Stankevych S.
Philosophy Doctor in Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor of Zoology and
Entomology Department named after B.M. Lytvynov, Kharkiv National Agrarian
University named after V.V. Dokuchaiev, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Zabrodina I.
Philosophy Doctor in Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor of Zoology and
Entomology Department named after B.M. Lytvynov, Kharkiv National Agrarian
University named after V.V. Dokuchaiev, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Yevtushenko M.
Philosophy Doctor in Biological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of
Zoology and Entomology named after B.M. Lytvynov, Kharkiv National Agrarian
University named after V.V. Dokuchaiev, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Biletskyj Y.
Doctor in Biological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Ecology and
Biotechnology, Kharkiv National Agrarian University named after V.V. Dokuchaiev,
Kharkiv, Ukraine
THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE IN THE XIX-XXI CENTURIES
AND THE ROLE OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SCHOOL
OF KHARKIV NATIONAL AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY
NAMED AFTER V.V. DOKUCHAIEV
Introduction. Protection of plants against pests is an essential reserve for
obtaining the additional production of better quality. The most cost-effective branch
of agricultural production is the payback of the expended funds. For example, in the
United States, every dollar lost in chemical protection provides additional products for
almost $ 4 [16]. In the system of protective measures in world agriculture, the chemical
method prevails now. For example, in the United States, plant production uses about
4 billion pesticides per year, and 2 billion dollars are used in France. However, the
intensive and widespread use of chemical plant protection products along with the high
economic effect also causes various side effects associated with the environmental
pollution, deterioration of the people’s health, the emergence of pesticide-resistant
forms of harmful organisms, etc. This, in turn, requires additional funds to minimize
these negative consequences.
In this connection, the problems of avoiding pest and environmental damage to
plant products should be solved on the basis of the concept of integrated plant
protection, according to which the greatest attention should be paid to natural factors
of containment of the reproduction and development of harmful organisms. In
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