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  • Department of Monitoring and Signalling Agrophages

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 aestivumOulema melanopus system.

 

 

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Contact details

Poland, 60-318 POZNAŃ, ul. Władysława Węgorka 20

phone no: +48 61 864 9000, fax: +48 61 867 63 01

e-mail: sekretariat@iorpib.poznan.pl

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