We offer ourselves as a project partner providing capacities for field trials, simulated drought stress in a rain out shelter and a high throuput phenotyping facility, genome analysis, marker development. Our interests are malting quality and disease resistance with a focus on loose smut and ramularia in barley. We are involved in organic breeding and can provide organically certified fields for trials under organic conditions.

The LfL is an authority of the Free State of Bavaria directly subordinate to the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry ans Tourism (StMELFT) and based in Freising-Weihenstephan. It is the state's knowledge and service center for agriculture in Bavaria, with responsibilities in applied research, trial management, law enforcement, training and continuing education.
The Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breedig (IPZ) conducts research into crop production systems and carries out applied breeding research.
Its main focus is on the scientifically sound evaluation of crop production systems on the basis of precise experimentation, as well as the preservation and improvement of genetic resources of crop species important for Bavaria, including hops. Furthermore, its tasks include the enforcement of specialist regulations under seed law and fertilizer and plant protection law.