DPPN is a national network of three German re-search centers: i) Forschungszentrum Jülich (coordination IBG-2), ii) Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and iii) Crop Plant Research Gatersleben and the Helmholtz Center Munich.
Since 2017, plant research activities in the Helmholtz Association have been strategically bundled within the framework of the "Helmholtz Partnership for Plant Sciences" (HP-PS)