Wageningen UR PPO/PRI is part of Wageningen University and Research Center (Wageningen UR), a collaboration between Wageningen University and the specialized research institutes. PPO/PRI is a private non-profit research institute and specialises in strategic and applied research for industry and public institutions. By integrating knowledge on crop protection, crop ecology, agricultural systems, genetics and reproduction, PPO/PRI serves the entire agro-production chain with scientific products, from the DNA level to production system concepts. Besides research programs for the Ministry of Economy, Agriculture and Innovation, PPO/PRI is contracted by a wide variety of clients ranging from governmental institutions like water boards, provinces, municipalities, other ministries and EU, via public private partnerships to business enterprises like agrochemical and agro technologic industry. PPO/PRI regularly has articles in the leading scientific journals.