About us

Department of Methods of Forecasting and Pest Registration

Head of the Department
doc. dr hab. Felicyta Walczak
tel. 0 (61) 8640975, e-mail: F.Walczak@ior.poznan.pl

Basic studies aimed at the improvement of the methods for disease/pest time of chemical control, basic research for short-term prognosis and agrophages harmfulness evaluation
“Phytosanitary Condition of Agricultural Plants with Prognosis in the Next Year” – every year publication issued as the result of cooperation with Plant Health and Food Security Inspection
Information service “Regional Signalization” on the Plant Protection Institute web page (www.ior.poznan.pl)

Scientific basis for cereal pests occurrence signalization and control – cereal leaf beetles (Oulema spp.) and saddle-gall midge (Haplodiplosis equestris Wagn.)
Methods of pests detection and its time chemical control – cutworms in beets (Noctuinae) and leaf mines in cereals (Agromyzidae)
Influence of variety and species mixtures on diseases and pests occurrence
Methods for long-term agrophages harmfulness and occurrence prognosis; methods for harmfulness evaluation
Analysis of changes in seasonal and many years aphids flights dynamics near by Poznań (Wielkopolska region) and Sośnicowice (Śląsk region) using Johnson’s aspirators
propagation and consultancy – web page, brochures, trainings
cooperation with Plant Health and Food Security Inspection – Instructions and staff training in a monitoring and warning system field