The Ministry of agriculture and ecology, protection of plants, individual farms and cooperatives

The project aims to identify, develop and conduct protective measures to demonstrate the effectiveness of entom and akari phages in the fight against plant pests (whitefly, spider mite, Jose scale, aphid and other), causing significant damage to agricultural production. The research results will identify the natural enemies of pests and predators of plants agricultural production in Armenia. They will identify the most effective forms of entom and akari phages of the region with a view to their array of breeding and the development of methods of their use.

The work can be done at least in 3 years, which requires yearly USD 33.500. The sum will be spent on the organization of expeditions, acquisition of equipment for experiments and laboratory equipment, salary for 6 employees and for other purposes. 
Product cost will be determined after the final calculations

To familiarize with the available materials of the Laboratory of process and genetics of bio agents and the Laboratory of entomology and soil zoology of the Center to determine the realistic economic benefit from the investments, in other word the "Investment risk".

Bardukh Gabrielyan, Director of the Scientific Centre of Zoology and Hydroecology of NAS RA 
E-mail: gabrielb {[ at ]} sci.am 
Tel.: (+374 10) 285961, (+374 91) 205118 

Kim Dilbaryan, Director of the Institute of Zoology of the Scientific Centre of Zoology and Hydroecology of NAS RA 
E-mail: kdilbaryan {[ at ]} yahoo.com 
Tel.: (+374 91) 356821