[1][2] The association has an official scientific journal, Crop Protection, published by Elsevier.
The first president of the organisation was Olaf Freyberg of Malmö, Sweden, who made the following comment: The world needs a plant protection organization, and not only to plan future congresses, but much more provide a platform for the discussion of current research results amongst scientists.
Over the years a newsletter has been periodically published, a yearbook has appeared, and congresses have been held.
Plant protection scientists and agricultural research societies from all over the world are represented in the governing body.
The International Plant Protection Congress in Berlin in 2015 meetings was organized by the German Phytomedical Society (Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft), the Julius Kuehn Institute and the German Association of Industrialpartners for Agriculture.