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The Institute of Zoology was visited on 25 April 2024 by 16 students in the 2nd year, undergraduate cycle (Biology, Ecology and Molecular Biology study programs), from the Faculty of Biology and Geosciences of the Moldova State University (USM). The students had the opportunity to familiarize themselves on site with the research potential of the institute six laboratories, convincing themselves of the wide spectrum of research carried in such fields as zoology, including paleozoology, entomology, hydrobiology, hydrochemistry, parasitology and newer - molecular biology. Both museums of the...

In the monograph "Entomopathogenic bacteria" authors Anna Moldovan, Natalia Munteanu-Molotievskiy, and Ion Toderas discuss the premises of the use of bacterial agents in the biological control of pest insects, with an emphasis on studied pest species. A separate chapter is dedicated to the basic methods of isolation, identification, and characterization of entomopathogenic bacteria. Also are presented the results on the development of bacterial agents for biological control of pests based on new strains isolated from the natural environment. As a result of the research, it was demonstrated...

The results of the scientific research on fauna and ecology of invertebrates, which were carried out in the Prutul de Jos Biosphere Reserve in 2002-2023, in the most diverse natural habitats, especially forest, meadow, palustral habitats, were included in the monograph „Fauna of the Prutul de Jos Biosphere Reserve. Invertebrates (Collembola, Odonata, Hemiptera, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera)”. Inventory of species from the classes Collembola and Insecta (orders Odonata, Hemiptera, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera) allowed to identify 739 species of invertebrates, the vast majority of which are cited...