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
Main research activities:
- 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)
Main achievements
- 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




