The department is the unique scientific unit in the country where methods for fast diagnosis and identification of quarantine pests are developed; the etiology and the epidemiology of the causal agents of plant diseases and the biology and the ecology of the quarantine pests and weeds are studied; methods and means of control are elaborated; analysis and valuation of the risk of appearance of new quarantine pests in the Bulgarian region are routine procedures.
Great scientific works were done since the department was established:
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- A lot of dangerous quarantine diseases and pests were investigated as well as measure systems for struggle that are put into practice.
- The optimal levels of fumigation of the under-quarantine seedling and sowing material of fruit and flower plants were established.
- Shield-bearer aphids from (Coccoideae) in Bulgaria are studied and new 70 species for the country and 1 new for the world were found. 57 new aphid entomophagues for the country and 2 – in the world were established.
- Over 100 plant parasite nematodes were investigated as 3 of them are new for the science.
- Ecological systems for pest control of basic agricultural crops were developed.
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At the moment at the “Plant Quarantine Department” work 5 scientific researchers including 1 Professor, D.Sc. – phytobacteriologist, 2 Associate Professors, Ph.D. &ndash: one entomologist and one nematologist, 2 Assistant Professors, Ph.D. - one nematologist,one phytobacteriologist and 2 specialists.
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Nevena Stojanova Bogatzevska
Professor, D.Sc.
Head of Department of Plant Quarantine
n.bogatzevska@ppi-bg.org
Research Interests and Main Activities:
• Phytopathogenic bacteria-taxonomy, identification, phases of the
life cycle, ecology and epidemiology, pathogenesis, seed pathology,
the resistant reaction of plant, control;
• Bacterial diseases of tomato, pepper, soybean, onion, ornamental
plants;
• Quarantine bacteria-detection, identification, pest risk analysis.
• Scientific publications
Evdokia Michailova Staneva
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
e.staneva@ppi-bg.org
Research Interests and Main Activities:
• Distribution, biology, ecology of quarantine species – (Fam. Bruchidae,
Trogoderma sp., Cydia molesta, scale insects - Quadraspidiotus perniciosus,
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona etc.);
• Methods for control;
• IPM in peach orchards;
• Synthetic pheromone traps for monitoring and control with quarantine
species;
• Pest risk analysis.
• Scientific publications
Zlatka Trifonova Trifonova
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
z.trifonova@ppi-bg.org
Research Interests and Main Activities:
• Plant quarantine: biology, distribution and control of potato
cyst nematodes and root-knot nematodes.
Zhenya Ivanova Ilieva
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
zh.ilieva@ppi-bg.org
Scientific interests and research:
• Taxonomy of soil nematodes (order Tylenchida, Dorylaimida);
• Bionomy of plant parasitic nematodes (fam. Heteroderidae);
• Methods of control on nematodes of the genera Heterodera
and Meloidogynae.
Maria Ivanova Stoyanova
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
m.stoyanova@ppi-bg.org
Research Interests and Main Activities:
• Phytopathogenic bacteria on bulb plants;
• Symptoms and development of the diseases;
• Mixed infections;
• Pathogen resistance to antibiotics.
Veselina Georgeva Georgieva
Junior specialist
v.georgieva@ppi-bg.org
• Cultivation of experimental plants;
• Isolation of plant parasitic nematodes from soil, roots and ground plant parts;
• Maintenance of pure cultures of plant parasitic nematodes;
• Preparation of permanent and semi-permanent slides of plant parasitic nematodes;
• Diagnostics of potato cyst nematodes through ITS-PCR.
Antoaneta Lukanova Borisova
Junior specialist
• Isolations from plant material with symptoms of bacteriosis;
• Maintenance of the laboratory collection of phytopathogenic bacteria;
• Implementation of artificial inoculations for pathogenicity examinations;
• Performance of experiments in greenhouse conditions;
• Planting and cultivation of certain sorts for inoculation.
Vladka Tzvetkova Ivanova
Senior specialist agro-technician
• Breeding of quarantine insects;
• Implementation of experimental studies on bionomy of different pests;
• Testing of different methods for control of quarantine pests.
