The main directions of scientific activity of the Department of Forest Protection and Wood Science

1. The main directions of scientific activity of the Department of Forest Protection and Wood Science

Belarusian State Technological University
The main directions of
scientific activity of the
Department of Forest
Protection and Wood Science
Head of the Department
Vyacheslav Zvyagintsev
Ph.D. (Biology), Associate Professor

2.

The Department of Forest
Protection and Wood Science
was established in 1947.
The organizer and the first head
of the department was Associate
Professor, Ph.D. (Agriculture)
Andrey Petrusha - specialist in
the field of wood science.
The director of the BTI from
1944 to 1953. He headed the
department until 1955.

3.

From 1972 to 1991 the department was
headed by Professor, Ph.D. (Biology)
Nikolai Fedorov.
He worked at the Belarusian State
Technological University from 1947 to
2009.
The author of 350 scientific works,
including 14 textbooks, teaching aids and
monographs, 27 inventions.

4. Textbooks and teaching aids of Nikolai Fedorov

5.

The main scientific fields of the department:
Assessment of the injuriousness and prevalence
of pathogens in forest stands
During the
period 20032013 the area of
ash stands
decreased by
23.5%.
In the Mogilev
region 45% of
ash stands fell, in
Brest region 36.5%.

6.

The main scientific fields of the department:
Identification of the dynamics of forest pathological
processes
35
30
25
20
15
Усыхание ветвей и корней, %
120
100
80
Корни
60
Ветви
40
20
0
1
2
3
4
Категория состояния дерева
5
6
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
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7.

Monitoring of quarantine and invasive insect species - pests
and pathogens in forests of Belarus
Invasion of the fungus
Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus
(Queloz et al., 2011) and the
emerald ash borer Agrilus
planipennis Fair.
The disturbance of the trees stability
by the alternation of abnormally dry
and waterlogged vegetation periods
at the turn of the XX and XXI
centuries
3,0
2,5
2,5
2,0
2,0
1,5
1,5
1,0
1,0
0,5
0,5
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
3,0
Ash dieback as a result of root systems destruction
by fungi of the genus Armillaria

8.

The main scientific fields of the department:
Development of new methods and forest protective means
against pests and pathogens
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9.

The main scientific fields of the department:
Study of wood properties of and wood materials

10.

The main scientific fields of the department:
Development of methods and means of wood protection

11. Together we will protect our forests!