Department direction
The main areas of research are aimed at solving some of the following tasks:
- Preservation, replenishment and development of collections of entomopathogenic microorganisms and living cultures of entomophagues bioagents.
- Transfer and search for local collections of entomophageus species, their mass breeding and application in biological protection against pests of agricultural crops.
- Introduction of biological technology for the protection of vegetable crops and cotton jointly working with farmers
- Development of methodological recommendations for stock cultures breeding of entomophages and assessment when they are put into production.
- Commercialization of proposals developed for the implementation of a complex of biological measures (bioagents, biological products, pheromone traps, growth stimulants) on various crops.
The mission is
To protect plants and plantings using the forces of nature itself and the management of the phytosanitary state of ecosystems through the integrated use of various safe technologies and methods of plant protection in order to ensure the phytosanitary security of the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The strategic goal is
To develop an integrated plant protection system against harmful organisms in order to reduce the pesticide burden on agrophytocenoses and scientific support of plant quarantine for the biological, ecological and food security of the country
Labs of biological plant protection department
Nurzhan Tashigul
Head of the biotechnology lab
Mendibayeva Gulnaz Zhetkergenqyzy
Head of the beneficial insects lab
Alpysbayeva Karlygash Azirbekovna
Head of the technologies of mass bioagents production lab