Memories of Mirzayans, Mir Salavatian, Ghavamoddin Sharif and others indicate
that those young researchers had undergone a tough time collecting excessive
specimens of insects, fungi, plants and rodents in those days.
Once this unit was changed to the Insect Taxonomy Research Department
(ITRD), Mirzayans was appointed as director and Mohammad Safavi acted as the
Vice Dean of the department. In 1966, a national and uninterrupted plan for
investigating, collecting and identifying the insect fauna of Iran was passed and
implemented. As a result, department operations were unified within certain frameworks. During those years, some prestigious insect taxonomists joined this department. The outcome of such collaborations was the development of the museum with
an international reputation outside the country as either the Evin Insect Museum or
PPDRI Insect Museum. The headquarters and the library of the Entomological
Society of Iran (ESI: http://entsoc.ir) and Iranian Phytopathological Society (IPS:
http://ips.ir) are in the ITRD.
1.6 Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP)
Laboratory of entomology and plant pest control was first founded as pests surveying department and later on, was promoted to the General Department of Pests
Survey and in 1960, the name was amended to “Plant Pests and Diseases Research
Institute (PPDRI)” and continued its activities under the same title until 2006
(Fig. 1.8). The Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (http://www.iripp.ir)
Fig. 1.7 Hayk Mirzayans.
(Courtesy of IRIPP)
1 Overview: History of Agricultural Entomology and Biological Pest Control in Iran
7
that those young researchers had undergone a tough time collecting excessive
specimens of insects, fungi, plants and rodents in those days.
Once this unit was changed to the Insect Taxonomy Research Department
(ITRD), Mirzayans was appointed as director and Mohammad Safavi acted as the
Vice Dean of the department. In 1966, a national and uninterrupted plan for
investigating, collecting and identifying the insect fauna of Iran was passed and
implemented. As a result, department operations were unified within certain frameworks. During those years, some prestigious insect taxonomists joined this department. The outcome of such collaborations was the development of the museum with
an international reputation outside the country as either the Evin Insect Museum or
PPDRI Insect Museum. The headquarters and the library of the Entomological
Society of Iran (ESI: http://entsoc.ir) and Iranian Phytopathological Society (IPS:
http://ips.ir) are in the ITRD.
1.6 Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP)
Laboratory of entomology and plant pest control was first founded as pests surveying department and later on, was promoted to the General Department of Pests
Survey and in 1960, the name was amended to “Plant Pests and Diseases Research
Institute (PPDRI)” and continued its activities under the same title until 2006
(Fig. 1.8). The Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (http://www.iripp.ir)
Fig. 1.7 Hayk Mirzayans.
(Courtesy of IRIPP)
1 Overview: History of Agricultural Entomology and Biological Pest Control in Iran
7