The Associazione Italiana per la Protezione delle Piante (Italian Association for Plant Protection, AIPP) has a membership of more than 500 and represents a broad cross-section of the scientific community including: research scientists, teachers, extension professionals, students, corporate research and development managers, industry scientists and technical personnel, private consultants, administrators, and technicians. Within the AIPP there is a positive interaction between research and practice within those disciplines, such as Plant Pathology, Entomology, Weed Science, Agronomy, Ecology, which contribute to the public and private sectors, with competence in various fields of plant protection. This makes this Association an important point of junction between science and practice.

The Società Italiana di Patologia Vegetale (Italian Society for Plant Pathology SIPaV) has a membership of nearly 400, with expertise in most of the basic and applied aspects of plant pathology. The Society owns and edits the "Journal of Plant Pathology", an international journal with roots in the former Rivista di Patologia Vegetale, the second oldest phytopathological journal in the world, founded in 1892. The SIPaV holds annual meetings and has a close ties with several European and Mediterranean Societies for plant pathology.

The International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) promotes the world-wide development of plant pathology and the dissemination of knowledge about plant diseases and plant health management. The ISPP (founded in 1968) is a member of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), the International Union of Microbiological Sciences (IUMS), in liaison with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).