DPPN e.V. is a national network of three German research centers: i) Forschungszentrum Jülich, ii) Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics Crop Plant Research Gatersleben IPK and iii) 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)