To 75 years of Institute of Plant Protection of NAAS of Ukraine. The school of analytical chemists and ecotoxicologists

Abstract

Goal. To analyze the development of scientific research of the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry of Pesticides of the Institute of Plant Protection of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine and to characterize the scientific school of analytical chemists and ecotoxicologists.
 Methods. Information about the scientific activity of scientists in the spheres of analytical chemistry and ecotoxicology, reflected in their personal files and literature.
 Results. Problems related to the improvement of the chemical method of plant protection and scientific substantiation of its application were largely solved by the Institute of Plant Protection of NAAS during the whole period of 75 years of activity. The Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry of Pesticides has played and still plays an important role in this respect. The founder of this laboratory Doctor Sciences (Chem.) Ye.S. Kosmaty was the first to conduct research on the problem of rational use of chemicals in agriculture, the study of processes and mechanisms of their interaction in the agro-ecosystem. His work was continued by students — V.M. Kavetsky, L.I. Bublyk, K.O. Chebot’ko. Doctor Sciences (Agr.), Professor L.I. Bublyk established a school of ecotoxicologists, preparing 15 candidates of science, 6 of whom continue to work at the Institute of Plant Protection of NAAS and its network to this day. The main directions of their research are the development of the principles of rational use of pesticides, the methods for determining individual pesticides and their multiple residues in the objects of agrocoenosises and soil; study of the dynamics of pesticide detoxification in agrocoenosises; development of methods of ecological assessment of technologies of chemical protection of agricultural crops for the purpose of forecasting, prevention of ecological risks and reduction of negative impact on the environment.
 Conclusions. The achievements of the scientific school of analytical chemists and ecotoxicologists of the Institute of Plant Protection of NAAS and its network are a significant contribution to the development of agricultural science. Their widespread implementation will help solve problems of ecologically oriented chemical method of plant protection and at the same time increase the production of high quality food.