Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute

Main research areas

• Monitoring of developmental stages of pests for the purposes of warning and forecasting the need to use plant protection measures – Online Pest Warning System
• Development, modernization and updating of methodologies for short- and long-term forecasting of pests and the assessment of their harmfulness.
• Annual assessment of the phytosanitary condition and economic importance of key crop pests and the related recommendations.
• Studies on assessing the suitability of mixed crop cultivation for use in accordance with the requirements of integrated protection.
• Monitoring of the timing and pace of aphid migrations for the purpose of issuing early warnings on economically significant species.
• Studies on the improvement of warnings for the chemical control of key diseases and agricultural pests.
• Improvement of methods for determining the best time for the chemical control of selected pests in root crops.

Other research

• Training in warnings and control of pests in crops.
• Oversight over the proper functioning of the Online Pest Warning System, continuous updates of the observer database, oversight over the archiving of the pest monitoring database.
• Improvement in methods for identifying the need to issue warnings against key agricultural diseases and pests.
• Studies on the sub-lethal effect of Cry/Vip protein toxins on the viability of Agrotis exclamationis (L.).
• Studies on the sensitivity of Agrotis exclamationis L. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae to native strains of entomopathogenic nematodes.
• Tests of the susceptibility of Oulema spp. larvae to native strains of entomopathogenic nematodes and in the commercial preparation Larvan.
• The influence of bacteria on plant‒insect interactions in the Triticum aestivum‒Oulema melanopus system.