Welcome to the Department of Plant Protection

  

 

The Department of Plant Protection at Isfahan University of Technology includes two divisions of Plant Pathology and Entomology. We offer degrees at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Our undergraduate degree includes B.Sc in Plant Protection. Postgraduate qualifications include the M.Sc in Plant Pathology and Agricultural Entomology. The department has facilities for both teaching and research including educational and research labs. Academic staff are involved in a wide range of research projects including identification of Phytoplasma associated with fruit trees, genetic variation of pathogenic bacteria of potato, identification of plant pathogenic bacteria, identification of symbiotic endophytic fungi, taxonomy of Fungi using molecular and classical methods, molecular detection of genes involved in aflatoxin and trichothecene biosynthesis, epidemiology of virus diseases, identification of poleroviruses and closteroviruses infecting sugar beet and cucurbits, integrated pest management, insects biological control, mass rearing of beneficial insects, insect nutrition, pests control, seasonality and ecology of insects, study of beneficial and industrial insects such as honey bee and silk worm.