Working Group	Name	Organization	Contact Details	Expertise	Remarks
Allium	Mr Nikolai Friesen Contact person	Botanischer Garten Universität Osnabrück Albrechtstraße 29 49076 Osnabrück Germany	Tel: (49) 5419692738 Fax: (49) 5419692724 nfriesen@uni-osnabrueck.de	Crop specialist
Allium	Mr Michael Keusgen	Universität Marburg Wilhelm-Roser-Str. 2 35037 Marburg Germany	Tel: (49) 64212825809 Fax: (49) 6421 2826652 keusgen@staff.uni-marburg.de	Crop specialist
Allium	Ms Manuela Nagel	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben 06466 Stadt Seeland Germany	Tel: (49) (0)39482 5156 nagel@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank Curator
Allium	Mr Markus Oppermann	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstrasse 3 D-06466 Stadt Seeland Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5360 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 opperman@ipk-gatersleben.de	Information/Documentation
Avena	Mr Christoph Germeier	Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI) - Federal Centre for Cultivated Plants Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops Erwin-Baur-Str. 27 D-06484 Quedlinburg Germany	Tel: (49) 3946 47702 Fax: (49) 3946 47255 christoph.germeier@julius-kuehn.de	Crop specialist
Avena	Ms Ulrike Lohwasser Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5282 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator
Barley	Mr Andreas Börner Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstrasse 3 06466 Stadt Seeland Germany	Tel: (49) 394825229 Fax: (49) 394825155 boerner@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator, Information/documentation
Barley	Mr Holger Scheffczyk	Limagrain GmbH Am Sportplatz 11C D-79379 Mühlheim-Hügelheim Germany	Tel: (49) 257155939 holger.scheffczyk@limagrain.com	Plant breeder
Berries	Ms Monika Höfer Chair	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institut für Züchtungsforschung an gartenbaulichen Kulturen und Obst Pillnitzer Platz 3a 01326 Dresden Germany	Tel: (49) (0) 3946 47 8009 Fax: (49) (0) 3946 47 8002 monika.hoefer@julius-kuehn.de	Genebank Curator	Nominated as Chair for Phase X in March 2019
Berries	Mr Erik Schulte	Section 215 - Testing Station Wurzen. Federal Plant Variety Office - Testing Station Wurzen Torgauer Strasse 100 04808 Wurzen Germany	Tel: (49) 3425 904024 Fax: (49) 3425 904024 Erik.Schulte@bundessortenamt.de	Genebank Curator, Crop specialist, Information/Documentation
Beta	Ms Ulrike Lohwasser Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5282 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator
Brassica	Mr Holger Budahn	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Erwin-Baur-Str. 27 06484 Quedlinburg Germany	Tel: (49) (0)3946 47 440 Fax: (49) (0)3946 47 400 holger.budahn@julius-kuehn.de	Plant breeder
Brassica	Mr Wolfgang Friedt	Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 35392 Gießen Germany	Tel: (49) 6419937468 Fax: (49) 6419937429 wolfgang.friedt@agrar.uni-giessen.de	Plant breeder
Brassica	Ms Ulrike Lohwasser Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5282 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de	Crop specialist
Brassica	Mr Holger Scheffczyk	Limagrain GmbH Am Sportplatz 11C D-79379 Mühlheim-Hügelheim Germany	Tel: (49) 257155939 holger.scheffczyk@limagrain.com	Plant breeder
Crop Wild Relatives	Ms Nadine Bernhardt	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops Erwin-Baur-Str. 27 06484 Quedlinburg Germany	Tel: (49) (0) 3946/47-701 Fax: (49) (0) 3946/47-255 nadine.bernhardt@julius-kuehn.de	Crop specialist, other: evolutionary biologist
Crop Wild Relatives	Ms Imke Thormann Contact person	Information and Coordination Centre for Biological Diversity (IBV), Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) Deichmanns Aue 29 53179 Bonn Germany	Tel: +49 (0)228 6845 3438 imke.thormann@ble.de
Crop Wild Relatives	Mr Rudolf Vögel	Landesamt für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz Brandenburg (LUGV) Abt. Technischer Umweltschutz (TUS) Ref. Klimaschutz, Umweltbeobachtung und -toxikologie (T2) Tramper Chaussee 2 16225 Eberswalde Germany	Tel: (49) 333427784.23 Fax: (49) 3334662650 rudolf.voegel@lugv.brandenburg.de	Policy and law, other (NGO)
Cryopreservation	Ms Monika Höfer	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institut für Züchtungsforschung an gartenbaulichen Kulturen und Obst Pillnitzer Platz 3a 01326 Dresden Germany	Tel: (49) (0) 3946 47 8009 Fax: (49) (0) 3946 47 8002 monika.hoefer@julius-kuehn.de	Cryopreservation expert
Cryopreservation	Ms Manuela Nagel	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben 06466 Stadt Seeland Germany	Tel: (49) (0)39482 5156 nagel@ipk-gatersleben.de	Cryopreservation expert
Cryopreservation	Mr Franco Röckel	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants, Institut for Grapevine breeding Geilweilerhof 76833  Siebeldingen Germany	Tel: (49) (0) 634541216 franco.roeckel@julius-kuehn.de	Cryopreservation expert
Cucurbits	Ms Ulrike Lohwasser	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5282 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator
Documentation and Information	Mr Christoph Germeier	Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI) - Federal Centre for Cultivated Plants Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops Erwin-Baur-Str. 27 D-06484 Quedlinburg Germany	Tel: (49) 3946 47702 Fax: (49) 3946 47255 christoph.germeier@julius-kuehn.de	Information/Documentation
Documentation and Information	Mr Markus Oppermann	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstrasse 3 D-06466 Stadt Seeland Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5360 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 opperman@ipk-gatersleben.de	Information/Documentation
Documentation and Information	Ms Sarah Sensen Contact person	Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) Information and Coordination Centre for Biological Diversity (IBV), Deichmanns Aue 29 53179 Bonn Germany	Tel: (49) (0)228 6845-3543 Fax: (49) (0)228 6845-3105 Sarah.Sensen@ble.de	Information/Documentation, Policy and law	EURISCO NIFP
Documentation and Information	Mr Stephan Weise (IPK) Chair	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) - Gatersleben Corrensstrasse 3 06466 Stadt Seeland Germany	Tel: (49) 394825744 Fax: (49) 394825155 weise@ipk-gatersleben.de	Information/Documentation	Nominated as Chair in November 2021
Fibre Crops (Flax and Hemp)	Mr Wolfgang Friedt	Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 35392 Gießen Germany	Tel: (49) 6419937468 Fax: (49) 6419937429 wolfgang.friedt@agrar.uni-giessen.de	Plant breeder
Fibre Crops (Flax and Hemp)	Ms Ulrike Lohwasser Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5282 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator
Forages	Mr Ulf Feuerstein	Euro Grass Breeding GmbH & Co. KG Steimeker Weg 7 D-27330 Asendorf Germany	Tel: (49) 4253931111 Fax: (49) 4253931120 Ulf.Feuerstein@dsv-saaten.de	Plant breeder
Forages	Mr Frank Höppner	Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI) Institute for Crop and Soil Science Bundesallee 50 38116 Braunschweig Germany	Tel: (49) 531 5962313 Fax: (49) 531 5962399 frank.hoeppner@julius-kuehn.de	Crop specialist
Forages	Ms Evelin Willner Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Satellite Collections North Inselstr. 9 23 999 Malchow/Poel Germany	Tel: (49) 3842520316 Fax: (49) 38425429808 willner@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator	Vice chair until 12/07/2014.
Grain Legumes	Mr Holger Budahn	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Erwin-Baur-Str. 27 06484 Quedlinburg Germany	Tel: (49) (0)3946 47 440 Fax: (49) (0)3946 47 400 holger.budahn@julius-kuehn.de	Crop specialist
Grain Legumes	Mr Ulf Feuerstein	Euro Grass Breeding GmbH & Co. KG Steimeker Weg 7 D-27330 Asendorf Germany	Tel: (49) 4253931111 Fax: (49) 4253931120 Ulf.Feuerstein@dsv-saaten.de	Plant breeder
Grain Legumes	Ms Ulrike Lohwasser Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5282 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator
Grain Legumes	Ms Brigitte Ruge-Wehling	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants , Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops OT Groß Lüsewitz, Rudolf-Schick-Platz 3a D-18190 Sanitz Germany	Tel: (49) 38209 45208 Fax: (49) 38209 45222 brigitte.ruge-wehling@julius-kuehn.de	Crop specialist
Grain Legumes	Mr Holger Scheffczyk	Limagrain GmbH Am Sportplatz 11C D-79379 Mühlheim-Hügelheim Germany	Tel: (49) 257155939 holger.scheffczyk@limagrain.com	Plant breeder
Leafy Vegetables	Ms Ulrike Lohwasser Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5282 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator	Vice Chair from 09/30/2013 until 12/11/2014
Leafy Vegetables	Mr Thomas Nothnagel	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Erwin-Baur-Str. 27 06484 Quedlinburg Germany	Tel: (49) 394647430 Fax: (49) 394647400 thomas.nothnagel@julius-kuehn.de	Crop specialist
Maize	Ms Barbara Eder Contact person	Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft Institut für Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung (IPZ4a) Am Gereuth 4 85354 Freising Germany	Tel: (49) 816171 4318 Barbara.Eder@lfl.bayern.de	Crop specialist
Maize	Ms Ulrike Lohwasser	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5282 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank Curator
Malus/Pyrus	Mr Henryk Flachowsky	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops Pillnitzer Platz 3a 01326 Dresden Germany	Tel: (49) 351 2616215 Fax: (49) 351 2616215 henryk.flachowsky@julius-kuehn.de
Malus/Pyrus	Ms Monika Höfer Contact person	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institut für Züchtungsforschung an gartenbaulichen Kulturen und Obst Pillnitzer Platz 3a 01326 Dresden Germany	Tel: (49) (0) 3946 47 8009 Fax: (49) (0) 3946 47 8002 monika.hoefer@julius-kuehn.de	Genebank curator
Malus/Pyrus	Mr Andreas Peil	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institut für Züchtungsforschung an gartenbaulichen Kulturen und Obst Pillnitzer Platz 3a D-01326 Dresden Germany	Tel: (49) 3512616228 Fax: (49) 3512616213 andreas.peil@julius-kuehn.de	Plant breeder
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants	Ms Ulrike Lohwasser Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5282 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants	Mr Frank Marthe	Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Erwin Baur Str. 27 D-06484 Quedlinburg Germany	Tel: (49) 3946 47420 Fax: (49) 3946 47400 frank.marthe@julius-kuehn.de	Crop specialist
On-farm Conservation and Management	Mr Udo Hennenkämper	Keyserlink-Institut Rimpertsweilser 3 D-88682 Salem Germany	Tel: (49) 754471371 Fax: (49) 7544913296 uhennenkaemper@saatgut-forschung.de	Plant breeder
On-farm Conservation and Management	Ms Sarah Sensen	Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) Information and Coordination Centre for Biological Diversity (IBV), Deichmanns Aue 29 53179 Bonn Germany	Tel: (49) (0)228 6845-3543 Fax: (49) (0)228 6845-3105 Sarah.Sensen@ble.de	Information/documentation, Policy and law	added again on 1 July 2022. she had finished on 29.05.2018
On-farm Conservation and Management	Ms Imke Thormann	Information and Coordination Centre for Biological Diversity (IBV), Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) Deichmanns Aue 29 53179 Bonn Germany	Tel: +49 (0)228 6845 3438 imke.thormann@ble.de
On-farm Conservation and Management	Mr Rudolf Vögel	Landesamt für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz Brandenburg (LUGV) Abt. Technischer Umweltschutz (TUS) Ref. Klimaschutz, Umweltbeobachtung und -toxikologie (T2) Tramper Chaussee 2 16225 Eberswalde Germany	Tel: (49) 333427784.23 Fax: (49) 3334662650 rudolf.voegel@lugv.brandenburg.de	Other (NGO)
Potato	Mr Klaus J. Dehmer Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Satellite Collections North Parkweg 3A D-18190 Groß Lüsewitz Germany	Tel: (49) 38209 80525 Fax: (49) 38209 82313 dehmer@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator
Potato	Ms Manuela Nagel	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben 06466 Stadt Seeland Germany	Tel: (49) (0)39482 5156 nagel@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank Curator
Prunus	Mr Henryk Flachowsky	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops Pillnitzer Platz 3a 01326 Dresden Germany	Tel: (49) 351 2616215 Fax: (49) 351 2616215 henryk.flachowsky@julius-kuehn.de
Prunus	Ms Monika Höfer Contact person	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institut für Züchtungsforschung an gartenbaulichen Kulturen und Obst Pillnitzer Platz 3a 01326 Dresden Germany	Tel: (49) (0) 3946 47 8009 Fax: (49) (0) 3946 47 8002 monika.hoefer@julius-kuehn.de	Genebank curator
Prunus	Mr Mirko Schuster	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institut für Züchtungsforschung an gartenbaulichen Kulturen und Obst Pillnitzer Platz 3a 01326 Dresden Germany	Tel: (49) 3512616220 Fax: (49) 3512616213 mirko.schuster@julius-kuehn.de	Plant breeder
Solanaceae	Ms Ulrike Lohwasser	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5282 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator
Umbellifer Crops	Ms Janine  König	Institut für Züchtungsforschung an gartenbaulichen Kulturen Institute for Breeding Research on Horticultural Crops Erwin-Baur-Str. 27 06484  Quedlinburg Germany	Tel: (49) 3946 47 3092 janine.koenig@julius-kuehn.de	Crop specialist, Phytopathologist
Umbellifer Crops	Ms Ulrike Lohwasser Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben Germany	Tel: (49) 39482 5282 Fax: (49) 39482 5155 lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator
Umbellifer Crops	Mr Thomas Nothnagel	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Erwin-Baur-Str. 27 06484 Quedlinburg Germany	Tel: (49) 394647430 Fax: (49) 394647400 thomas.nothnagel@julius-kuehn.de	Crop specialist
Vitis	Ms Erika Maul Contact person	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof 76833 Siebeldingen Germany	Tel: (49) 6345 41122 Fax: (49) 6345 919050 erika.maul@julius-kuehn.de	Genebank curator, Crop specialist, Information/documentation
Vitis	Mr Franco Röckel Contact person	Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants, Institut for Grapevine breeding Geilweilerhof 76833  Siebeldingen Germany	Tel: (49) (0) 634541216 franco.roeckel@julius-kuehn.de
Wheat	Mr Andreas Börner Contact person	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstrasse 3 06466 Stadt Seeland Germany	Tel: (49) 394825229 Fax: (49) 394825155 boerner@ipk-gatersleben.de	Genebank curator
Wheat	Mr Wolfgang Friedt	Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 35392 Gießen Germany	Tel: (49) 6419937468 Fax: (49) 6419937429 wolfgang.friedt@agrar.uni-giessen.de	Plant breeder
Wheat	Mr Albrecht Serfling Chair	Julius Kuehn-Institute (JKI). Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants. Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance Erwin-Baur-Strasse 27 06484 Quedlinburg Germany	Tel: (49) 03946/47 621 albrecht.serfling@julius-kuehn.de		Confirmed as Chair for Phase X in March 2020 with starting date June 2020