From December 7 to 11, 2020, the Institute of Plant Protection of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine hosted a course of lectures and practical training for chief agronomists of state enterprises and experimental farms within the NAAS network in the research field of "Integrated Plant Protection and Quarantine." Despite the tensions caused by the widespread outbreak of the acute respiratory disease COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus, participants expressed a desire to visit our institution to familiarize themselves with scientific and practical innovations in the field of protecting agricultural crops from pests, diseases, and weeds.
The trainees included 17 specialists from the following business entities:
- SE "Experimental Farm "Oleksandrivske" of the NSC "Institute of Agriculture of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm "Artemida" of the Institute of Potato Research of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm "Kordelivske" of the Institute of Potato Research of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm "Zaboi-shchyk" of the Donetsk State Agricultural Experimental Station of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm "Nova Peremoha" of the Polissia Institute of Agriculture of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm "Elita" of the V.M. Remeslo Myronivka Institute of Wheat of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm "Ivkivtsi" of the V.M. Remeslo Myronivka Institute of Wheat of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm "Skvyrske" of the Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of NAAS";
- Panfilivka Experimental Station of the NSC "Institute of Agriculture of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm "Zorianyne" of the Institute of Horticulture of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm of the Institute of Rice of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm "Khrystynivske" of the M.V. Zubets Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm "Shevchenkivske" of the Institute of Bioenergy Crops and Sugar Beet of NAAS";
- SE "Experimental Farm "Salyvonkivske" of the Institute of Bioenergy Crops and Sugar Beet of NAAS";
- Bila Tserkva Experimental Breeding Station of the Institute of Bioenergy Crops and Sugar Beet of NAAS;
- SE "Experimental Farm named after Dekabrysty of the Institute of Pig Breeding and Industrial Agricultural Production of NAAS".
Opening remarks were delivered by the Director of the Institute of Plant Protection of the NAAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Academician of NAAS Oleksandr Ivanovych Borzykh. He outlined the current difficult state of affairs in the country's agro-industrial complex and highlighted the positive role of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine in improving it. He also noted the vital importance of scientific support for plant protection in modern agricultural production.
Scientists of the Institute of Plant Protection of the NAAS of Ukraine delivered lectures and conducted practical classes.
The participants were also introduced to the library and the work of the Institute's research departments.
List of Lectures and Practical Classes
| Full name, academic degree, academic title of the lecturer | Training topic or research direction |
| L E C T U R E S | |
| Krut M.V., Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Institute of Plant Protection: its role in enhancing the efficiency of agro-industrial production in the scientific and business world |
| Fedorenko V.P., Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Academician of NAAS | The role of FAO UN in the implementation and dissemination of integrated plant protection (Israeli experience) |
| A Window into Agriculture | |
| Fedorenko A.V., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Forecasting the phytosanitary state of agrocenoses |
| Current status of major cereal crop pests in Ukraine and the impact of global climate change on their population dynamics | |
| Bakhmut O.O., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences | Principles of operational forecasting of crop yield losses caused by a complex of pests |
| Skrypnyk N.V., Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Phytosanitary security of Ukraine |
| Biodiversity conservation issues | |
| Vlasova O.H., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Toxicology – the basis of the chemical method of plant protection |
| Protection of orchards from pests | |
| Kozub N.O., Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Genetically modified plants – a biotechnological approach to plant protection: current status |
| Afanasyeva O.H., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Fundamentals of agricultural plant resistance to diseases |
| Maize diseases | |
| Holosna L.M., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Smut diseases of cereal crops |
| Mykhailenko S.V., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Major barley diseases and protective measures |
| Dzham M.A., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences | Fusarium head blight of winter wheat and protective measures |
| Nikishycheva K.S., Candidate of Biological Sciences | Methods of monitoring parasitic nematodes and protective measure systems |
| Phytoparasitic nematodes of cereal crops | |
| Potato cyst nematode: ecological control measures for population management | |
| Beet nematode on sugar beet and rapeseed | |
| Janssen L.A., Doctor of Biological Sciences, Corresponding Member of NAAS | Bacterial diseases of potatoes |
| Ivashchenko O.O., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Use of dis-stresses for weed vegetation control |
| Effective weed protection in spring barley and soybean crops | |
| Tsurkan L.V., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences | Ecotoxicological monitoring, modeling, and pesticide control methods in agrocenoses |
| Tkalenko H.M., Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Biological products in pesticide-free crop protection technologies |
| Directions of biological plant protection. Methods of applying biological products in crop protection technologies against diseases and pests | |
| Biological plant protection in the alternative farming system | |
| Ihnat V.V., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences | Use of entomophages as an element of ecologically safe plant protection methods |
| Kyrychuk I.V., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences | Methodology for conducting field research in entomology in table beet crops and biocontrol of phytophage populations |
| Practical Classes | |
| Fedorenko V.P., Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Academician of NAAS | Introduction to the entomological collection |
| Holosna L.M., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Detection of smut diseases in winter wheat grain |
| Nikishycheva K.S., Candidate of Biological Sciences | Plant diseases caused by phytoparasitic nematodes |
| Adamenko N.M., Researcher | Methods for determining individual multi-polar pesticides and their mixtures |
| Horal S.V., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Fellow | Production technology of bacterial and fungal microbiological products. Ways to increase the efficiency of biological products |
| Formulations and standardization of biological products. Practical use of entomopathogenic microorganisms and regulations for their application | |
Upon completion of the training, participants were awarded standard NAAS certificates.
