Prof. Ľudovít Cagáň

Authors Biography 1. Ľudovít Cagáň, Professor at Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra 2. 1980 Dipl. Ing. Slovak University of Agriculture 1985 PhD. (CSc.) Slovak University of Agriculture 1994 Associate professor (doc.) Slovak University of Agriculture 2002 Full professor (Prof.) Slovak University of Agriculture 3. 1987-1988 India, Hyderabad, Biological control of insect pests 1994 BOKU University in Vienna, Austria, Ecological methods for the control of insect pests May 1995 ETH Zurich, Switzerland, laboratory work, presentations, insect parasitoids 1996 University of Hohenheim, Germany, genetics of insects 4. Entomofauna of maize field. European corn borer - ecology, population dynamics, genetics, damage caused, monitoring, prognosis, predators, parasites, fungal pathogens, microsporidia infections, chemical control, heredity of maize resistance. Genetically modified maize plants - their management and reaction of target pests. Cereal aphids - population dynamics, ecology, predators, parasites and fungal pathogens. Biological control of weeds - insects on Amaranthus sp., Convolvulus sp., Heracleum mantegazzianum and parasitic weeds.