Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
All-Russia Institute of Plant Protection
3 Podbelsky shosse
St. Peterburg-Pushkin
196608, Russia
Tel./Fax.: 7(812) 470-51-10
Tel.: 7(812) 470-43-84
E-mail: vizrspb@mail333.com
General Information
The All-Russia Institute of Plant Protection (VIZR), formerly the All-Union Institute of Plant Protection was founded in 1929. It is a methodological and co-ordination centre for development of fundamental bases of plant protection and principles for designing regional systems of plant protection in Russia. The Institute is a member of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (RAAS). There are 300 employees at the Institute; 132 hold the Doctorate degree of whom 24 are designated Professors.Director
V.A.Pavlyushin
Doctor of Biology, Member of the Russian Academy of Agricultural
Sciences
Currently, the main areas of work at
the Institute are:
- study of the principals of formation of species and race composition
of harmful and useful organisms forming agrobiocenosises of
main crops in different climatic regions of Russia;
- study of the effect of abiotic and biotic factors on the seasonal and long-term population dynamics of main pests; forecast and monitoring the development of pests,weeds and phytopathogens;
- study of the influence of antropogenic factor on the microevolution of pests;
- mathematical modelling of biocenotic processes and development of information systems for plant protection;
- development of new ecologically safe means of plant protection (natural and induced immunity, biological and microbiological agents, low-hazardous pesticides with new mechanisms of action) and testing of their effect on harmful and useful components of agrobiocenosis;
- development of systems for integrated pest management (IPM), testing of long-term ecological after-effect of their use in agrobiocenosis and their effect on the environment;
- development of new technologies of using chemical and biological means
of plant protection increasing their ecological safety development
of system of machines for the application of plant protection materials.
