Department of Plant Protection

The department specializes in the teaching and research of plant protection. The professors/courses are focused on diseases and pests inherent in field/horticultural crops and ornamental plants, problems connected with their determination, both chemical and non-chemical protection of plants against pests and disease and the effective management of all the above.

Research activities of the Department are mainly directed towards the adoption and use of molecular diagnostic methods for the determination of pests, (nematodes, storage pests) and pathogens. Viroids, viruses, fungi, virus diseases of sugar beet and fruit trees, diseases and pests of winter rape, diseases of cereals, nematology, diseases and pests of trees and shrubs in recultivated areas, and faunistic studies of protected areas and parks (mites and bugs). Research is financed by several grants and agreements with various companies. The department cooperates with a range of institutions from the Czech Republic and abroad including: Crop Production Research Institute Prague, State Phytosanitary Administration, Potato Research Institute Havlíčkův Brod, Grain Research Institute Kroměříž, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS, Palacky University Olomouc, Fruit Research and Breeding Institute Holovousy, Oil Crops Research Institute Opava, Union of Winter Rape Producers, Zoological Institute Sankt Petersburg (Russia), University of Evora (Portugal), University of Gottingen (Germany), University of Basilicata Potenza (Italy), CNR Bari (Italy), Belorussian Potato Research Institute Minsk etc. Professors are also involved in extension services for farmers.

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Datum aktualizace: 14.10.2012