The Plant Protection Research Institute is mainly engaged in the technical research on early forecasting and management of crop diseases, pests, weeds, rats and invasive alien species, the research and development of low-risk new pesticides, the collection, appraisal and innovative utilization of disease-resistant germplasm resources and the natural enemy resources of pests, biological activity assessment of pesticides, and field effect evaluation and risk assessment. At present, the institute has established the MOA Guangzhou Scientific Observation Station of Crop Pests, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology For Plant Protection, and the Guangdong Technological Research and Development Center for Pollution-free Vegetables. In addition, the institute has built and widely applied a technical system for the prevention and control of ASEAN agricultural invasive pest.
