Plant Protection Institute

Olia Evtimova Karadjova

Ph.D., Associate Professor
Director
oliakaradjova@abv.bg

Fields of interest and research:
• Integrated pest management of vegetables and ornamentals;
• Ecology and control of thrips, whiteflies, Liriomyza sp and aphids;
• Virus-vector-plant relationships, epidemiological surveys;
• Insecticides: resistance and biological modes of action;
• Organic agriculture, Bioagents.

Ganka Stancheva Baeva, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Head of Weed Control Department

Deputy Director of the Plant Protection Institute
gankabaeva@abv.bg

Research topics and activities:
• Methods for weed control, efficiency and selectivity of herbicides;
• Study of alteration of the weed associations in arable crops;
• Resistance degree and morphological differences between susceptible and resistance weed biotypes. Weed resistance to herbicides. Resistance risk Assessment and Management;
• Effect of herbicides on soil microorganisms.

Hristina Todorova Krusteva, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Head of the Department of Prognosis

Scientific Secretary of the Plant Protection Institute
hristina.tk@abv.bg

Research Interests and Main Activities:
• Pests of cereals: flies; aphids; thrips; bugs; leafhoppers; stem flea beetles;
• Distribution; Methods of Investigation; Species composition; Density dynamics; Damages;
• Monitoring Programs and Prognostic Models of Cereal Pests.