The main directions of fundamental and applied research:
- Plant protection and biotechnology;
- Phytosanitary monitoring and molecular genetic diagnostics of harmful and beneficial organisms of agroecosystems;
- Biodiversity and natural biocenotic regulation of agroecosystems;
- Taxonomic study and selection of useful bioagents for the creation of new biological and biotechnological plant protection products based on them;
- Plant immunity and agrocenosis resistance;
- Chemical communication of harmful and beneficial types of agroecosystems, identification and synthesis of signaling substances and development of pest population monitoring and management tools based on them;
- Creation, maintenance and study of the bioresource collection "State Collection of Entomoaccariphages and Microorganisms" (DBK);
- Development of biological plant protection technologies for organic farming.