Department of Plant Quarantine
Protection of plant resources and phytosanitary security in Kazakhstan
Department direction
Compliance with and promotion of measures aimed at protecting the country's plant resources from importation and preventing the spread of quarantine objects and other especially dangerous plant pests established in Kazakhstan.
The mission
Control of the spread of quarantine pests: pathogens, pests and weeds.
Strategic goal is
Staff
Isina Zhanna Magzhanovna
Position: Head of the Plant Quarantine Department
Professional Activity
- Kazakh National Agrarian Research University — student.
- Postgraduate studies — Kazakh Research Institute of Fruit Growing and Viticulture.
- Researcher — Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Senior Researcher — Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Doctoral studies — Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Leading Technical Specialist — Syngenta Kazakhstan LLP, Technical Marketing Department.
- Leading Researcher — Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Head of the Plant Quarantine Department — Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Research Interests
Integrated plant protection systems for orchards, organic horticulture, and fruit storage.
Leading Researcher
Professional Activity
- 1963 — Research agronomist in plant protection; diploma with honors P No. 699048, specialty “Plant Protection”; Kazakh State Agricultural Institute, Alma-Ata.
- 1963–2000 — Junior, Senior, and Leading Researcher; Head of the Laboratory of Phytosanitary Diagnostics and Forecasting; Head of the Department of Entomology and Forecasting; Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection, Rakhat settlement, Almaty.
- 1972 — Candidate of Biological Sciences; diploma MBA No. 016085, Higher Attestation Commission of the USSR Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education, Moscow.
- 1977 — Senior Researcher; certificate SN No. 008081, Higher Attestation Commission under the USSR Council of Ministers, Moscow.
- 1996 — Doctor of Biological Sciences; diploma FD No. 0000431, Higher Attestation Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- 1996 — Associate Professor (part-time), Abai State University, Almaty.
- 1998 — Corresponding Member of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan; diploma No. 55.
- 2000–2006 — First Deputy General Director of the RSE “Phytosanitary Service” of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana.
- 2000–2006 — Professor (part-time), S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrarian University, Astana.
- 2003 — Professor of S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrarian University; certificate No. 19 dated 13.02.2003.
- 2006–2021 — Professor, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Astana / Nur-Sultan.
- 2008 — Director (part-time), Center for Development and Competitiveness of the Agro-Industrial Complex under the International Academy “Turan-Profi”, Astana.
- 2013–2021 — Director (part-time), Scientific and Innovation Center for Phytosanitary Monitoring, Plant Protection and Quarantine, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Astana / Nur-Sultan.
- 2015 — Full Member (Academician) of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan; diploma No. 0175 dated 11.07.2015.
- 2021 — Chief Researcher, Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine named after Zh. Zhiembayev, Almaty.
Research Interests
Integrated orchard protection systems, organic horticulture, and fruit storage.
Leading Researcher
Professional Activity
1977–1982 — Kazakh Order of the Red Banner of Labour Agricultural Institute, Faculty of Plant Protection, specialty – Agronomist in Plant Protection.
1995 — Candidate of Agricultural Sciences (PhD equivalent) in Plant Protection (protection against pests and diseases), Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
1982–1996 — Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection, Almaty, Senior Researcher, Fodder Crops Department.
1997–2005 — Fumigation Unit, RSE “Phytosanitary”, Almaty.
2006 — present – Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine, Almaty.
Research Interests
Phytosanitary Risk Analysis (PRA) of quarantine harmful organisms.
Innovative biotechnological methods of pest control (including pheromone-based methods and insect sterilization).
Senior Researcher
Professional Activity
1983–1988 — Research agronomist, Kazakh Agricultural Institute (KazSAI, PAF).
1988–1989 — Engineer of the soil reclamation sector,
“Kazgiprovodselkhoz”, Tselinograd.
1989–1992 — Assistant to the field brigade leader,
“Oktyabrsky” state farm, Enbekshikazakh district.
1992–1995 — Sales manager,
KTK LLP, Almaty.
1995–1999 — Agronomist-inspector,
Seed Inspection of Enbekshikazakh district, Esik.
1999–2003 — Inspector of the Balkhash-Alakol Basin Water Management Department,
Committee for State Control and Protection of Water Resources, Esik.
2005–2007 — Advertising manager,
IP “Rubin” LLP, Almaty.
2009–2010 — Head of the mushroom production department,
“Novo-Alekseevka” poultry farm, Enbekshikazakh district.
2013–2020 — Chief herbologist, chief bacteriologist,
State Institution “Almaty Zonal Quarantine Laboratory”.
2020–2021 — Entomologist,
Republican Methodological Center for Phytosanitary Diagnostics and Forecasting.
2022 – present — Senior Researcher,
Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine named after Zh. Zhiembayev.
Research Interests
Integrated orchard protection systems, organic horticulture,
fruit storage.
Current Projects
Forecasting of quarantine harmful organisms.