Directory of Cereal Rust and Powdery Mildew workers

(formerly participant scientists of COST 817: Airborne pathogens of cereals)


The following is a list of scientists, universities and institutes which were participants in COST Action 817 which finished in December 1999. Many are rust and mildew research scientists. A new list of scientists with research interests in cereal rust and powdery mildew will be compiled based on this list. If you wish your name and address to be removed, added or updated, please mail me (editor@crpmb.org).


Austria / Bulgaria / Byelorussia* / Czech Republic / Denmark / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Ireland / Israel /Italy / Latvia * / Netherlands / Norway / Poland / Romania / Slovakia / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / Ukraine * / United Kingdom / U.S.A.*

* Countries which are not members of COST 817; institutes listed are individual members


Institution (with WWW links)
Phone
Fax
Name of scientist (with e-mail links)
* Member of Management Committee 
Institute contact person
Working groups
Diseases §
§ Abbreviations of names of diseases:
BBR: barley brown (leaf) rust. BPM: barley powdery mildew. OCR: oat crown rust. OPM: oat powdery mildew. 
SLB: Septoria tritici leaf blotch. WBR: wheat brown (leaf) rust. WPM: wheat powdery mildew. WYR: wheat yellow (stripe) rust.

Austria

Zuchtstation Lilienhof 
Probstdorf, NÖ 
A-2301 Groß-Enzersdorf 
+43 22152219-34 
+43 22152219-50
Franziska Löschenberger
Andreas Fleck

SLB
Federal Office and Research Centre of Agriculture 
Spargelfeldstrabe 191 
A-1226 Wien 
+ 43 1288164224 
+43 1288164211
*Elisabeth Kopper

Bulgaria

Plant Protection Institute 
2230 Kostinbrod
Maria Todorova
SLB

Byelorussia

Belorussian Acad. Sciences 
Institute of Genet. Cytology 
Soya-North Co. Ltd. 
Zhodinskaya 14 
Minsk 220141 
A. Zoubkovich
BPM

Czech Republic

Agricultural Research Institute 
P.O. Box 55 
Havlíkova 2787 
CZ-767 41 Kromeríz 
+420 634 317 139
+42 63422725
*Antonin Dreiseitl
Karel Klem 
Ludvik Tvaruzek (working group COST 835)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 
BPM, OCR, OPM, SLB, WBR
Laboratory of Disease Resistance Genetics 
Research Institute of Crop Production 
Drnovska 507 
CZ-161 06 Praha-Ruzyne 
+420 2360851 
+420 2365228
*Pavel Bartos
J. Sebesta 
Renata Hanusová 
Lubomir Vechet 
A. Stuchlíková 
V. Síp 
E. Sychrová

SLB, WPM, WYR

Denmark

Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Teglvaerksvej 10
4200 Slagelse 
Denmark  DK-4230
+45 5811 3300
*Mogens Hovmøller
Bent Nielsen
Jakob Willas Jensen
Hans Pinnschmidt
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 
BPM, WPM, WYR
Risø National Laboratory
Dept. Plant Biology and Biogeochemistry 
PBK-301 
P.O. Box 49 
DK-4000 Roskilde 
+45 46774110 
+45 46323383
*Hanne Østergård
A. Jahoor
Michael Lyngkjær
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
BPM, WYR, SLB
National Environmental Research Institute
Vejlsøvej 25 
8600 Silkeborg 
+45 89201400 
+45 89201413
Christian Damgaard 5
Institute of Plant Biology 
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
Thorvaldsensvej 40 
DK-1871 Frederiksberg C 
+45 35283316 
+45 35283310
Lisa Munk 1, 2, 5
Sejet Plant Breeding 
Nørremarksvej 67 
Sejet 
DK-8700 Horsens 
+45 75682177 
+45 75682104
Ole Andersen 4
Pajbjergfonden 
Gersdorffslundvej 1 
Hou 
DK-8300 Odder 
+45 86556466 
+45 86557119
Heidi Jaiser 4
The Abed Foundation 
Abed Plant Breeding Station 
Abedvej 39 
DK-4920 Søllested 
+45 54712121 
+45 54712122
Pernille Lethenborg
SLB

Finland

Agricultural Research Centre of Finland
Institute of Crop Production
FIN-31600 Jokioinen 
+358 34188559 
+358 34188584
*Marja Jalli
Jonathan Robinson
1, 4

France

INRA
Laboratoire de pathologie végétale 
F-78850 Thiverval-Grignon 
+33 1 30815435 
+33 130815306
*Claude de Vallavielle-Pope 
Christian Lannou 
Ivan Sache 
Henriette Goyeau
1, 2, 5 
BPM, WBR, WYR
INRA Amélioration des Plantes 
Domaine de la Motte 
B.P. 29 
F-35650 Le Rheu 
+33 2 992851xx 
+33 2 99285120
F. Dedryver-Person 
(xx=00) 
Gérard Doussinault
(xx=37)
1, 4, 6

Germany

Technische Universität München
Institute of Agronomy and Plant Breeding 
Weihenstephan 
D-85350 Freising 
+49 8161713562 
+49 8161714511
*Friedrich G. Felsenstein
A. Jahoor
1, 3, 4, 5, 6
Department of Agriculture, International and Rural Development and Environmental Protection,
University of Kassel,
Nordbahnhofstrasse,
P.O. Box 1252,
D-37202 Witzenhausen
+49 5542981561/2
+49 5542981564
Maria R. Finckh
Martin Luther University Halle 
Institute of Plant Breeding and Plant Protection 
D-06099 Halle 
+49 345 552 2667 
+49 345 552 7120
Ursel Sperling WPM
Federal Centre of Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants 
Institute of Epidemiology and Resistance 
Theodor-Roemer-Weg 4 
D-06449 Aschersleben 
+49 34735141 
+49 3473879148
Ursula Walther
Edgar Schliephake
1, 3 
BBR, SLB, WBR
Federal Centre of Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants 
Institute of Resistance and Pathogen Diagnosis
+49 34738790
+49 34732709
Ute Kastirr
Justus Liebig-Universität Giessen
Biometrie and Populationsgenetik 
Ludwigstr. 27 
D-35390 Giessen 
+49 6417029724
Jörn Pons (phone +49 0417029725) 
Christoph Loewer (phone +49 641 99 37543)
1, 5, 6
Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry 
Institute for Integrated Plant Production 
Stahnsdorfer Damm 81 
D-14532 Kleinmachnow 
+49 33203 48425
Marga Jahn (phone +49 33203 48324) 
*Kerstin Flath (phone +49 33203 48236)
1, 4, 6 
WPM, WYR
Federal Centre of Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants 
Institute of Resistance Genetics 
Graf-Seinsheim Strabe 23 
D-85461 Grünbach 
+49 8122975714 
+49 8122975797
Dr H.-J. Walther WG1 
SLB
State Plant Breeding Institute 
Rye Working Group 
University of Hohenheim
Fruwirthstrabe 21 
D-70599 Stuttgart 
+49 7114592690
Thomas Miedaner 4
Saatzucht Hadmersleben GmbH 
Kroppenstedter Strabe 
D-39398 Hadmersleben 
+49 39408 234 
+49 39408 237
Klaus Richter WG4
Nordsaat Saatzuchtgesellschaft 
Hamptstrabe 1 
D-38895 Böhnshausen 
+49 39416690 
+49 394130114
Otto Unger WBR, WPM, WYR

Greece

NAGREF 
Cereal Institute of Thessaloniki 
P.O. Box 312 
570 01 Thermi-Thessaloniki 
+30 31471544 
+30 31471209
*Kalliroi Hatzilabrou-Vezirgiannidou 
Konstandinos Bladenopoulos 
4

Hungary

Hungarian Academy of Sciences 
Plant Protection Institute 
P.O. Box 102 
H-1525 Budapest 
+36 11558722 
+36 11563698
*Klara Manninger
Gyula Vida
WG1, WG5 
WBR
Hungarian Academy of Science 
Agricultural Research Institute 
P.O. Box 102 
H-1525 Budapest 
+36 22460016
László Szunics
WBR, WPM
Cereal Research
P.O. Boks 391 
H-6701 Szeged 
+36 62435235 
+36 62434163
*Akos Mesterhazy
Maria Czosz

WBR, WPM
National Variety Office 
Department of Plant Pathology, Pf. 30 
H-1525 Budapest
Pál Békési
SLB

Ireland

University College Dublin
Department of Environmental Resource Management 
Belfield 
Dublin 4 
+353 17067010 
+353 17067010
*B.M. (Mike) Cooke
SLB

Israel

Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
P O Box 12 Rehovot 76100
Israel
tel: +972 8 9489358
fax: +972 8 9466794
*dinoor@agri.huji.ac.il BPM, WPM

Italy

Istituto di Patologia vegetale 
Via Filippo Re 8 
I-40126 Bologna
*A. Canova
Department of Plant Protection 
Via Amendola 165/A 
I-70126 Bari 
+39 0805443049
*Fedele Casulli (fax: +39 0805442911
Rosanna Simeone (fax: +39 0805442813)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
WBR
Instituto tossine e micotossine da parassiti vegetali
Via G. Amendola 197F 
I-70126 Bari 
+39 0805481570 
+39 0805486063
Antonio Logrieco
SLB
Experimental Institute for Cereal Research 
Via Cassia 176 
I-00191 Roma 
+39 063295705 
+39 0636306022
Marina Pasquini WG1 
WBR, WPM
Instituto di Produzioni e Preparazioni Alimentari 
Via Napoli no. 25 
I-71100 Foggia 
+39 881740211 
+39 51351439
Claudio Ciccarone
Instituto di Patalogia vegetale 
Universitá degli Studi
via E. DeNicola 
I-07100 Sassari 
+39 79229291 
+39 79229316
A. Bottalico
SLB
Instituto di Patologia Vegetale 
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 
Via Emilia Parmense 84 
I-29100 Piacenza 
+39 523599253 
+39 523599256
Vittorio Rossi
Paolo Racca 
Simona Giosue 
1, 5 
WBR, WPM

Latvia

Plant Genetics Laboratory 
Institute of Biology 
3 Miera Str. 
LV-2169 Salsapils 
+371 2945435 
+371 9345412
*Isaak Rashal
Rita Tueyapina
1, 3, 4, 5 
BPM

The Netherlands

DLO-Research Institute for Plant Protection (IPO-DLO)
Binnenhaven 5 
P.O. Box 9060 
NL-6700 GW Wageningen 
+31 317 476149 
+31 317410113
*Gert H.J. Kema
SLB, WYR
Agricultural University Wageningen 
Plant Breeding Dept
P.O. Box 386 
NL-6700 AJ Wageningen 
+31 317482508 
+31 317483457
*Rients E. Niks
WBR
Agricultural University Wageningen 
Department of Phytopathology
P.O. Box 8025 
NL-6700 EE Wageningen 
+31 317483123 
+31 317483412
M.A. de Waard
SLB
Cebeco Seeds 
P.O. Box 139 
NL-8200 AC Lelystad 
+31 320288244 
+31 320288518
R.K. Rai 
H.C. de Jong
4

Norway

Agricultural University of Norway
Department of Horticulture and Crop Sciences 
P.O. Box 5022 
N-1432 Ås 
+47 64947800
+47 64947802
*Helge Skinnes
Yalew Tarkegne

SLB
Norwegien Crop Research Institute Leif Sundheim

Poland

Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute (IHAR) 
Radzików 
PL-05-870 Blonie near Warsaw 
+48 227252611 
+48 227254714
*Henryk J. Czembor
J. Czembor
E. Arseniuk
1, 2 
SLB
Cearal Department of the IHAR 
PL-30-423 Kraków 
+48 12665700
Anna Strzembica
Maria Mazaraki
1, 2 
BBR, WBR, WPM, WYR
Experimental Plant Breeding Station of the IHAR 
Baków 
PL-46-233 
Baków near Kluczbork 
+48 77148793 
+48 77148795 
Jadwiga Nadziak 
Zdzislaw Bilinski
1, 2, 4, 5 
BPM
Research Centre for Cultivar Testing 
PL-63-022 Slupia Wielka near Poznan 
+48 66752341 
+48 66753558
*Edward Gacek 2, 4 
BPM

Romania

Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences 
Research Institute for Cereals and Industrial Crops, ICCPT 
8264 Fundulea 
+40 13110722 
+40 13110722
*Mariana Ittu 
Gheorghe Ittu

Slovakia

Research Institute of Plant Production 
Bratislavská cesta 122 
SK-921 68 
Piestany 
+42 1838722311 
+42 1838726306
B. Vanco 
Ján Kraic
1, 4 
SLB
Slovak Agricultural University 
Faculty of Agronomy 
Dept of Plant Protection 
Tr. A. Hlinku 2 
SK-949 76 Nitra 
+42 87511751 
+42 87411451
*Jozef Huszár 1, 4 
WBR, WPM
Dept Genetics 
Faculty of Natural Sciences 
Mlynska Dolina B-1 
SK-842 15 Bratislava 
+42 1796235 
+42 17729064
*Svetozar Plesnik 1, 6 
BPM

Spain

Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible 
Alameda del Obsipo, s/n. 
Apartado 4084 
E-14080 Córdoba 
+34 57499215 
+34 57499252 
D. Rubiales Olmedo
SLB

Sweden

Hushållningssällskapet Malmöhus 
Borgeby Slott 
S-237 91 Bjärred 
+46 46713602 
+46 46706135
*Lars Wiik 1, 2
Cereal Breeding Department 
Svalöf Weibull AB 
S-268 81 Svalöv 
+46 41867350 
+46 41867349
Therese Christerson 4

Switzerland

Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture (FAL) 
Inst. Environmental Protection and Agriculture (IUL) 
Reckenholzstrasse 191/211 
CH-8046 Zürich-Reckenholz 
+41 13777111 
+41 13777201
*Michael Winzeler
G. Schachermayr (phone +41 1 377 7345)
H. Forrer
1, 2, 4 
SLB, WBR, WYR
Phytomedicine
ETH-Zentrum / LFW 
Universitaetstrasse 2
CH-8092 Zürich 
+41 16323847 
+41 16321108
*Eckhard Limpert
Francoise Godet
1, 2, 5, 6 
BPM
Sandoz-Agro Ltd 
Agrobiological Research Station 
CH-4108 Witterswil 
+41 617253213 
+41 617253322
D. Hermann

Ukraine

Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences 
Institute of Agriculture and Animal Biology 
Obroshyno 
Lviv Province, 292084 
+380 3223966322 
+380 322396265
Olga Vronska 
Galina Kosylovytch

BPM

United Kingdom

Wakelyns Farm 
Fressingfield 
Suffolk 
IP21 5SD 
+44 1379586612 
Martin Wolfe 1, 2
National Institute of Agricultural Botany 
Huntingdon Road 
Cambridge CB3 0LE 
+44 1223 276381 
+44 1223 277602 
*Rosemary Bayles
John Clarkson 
Sue Slater

BPM, SLB, WBR, WPM, WYR
Scottish Crop Research Institute 
Invergowrie 
Dundee DD2 5DA 
Scotland 
+44 1382 562731 
+44 1382 562426 
*Adrian Newton
George Golewnenski
2, 5
Cereals Research Department 
John Innes Centre
Colney Lane 
Norwich NR4 7UH 
+44 1603 452571 
+44 1603 456844
James Brown
Lesley Boyd
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
BPM, SLB, WBR, WPM, WYR
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research
Plas Gogerddan 
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion 
SY23 3EB, Wales 
+44 1970 828255 
+ 44 1970 828357
Brian Clifford
Elwyn Jones
Tim Carver
Michael Lyngkjær
1, 4 
BBR, WBR, WPM
Applied Plant Sciences Division 
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland 
Newforge Lane 
Belfast BT9 5PX 
+44 1232 661166 
Peter C. Mercer
BPM
Reading University 
Department of Agricultural Botany 
2 Earley Gate, Whiteknights 
Reading RG6 6AU 
+44 118 9318093 
+44 118 9311804
M.W. Shaw
SLB
Nickerson Seeds Ltd 
Joseph Nickerson Research Centre 
Rothwell 
Lincoln LN7 6DT 
+44 1472 371471 
+44 1472 371386
Paul Fenwick 4

U.S.A.

Department of Plant Breeding and Biometry 
Cornell University 
Ithaca, NY 14853 
+1 607 2559951 WG3 
*David E. Matthews 3