Abstract
From 23.-26. September 1996 the Biologische Bundesanstalt fuer Land- und Forstwirtschaft heldthe 50th ‘Deutsche Pflanzenschutztagung’ (German Plant Protection Conference) in Muensterwithmorethan 1000 participants. Approximately 350 presentations were classified into different specialities which were discussed in five parallel sessions. In addition, a poster session with 250 posters also included the culture and pesticide protection of the tobacco plant. The subjects treated in the various sessions were very broud. Besides the increasing importance of natural plant protection agents, modern biotechnological and genetic methods used for pest control and analysis of pest organisms in cultivars were a major discussion topic. Manufacturers of agrochemicals used the opportunity to present their newly developed products.