Roadmap

The Plant Protection Study Program has developed a structured research roadmap to drive innovation in sustainable plant protection. This roadmap consists of four key research areas: Healthy Agriculture (PeSe), Plant Disease, Sustainable Pest Management, and Sustainable Weed Management. Each research area follows a phased approach, starting from exploration and initial testing to industrial-scale applications.

In the Healthy Agriculture (PeSe) research area, the focus is on developing plant-based materials as alternatives for plant pest and disease control. The early phase (2020-2021) involved testing botanical materials to reduce pesticide residues, followed by biopesticide testing for pest control (2022-2024). The next stage (2025-2027) aims to enhance the effectiveness of botanical pesticides, culminating in large-scale application of this technology by 2028, particularly in horticultural crops.

The Plant Disease research roadmap began with the development of conventional detection methods (2020-2021) to improve the identification of plant diseases. The next phase (2022-2024) focuses on developing more effective biological control agents, followed by feasibility testing for their use (2025-2027). By 2028, this research area will shift towards observing key plant diseases that significantly impact national strategic commodities.

Sustainable Pest Management follows a systematic research framework, beginning with testing microbial applications for pest control (2020-2021), followed by analyzing the effectiveness and efficiency of these microbial agents (2022-2024). The next phase (2025-2027) involves field trials in different locations to assess their real-world success. By 2028, microbial-based pest control methods are expected to be widely implemented in industrial-scale agriculture.

Research in Sustainable Weed Management started with the identification of major weeds across different cultivated crops (2020-2021). In the following stage (2022-2024), studies focused on Integrated Pest Management (IPM)-based weed control approaches as environmentally friendly alternatives. From 2025-2027, the research shifts towards evaluating location-specific weed management strategies, ensuring that control methods are adapted to local ecosystem conditions. By 2028, the goal is to develop industry-applicable weed management technologies through commercialization.

With this well-structured research roadmap, the Plant Protection Study Program aims to provide innovative, efficient, and sustainable plant protection solutions that support the development of modern, environmentally friendly agriculture.