The following provides mandatory data concerning the provider of this website, obligations with regard to data protection, as well as other important legal references involving the internet site of the department of Plant Microbe Interactions at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (= pmi.mpipz.mpg.de) as required by German law.

Provider
The provider of this Internet site within the legal meaning of the term is the registered association Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science e.V.

Address
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V. Hofgartenstraße
880539 Munich
Germany
Telephone: +49 (89) 2108 – 0
Internet: www.mpg.de

Register of Societies and Associations
The Max Planck Society is registered in the Official Register of Societies and Associations at Berlin-Charlottenburg Local Court under the register number VR 13378 B.

Representatives
The Max Planck Society is legally represented by its Board of Directors which, in turn, is represented by the President of the Society, Prof. Dr. Martin Stratmann and by Secretary General Dr. Ludwig Kronthaler.

Value Added Tax Identification Number
The value added tax identification number of the Max Planck Society is DE 129517720.

Editors
Responsible editors for the contents of the pmi.mpipz.mpg.de website with regard to media law:
Neysan Donnelly
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10
50829 Köln
donnelly@mpipz.mpg.de

Technically responsible (Webmaster)
Technically responsible for the pmi.mpipz.mpg.de website:
Webmaster MPIPZ
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10
50829 Köln
webmaster@mpipz.mpg.de

Legal Structure
The Max Planck Society is a non-profit research facility which is organized as a registered association. All of the institutes and facilities of the Max Planck Society are largely autonomous in terms of organization and research, but as a rule have no legal capacity of their own.