathogens in the soil and in the plant, proof of the influence of the rootstock on the resistance of a variety) The services offered include field and greenhouse inspections, diagnoses on-site as well as sampling for the required laboratory investigations.